Java String Extract extractItems(String items)

License

Declaration

public static List<String> extractItems(String items) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  w  w  w.  ja  v  a2s  .co  m*/
     * splits a string of type {("A","B<C,D>","C")} into ["A", "B<C,D>", "C"]
     * */
    public static List<String> extractItems(String items) {
        List<String> itemList = new ArrayList<String>();
        if (items == null)
            return itemList;
        items = items.replace(" ", ""); //remove all spaces      
        if (items.split("\"(.)*\"").length == 1)
            return itemList;
        String[] arrayItems = items.split("\",");

        for (int i = 0; i < arrayItems.length; i++) {
            //there is exactly one " in each arrayItem[i], and we need the string from the right of it
            String[] rightStr = arrayItems[i].split("\"");
            if (rightStr.length > 0)
                itemList.add(rightStr[1]);
        }
        return itemList;
    }
}

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