public Spanned[] history(){
  int i=0;
  Spanned[] array=new Spanned[history.size()];
  for (  String s : history) {
    if (s != null) {
      array[i]=Html.fromHtml(s);
      i++;
    }
  }
  return array;
}

public Spanned [ ] history ( ) { int i = 0 ; Spanned [ ] array = new Spanned [ history . size ( ) ] ; for ( String s : history ) { if ( s != null ) { array [ i ] = Html . fromHtml ( s ) ; i ++ ; } } return array ; }
generate an array of spanned items representing the history of this connection .
