Java Comma Separated List toListOfStringsDelimitedByCommaOrSemicolon(String s)

Description

This version returns the complete list, including empty string, if such entry is empty

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	input string delimited by comma or semicolon

Return

list of strings where deliminators are stripped off. if no content is found between 2 delimitors then empty string is returned in its place

Declaration

public static List toListOfStringsDelimitedByCommaOrSemicolon(String s)

Method Source Code


//package com.java2s;

import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    /**//  w w  w  . j av  a2  s .  co m
     * Define split characters *
     */
    private final static String SEPARATOR = "[,;]";

    /**
     * This version returns the complete list, including empty string, if such entry is empty
     *
     * @param s input string delimited by comma or semicolon
     * @return list of strings where deliminators are stripped off. if no content
     * is found between 2 delimitors then empty string is returned in its place
     */
    public static List toListOfStringsDelimitedByCommaOrSemicolon(String s) {
        if (s == null) {
            return Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
        }

        List results = new ArrayList();
        String[] terms = s.split(SEPARATOR);

        for (int i = 0; i < terms.length; i++) {
            //this has empty string if nothing is found
            String term = terms[i].trim();
            results.add(term);
        }

        return results;
    }
}