Java – empty array is an empty list

Arrays. Aslist (E [] e) returns the view of the array as a list, but it throws a NullPointerException when the array is empty

Arrays.asList(null); //NullPointerException.

Actually, I'm doing it

List list = possibleNullArray != null ? Arrays.asList(possibleNullArray) : Collections.EMPTY_LIST;

However, creating a utility class in my project is just for this purpose, and I don't like it Are there any utility classes or libraries like Apache commons or guava that convert empty arrays to empty lists? (i.e. zero security converter between array and collection)

How do you solve this problem?

Solution

I didn't know that any util method in Apache commons / guava would create an empty list instance

The best thing you can do is pre initialize possible empty arrays, such as with arrayutils nullToEmpty(). Get rid of null as soon as possible

SomeObject[] array = ArrayUtils.nullToEmpty(possiblyNullArray);