Converting from List to Array

Question

I wish to convert a list of Strings to an array of strings.

I do:

// ccEmails is the list of Strings
String [] emailsAsArray = new String [ccEmails.size()];
Integer i = 0;
for (String singleCCEmail: ccEmails) {
    emailsAsArray[i++] = singleCCEmail;
}

This seems a horrible cumbersome way. Is there a better way?

Answer 1

There is no such thing as array in Apex.

The creators of Apex decided that they would support two different but completely compatible syntax conventions for the same underlying object: List. One looks like array, the other looks like List, but they are both List.

I could literally do this:

List<String> myStrings = new String[2];

myStrings[0] = 'this'; 
myStrings.set(1,'that');
myStrings.add('the other');

System.debug(myStrings);  

This (ugly and unreadable as it is) compiles and runs successfully.