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StringJoiner Class in Java
Last Updated : 24 Jan, 2022
StringJoiner is a class in java.util package is used to construct a sequence of
characters(strings) separated by a delimiter and optionally starting with a
supplied prefix and ending with a given suffix. Though this can also be done with
the help of the StringBuilder class to append delimiter after each string,
StringJoiner provides an easy way to do that without much code to write.

Constructors of StringJoiner Class

1. StringJoiner(CharSequence delimiter): It constructs a StringJoiner with no
characters, no prefix or suffix, and a copy of the supplied delimiter.

Syntax:

public StringJoiner(CharSequence delimiter)

Parameters: The sequence of characters to be used between each element added to the
StringJoiner value

Exception Thrown: NullPointerException if the delimiter is null

2. StringJoiner(CharSequence delimiter, CharSequence prefix, CharSequence suffix):

It constructs a StringJoiner with no characters using copies of the supplied
prefix, delimiter, and suffix. If no characters are added to the StringJoiner and
methods accessing the string value are invoked, it will return the prefix + suffix
(or properties thereof) in the result unless setEmptyValue has first been called.

Syntax:

public StringJoiner(CharSequence delimiter, CharSequence prefix, CharSequence

suffix)
Parameters:

The sequence of characters to be used between each element added to the

StringJoiner value
The sequence of characters to be used at the beginning
The sequence of characters to be used at the end
Exception Thrown: NullPointerException if prefix, delimiter, or suffix is null.

Methods of StringJoiner Class

Method Action Performed
add() Adds a copy of the given CharSequence value as the next element of the
StringJoiner value. If newElement is null, then “null” is added.
length() Returns the length of the String representation of this StringJoiner.
merge() Adds the contents of the given StringJoiner without prefix and suffix
as the next element if it is non-empty. If the given StringJoiner is empty, the
call has no effect. Suppose the other StringJoiner is using a different delimiter.
In that case, elements from the other StringJoiner are concatenated with that
delimiter, and the result is appended to this StringJoiner as a single element.
toString() Returns the String object of this StringJoiner
setEmptyValue() Sets the string to be used when determining the string
representation of this StringJoiner, and no elements have been added yet; that is
when it is empty
Example:

// Java program to Demonstrate Methods

// of StringJoiner class

// Importing required classes

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.StringJoiner;

// Main class
public class GFG {

// Main driver method

public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Creating an empty ArrayList of string type
ArrayList<String> al = new ArrayList<>();

// Adding elements to above List

al.add("Ram");
al.add("Shyam");
al.add("Alice");
al.add("Bob");

// Creating object of class inside main()

StringJoiner sj1 = new StringJoiner(",");

// Using setEmptyValue() method

sj1.setEmptyValue("sj1 is empty");
System.out.println(sj1);

// Using add() method

sj1.add(al.get(0)).add(al.get(1));
System.out.println(sj1);

// Using length() method

System.out.println("Length of sj1 : "
+ sj1.length());

StringJoiner sj2 = new StringJoiner(":");

sj2.add(al.get(2)).add(al.get(3));

// Using merge() method

sj1.merge(sj2);

// Using toString() method

System.out.println(sj1.toString());

System.out.println("Length of new sj1 : "

+ sj1.length());
}
}
Output
sj1 is empty
Ram,Shyam
Length of sj1 : 9
Ram,Shyam,Alice:Bob
Length of new sj1 : 19

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