In contrast to converting an list to an array, this example will show how to convert a primitive and object array to an arraylist using java, java 8, guava, apache libraries and spring framework.
Straight up Java
Object array - Arrays.asList
Using core java's Arrays class, a class containing methods for manipulating arrays, Arrays.asList will convert an array to a list of the same size.
Object array - Collections.addAll
Collections.addAll will add all of the elements of an array to a specified collection which is similar behavior to above using Arrays.asList.
Primitive - Loop
Using a standard java technique, we will iterate over a primitive array using a for loop. Each iteration will add a specified value from the array to the list using autoboxing. Autoboxing is the automatic conversion between primitive types and their corresponding object wrapper classes. Be cautious while using autoboxing as it has performance implications.
Google Guava
Object array
Guava Lists utility class can be used when needing to convert an object array to list simply by calling the Lists.newArrayList and passing in the specified array.
Primitive array
Guava Ints utility class can be used to convert a primitive array of ints to a list. Similar to Arrays.asList method above, Ints.asList will return a fixed size list which will be backed by the specified array.
Apache Commons
Object array
Converting an object array with apache commons can be easily done by using CollectionUtils.addAll method which will add all the elements of an array to the specified collection.
Primitive array
When converting a primitive array using apache commons we first must use ArrayUtils to convert primitive values to objects. Once this operation is performed we will call the Arrays.asList to transform the array to a List of integers.
Spring Framework
If you are already dependent on spring framework, an option would be to use org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils.arrayToList which will convert the supplied array into a list while wrapping primitive arrays with the appropriate wrapper type. One thing to be cautious of is that the java doc states that this class is mainly for internal use within the framework.