Java List to String toStringList(Scanner scanner, String toSplit, final char separator)

Description

to String List

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
toSplit	a parameter
separator	a parameter

Declaration

static List<String> toStringList(Scanner scanner, String toSplit, final char separator) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from ww  w  . j ava2s  .c  o m*/
 *    Geotoolkit - An Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
 *    http://www.geotoolkit.org
 *
 *    (C) 2010-2015, Geomatys
 *
 *    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *    License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 *    version 2.1 of the License.
 *
 *    This library 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
 *    Lesser General Public License for more details.
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {
    /**
     *
     * @param toSplit
     * @param separator
     * @return
     */
    static List<String> toStringList(Scanner scanner, String toSplit, final char separator) {
        if (toSplit == null) {
            return Collections.emptyList();
        }
        final List<String> strings = new ArrayList<>();
        int last = 0;
        toSplit = toSplit.trim();

        String currentValue = null;
        boolean inEscape = false;
        for (;;) {
            if (inEscape) {

                int end = toSplit.indexOf('\"', last);
                while (end >= 0) {
                    if (end >= toSplit.length()) {
                        //found escape end
                        break;
                    } else if (toSplit.charAt(end + 1) == '\"') {
                        //double quote, not an escape
                        end = toSplit.indexOf('\"', end + 2);
                    } else {
                        break;
                    }
                }

                if (end >= 0) {
                    currentValue += toSplit.substring(last, end);
                    currentValue = currentValue.replace("\"\"", "\"");
                    strings.add(currentValue);
                    last = end + 2;
                    inEscape = false;
                } else {
                    currentValue += toSplit.substring(last);
                    currentValue += "\n";
                    last = 0;
                    toSplit = scanner.nextLine();
                }

            } else if (last >= toSplit.length()) {
                break;
            } else if (toSplit.charAt(last) == '\"') {
                inEscape = true;
                last++;
                currentValue = "";
            } else {
                final int end = toSplit.indexOf(separator, last);
                if (end >= 0) {
                    strings.add(toSplit.substring(last, end).trim());
                    last = end + 1;
                } else {
                    strings.add(toSplit.substring(last).trim());
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        return strings;
    }
}

Related

1. toStringList(List source)
2. toStringList(List intList)
3. toStringList(List