scala-2.7

Converting Java collection into Scala collection

Related to this question, how do convert a Java collection (java.util.List say) into a scala collection List? EDIT; what I am actually trying to do is convert a Java API call to Spring's SimpleJdbcTemplate, which returns a java.util.List<T>, into a scala immutable HashSet. So for example: val l: java.util.List[String] = javaApi.query( ...