java - Gettting a List<Integer> from a resource array -

i have string-array resource integers.

<string-array name="navchildratings">     <item>12</item>     <item>12</item>     <item>17</item>     <item>123</item>     <item>8</item>  </string-array> 

my goal have them list of type list<integer>
first step know can assigned integer array by:

int[] ratings = arrays.aslist(getresources().getintarray(r.array.navchildratings)); 

i trying avoid looping through array of integers (ints) , having add 1 one list of integers (java.lang.integer).

1. is there direct way string-array list<integer>?
   or, alternatively
2. is there direct way assign int[] array list<integer>?

note: motivation purely have more elegant code. know how looping array. but, example, in case of strings works if assign directly:

list<string> names = arrays.aslist(getresources().getstringarray(r.array.navchildnames)); 

unofortunately impossible since aslist not handling boxing (wrapping primitive) , not create objects automatically.

if want keep code elegant , using java8 can create lambda one-liner

if not use java8 create simple method convert int[] list

    arraylist<integer> getlist(int[] a)     {         list<integer> l = new arraylist<integer>();          for(int : a)             l.add( new integer(i) );          return l;     } 

and then

    list<integer> items = getlist(ratings);