Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.util.*; public class Main { /** e.g. "bela,jeannette,michelle" --> List{"bela", "jeannette", "michelle"} */ public static List<String> parseCommaDelimitedStrings(String l) { return parseStringList(l, ","); } public static List<String> parseStringList(String l, String separator) { List<String> tmp = new LinkedList<String>(); StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(l, separator); String t; while (tok.hasMoreTokens()) { t = tok.nextToken(); tmp.add(t.trim()); } return tmp; } }