A new helper method Arrays.asArray

[timo.kinnunen at gmail.com]

Hi, 

I have found that many times I need to write this simple helper method:

	public static @SafeVarargs <T> T[] asArray(T… ts) { return ts; }


I usually need this when I have several implementations I’m comparing and I want to change the code for observing one of them to observing two or more of them in sequence. I feel that in this case switching from operating on one object to operating on an unknown List implementation (from Arrays.asList) is a too drastic change when all I need is put a for-loop around some code and iterate.

The code for which I have to write this method is often some variation of something like this:
 
       Comparator<Object> sort1 = (x, y) -> (Integer) x - (Integer) y;
       Comparator<Object> sort0 = (x, y) -> (int) (Math.pow((Integer) x, 2.0) - Math.pow((Integer) y, 2.0));
       
       // Have to use a helper method here
       Comparator<Object>[] sorts = asArray(sort0, sort1, sort2, sort3);
       

Please consider and add this simple method to Arrays.



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Have a nice day, 
Timo

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