Java Convert List<String> to List<Object> -

i've 2 classess csvread , myownclass.

in csvread i've method public static list getdatafromcsv(); returns list of data. , data want take in method in class myownclass , return there list of objects of ownclass

it looks this:

list<string> datafromcsv = new arraylist<string>(); 

and in class, want convert list<object> of class.

private static list<string> getdatafromcsvclass = new arraylist<string>(); getdatafromcsvclass = csvreader.getallcsvdata(filename); string name = datafromcsv[0]; string surname = datafromcsv[1]; string birth = datafromcsv[2]; 

i want return new myownclass(name, surname, birth);

my error: array required list found: string name = alldata[0]; etc

you can create method convert string myownclass , use stream map elements, e.g.:

public static myownclass converttoobject(string element){     string[] tokens = element.split(",");     return new myownclass(tokens[0], tokens[1], tokens[2]); }  //code convert list<string> datafromcsv = new arraylist<string>(); list<myownclass> list = datafromcsv.stream() .map(e -> converttoobject(e)) .collect(collectors.tolist()); 

however, may not work if let's name or surname contains comma. in case, recommend having @ opencsv library , this example of how read csv objects.