How to increase the size of an array in Java?

Question

I want to store as many elements as desired by the user in an array. But how do I do it.

If I were to create an array, I must do so with a fixed size. Every time a

Answer 1

Instead of using an array, use an implementation of java.util.List such as ArrayList. An ArrayList has an array backend which holds values in a list, but the array size is automatically handles by the list.

ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
list.add("some string");

You can also convert the list into an array using list.toArray(new String[list.size()]) and so forth for other element types.