Here you can find the source of split(String input)
public static String[] split(String input)
//package com.java2s; /**//ww w. ja va 2 s . co m * Created on Oct 21, 2010 * This file is part of JObexFTP 2.0, and it contains parts of OBEX4J. * * JObexFTP 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, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * JObexFTP 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. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with JObexFTP. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * */ import java.util.ArrayList; public class Main { public static String[] split(String input) { if (!input.contains("\"")) { return input.split(" "); } ArrayList<String> l = new ArrayList<String>(); boolean isInQuotes = false; String stack = ""; for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) { if (input.charAt(i) == '\"') { if (isInQuotes) { if (stack.length() > 0) { l.add(stack); stack = ""; } isInQuotes = false; } else { isInQuotes = true; } } else if (input.charAt(i) == ' ') { if (isInQuotes) { stack += " "; } else { if (stack.length() > 0) { l.add(stack); stack = ""; } } } else { stack += input.charAt(i); } } if (stack.length() > 0) { l.add(stack); stack = ""; } return l.toArray(new String[l.size()]); } }