The toArray
method in ArrayList
, Bloch uses both System.arraycopy
and Arrays.copyOf
to copy an array.
public <T> T[] toArray(T[] a) {
if (a.length < size)
// Make a new array of a's runtime type, but my contents:
return (T[]) Arrays.copyOf(elementData, size, a.getClass());
System.arraycopy(elementData, 0, a, 0, size);
if (a.length > size)
a[size] = null;
return a;
}
How can I compare these two copy methods and when should I use which?