How to access elements of array after using string.split in Velocity?

Question

I am using Velocity Templating Language and currently have:

#set ( $stringList = $string.split(\",\") )

which works fine and splits the str

Answer 1

It works when I convert the array to a List using Arrays.asList() and then use methods from List to access elements.

I add the following to the context:

context.put("arrays", Arrays.class);

In velocity template I use:

#set ( $array = $getarray.getArray() )

$arrays.asList($array).get(0)

With a String-Array as follows

new String[] {"test1", "test2", "test3", "test4"};

I get the expected output:

test1