If the concrete implementation doesn't matter, you can use Arrays.asList() to convert your array to a List.
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class StringArrayTest
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String[] words = {"ace", "boom", "crew", "dog", "eon"};
List<String> wordList = Arrays.asList(words);
for (String e : wordList)
{
System.out.println(e);
}
}
}