Java String Split by Regex splitStringToList(String input, String regex)

Description

splits a string on a regex delimeter and converts the resulting array to a List

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static List<String> splitStringToList(String input, String regex) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright 2009, 2010 Lars Grammel //from ww w.  ja  va 2s  .c  o  m
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 
 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
 *     
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 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
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 *******************************************************************************/

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.Collections;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * splits a string on a regex delimeter and converts the resulting array to
     * a List
     */
    public static List<String> splitStringToList(String input, String regex) {
        if (input == null) {
            return Collections.emptyList();
        }

        List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (String value : input.split(regex)) {
            results.add(value.trim());
        }

        return results;
    }
}

Related

1. split(String text, String pattern)
2. splitAndTrim(String s, String regex)
3. splitList(String list, String splitRegex)
4. splitNoEmpty(String sStr, String regex)
5. splitString(String str, List list, String regex)
6. splitTerms(String text, String pattern)
7. splitToList(String s, String regex)
8. splitToLongList(String str, String regex)