Java String Split by Space splitAndKeepEscapedSpaces(String string, boolean preserveEscapes)

Description

split And Keep Escaped Spaces

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String[] splitAndKeepEscapedSpaces(String string, boolean preserveEscapes) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from  w w  w  .j a  v a 2 s.c o  m*/
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2014 "Neo Technology,"
 * Network Engine for Objects in Lund AB [http://neotechnology.com]
 *
 * This file is part of Neo4j.
 *
 * Neo4j is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;

public class Main {
    public static String[] splitAndKeepEscapedSpaces(String string, boolean preserveEscapes) {
        Collection<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
        StringBuilder current = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++) {
            char ch = string.charAt(i);
            if (ch == ' ') {
                boolean isGluedSpace = i > 0 && string.charAt(i - 1) == '\\';
                if (!isGluedSpace) {
                    result.add(current.toString());
                    current = new StringBuilder();
                    continue;
                }
            }

            if (preserveEscapes || ch != '\\') {
                current.append(ch);
            }
        }
        if (current.length() > 0) {
            result.add(current.toString());
        }
        return result.toArray(new String[result.size()]);
    }
}

Related

1. split(String source, String limit, boolean trim, boolean ignoreWhitespace)
2. splitAtSpaces(String s)
3. splitBySpace(String p_str)
4. splitInWhiteSpaces(String string)
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