@RequestMapping(value = VIDEO_SEARCH_PATH, method = RequestMethod.GET) public @ResponseBody String[] searchVideo( @RequestParam(value = "username") String uName, @RequestParam(value = "video") String videoHash, HttpServletResponse response) { System.out.println("Search from:" + uName); if (!user_vidNameMap.containsKey(uName)) { response.setStatus(402); // client not connected return null; } Set<String> users = vidName_UserMap.get(videoHash); if (users == null) { System.out.println("Srearching main server\n"); try { users = masterService.psSearch(hostAdder, videoHash); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println(e.getMessage()); return null; } if (users == null) return null; if (vidName_UserMap.containsKey(videoHash)) { vidName_UserMap.get(videoHash).addAll(users); } else { Set<String> s = new HashSet<String>(); s.addAll(users); vidName_UserMap.put(videoHash, s); } } else { Iterator<String> it = users.iterator(); while (it.hasNext()) { String temp = it.next(); if (!activeUsers.contains(temp)) { it.remove(); } } } System.out.println("Search result : " + Arrays.asList(users.toArray(new String[0]))); // String [] a = new String[] return users.toArray(new String[0]); }