Here you can find the source of toStringList(final String tags)
public static List<String> toStringList(final String tags)
//package com.java2s; /*// w ww. ja v a 2 s . c o m * Sentilo * * Copyright (C) 2013 Institut Municipal d?Inform?tica, Ajuntament de Barcelona. * * This program is licensed and may be used, modified and redistributed under the terms of the * European Public License (EUPL), either version 1.1 or (at your option) any later version as soon * as they are approved by the European Commission. * * Alternatively, you may redistribute and/or modify this program under the terms of the GNU Lesser * General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the * License, or (at your option) any later version. * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express * or implied. * * See the licenses for the specific language governing permissions, limitations and more details. * * You should have received a copy of the EUPL1.1 and the LGPLv3 licenses along with this program; * if not, you may find them at: * * https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/software/page/eupl/licence-eupl http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ and * https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt */ import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static List<String> toStringList(final String tags) { return tags != null ? Arrays.asList(tags.split("\\s*,\\s*")) : null; } }