Github user aledsage commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/brooklyn-server/pull/484#discussion_r93063249
--- Diff:
utils/common/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/util/text/Strings.java ---
@@ -827,6 +828,33 @@ public static String ies(Iterator<?> x) {
return result;
}
+ /**
+ * Tries to convert v to a list of strings.
+ * <p>
+ * If v is <code>null</code> then the method returns an empty
immutable list.
+ * If v is {@link Iterable} or an <code>Object[]</code> then toString
is called on its elements.
+ * If v is a {@link String} then a singleton list containing v is
returned.
+ * Otherwise the method throws an {@link IllegalArgumentException}.
+ */
+ public static List<String> toStringList(Object v) {
--- End diff --
Would be good to add unit tests for this (but we can do that in a separate
PR, given that this PR has just moved it from one place to another).
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