code: private static <T> T[] removeNull(T[] items) {
  		int count = 0;
  		for (int i = 0; i != items.length; ++i) {
  			if (items[i] == null) {
  				count = count + 1;
  			}
  		}
  		if (count == 0) {
  			return items;
  		} else {
  			T[] rs = java.util.Arrays.copyOf(items, items.length - count);
  			for (int i = 0, j = 0; i != items.length; ++i) {
  				T item = items[i];
  				if (item != null) {
  					rs[j++] = item;
  				}
  			}
  
  			return rs;
  		}
  	}
docs: Create exact copy of a given array, but with evey null element removed.
  
  @param items
  @return