Java Collection Create stringToCollection(String string)

Description

Returns a comma-delimitted list of Strings as a Collection.

License

Open Source License

Return

a Collection representing the String.

Declaration

public static Collection<String> stringToCollection(String string) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/* ww w  .j a v  a  2 s.  c o m*/
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 * Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Jive Software. All rights reserved.
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 */

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;

import java.util.StringTokenizer;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns a comma-delimitted list of Strings as a Collection.
     *
     * @return a Collection representing the String.
     */
    public static Collection<String> stringToCollection(String string) {
        if (string == null || string.trim().length() == 0) {
            return Collections.emptyList();
        }
        Collection<String> collection = new ArrayList<>();
        StringTokenizer tokens = new StringTokenizer(string, ",");
        while (tokens.hasMoreTokens()) {
            collection.add(tokens.nextToken().trim());
        }
        return collection;
    }
}

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3. createStringFromCollection(Collection svcInterfaces)
4. createTextFromList(Collection list)
5. createUniqueName(String baseName, Collection names)
6. stringToCollection(String string)
7. stringToCollection(String string, String delim)
8. toCollection(C c, E... elements)
9. toCollection(Class cls, Iterable iterable)