How to combine 2 string arrays in java 1.4

/**

* Combines two string array's into one.

*

* @param first The first strings

* @param second The second strings

* @return The result will be a new String[] with the first array items,

* with the second array items appended

*

*

*/

private String[] combineStringArrays(String[] first, String[] second) {

   int total = first.length + second.length;

   String[] strings = new String[total];

   for (int i = 0; i < first.length; i++){

      strings[i] = first[i];

   }

   for (int i = 0; i < second.length; i++){

      strings[first.length + i] = second[i];

   }

   return strings;

}