You’re on the right track using JavaConversions, but the method you need for this particular conversion is seqAsJavaList:
java.util.List<String> convert(scala.collection.Seq<String> seq) {
return scala.collection.JavaConversions.seqAsJavaList(seq);
}
Update: JavaConversions is deprecated, but the same function can be found in JavaConverters.
java.util.List<String> convert(scala.collection.Seq<String> seq) {
return scala.collection.JavaConverters.seqAsJavaList(seq);
}