Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; public class Main { public static final String DOT = "."; /** * Parse ref * * @param ref form Table.Col * @return String[] {Table, Col} */ public static String[] getTableColRef(String ref) throws IllegalArgumentException { String[] res = null; String dot = "\\" + DOT; res = ref.split(dot); if (res.length != 2) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Wrong ref " + ref); return res; } }