Java List Null Empty getStringAsList(String input, String regexSplitter, boolean ignoreEmptyTokens)

Description

get String As List

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static List<String> getStringAsList(String input,
            String regexSplitter, boolean ignoreEmptyTokens) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*// w  ww  .j  av  a  2s.  c  o  m
 * RHQ Management Platform
 * Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Red Hat, Inc.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation, and/or the GNU Lesser
 * General Public License, version 2.1, also as published by the Free
 * Software Foundation.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * and the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program;
 * if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    public static List<String> getStringAsList(String input,
            String regexSplitter, boolean ignoreEmptyTokens) {
        List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();

        if (input == null) {
            // gracefully return a 0-element list if the input is null
            return results;
        }

        for (String lineItem : input.split(regexSplitter)) {
            // allow user to visual separate data, but ignore blank lines
            if (ignoreEmptyTokens && lineItem.trim().equals("")) {
                continue;
            }

            results.add(lineItem);
        }

        return results;
    }
}

Related

1. getNonNull(List list)
2. getNotNullCount(List list)
3. getNotNullId(final List idList)
4. getScreen_BL_NONNULL(List