Java String Explode explode(String string, String separators)

Description

explode

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static List<String> explode(String string, String separators) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w  w  w.j  a  va2 s  .  c  o m*/
 * Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 Eike Stepper (Berlin, Germany) and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *    Eike Stepper - initial API and implementation
 *    Yatta Solutions - [466264] Enhance UX in simple installer
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    public static List<String> explode(String string, String separators) {
        return explode(string, separators, '\\');
    }

    public static List<String> explode(String string, String separators, char escapeCharacter) {
        List<String> tokens = new ArrayList<String>();

        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        boolean separator = false;
        boolean escape = false;

        for (int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++) {
            separator = false;
            char c = string.charAt(i);
            if (!escape && c == escapeCharacter) {
                escape = true;
            } else {
                if (!escape && separators.indexOf(c) != -1) {
                    tokens.add(builder.toString());
                    builder.setLength(0);
                    separator = true;
                } else {
                    builder.append(c);
                }

                escape = false;
            }
        }

        if (separator || builder.length() != 0) {
            tokens.add(builder.toString());
        }

        return tokens;
    }
}

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