Here you can find the source of split(String string, String seperator)
This wraps String.split to return an ArrayList instead of a String[] array.
public static final ArrayList<String> split(String string, String seperator)
//package com.java2s; /*//from www .j a va 2 s . c o m Copyright 2009 Semantic Discovery, Inc. (www.semanticdiscovery.com) This file is part of the Semantic Discovery Toolkit. The Semantic Discovery Toolkit 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. The Semantic Discovery Toolkit 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 The Semantic Discovery Toolkit. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Arrays; public class Main { /** * Utility to split a string on a specified substring into an ArrayList * <p> * This wraps String.split to return an ArrayList instead of a String[] array. * @return an ArrayList containing the string parts */ public static final ArrayList<String> split(String string, String seperator) { return new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(string.split(seperator))); } }