Can we pass array of string using dataprovider in testng

[Ranjeet Priyadarshi]

Hi,
Can we pass array of string  using dataprovider in testng.

In the following example how can we pass array of string in testDataProviderExample function.

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFCell;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFRow;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import jxl.*;



public class dataProviderExample {
  


  
    @DataProvider(name = "DP1")
    public Object[][] createData1() throws Exception{
        Object[][] retObjArr=getTableArray("F:\\Selenium\\Test.xls",
                "Global");
        return(retObjArr);
    }
  
    @Test (dataProvider = "DP1")
    public void testDataProviderExample(String IncludeTest,
            String TestCaseName, String Description, String TimeStampUse) throws Exception {  
        //enter the movie title
        System.out.println("IncludeTest:"+test[0][0].toString());
        System.out.println("TestCaseName:"+test[0][1].toString());
        System.out.println("Description:"+test[0][2].toString());
        System.out.println("TimeStampUse:"+test[0][3].toString());


    }
  

  
    public String[][] getTableArray(String xlFilePath, String sheetName) throws Exception{

        String[][] tabArray=null;
      
            Workbook workbook = Workbook.getWorkbook(new File(xlFilePath));
            Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheet(sheetName);
            int startRow,startCol, ci,cj;

            startRow=sheet.getRows();
            startCol=sheet.getColumns();
           
             tabArray=new String[startRow-1][startCol];
                ci=0;

                for (int i=1;i<startRow;i++,ci++){
                    cj=0;
                    for (int j=0;j<startCol;j++,cj++){
                       tabArray[ci][cj]=sheet.getCell(j,i).getContents();
                    }
                }
     

        return(tabArray);
       
   
    }

  
     
}//end of class