Java String Split splitHelperName(String name)

Description

This implementation is quite naive and should be possibly rewritten.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
name	a parameter

Declaration

static Iterator<String> splitHelperName(String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*w  ww  .ja v a  2  s. com*/
 * Copyright 2013 Martin Kouba
 *
 * 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
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * This implementation is quite naive and should be possibly rewritten.
     *
     * @param name
     * @return
     */
    static Iterator<String> splitHelperName(String name) {

        boolean literal = false;
        boolean whitespace = false;
        List<String> parts = new ArrayList<String>();
        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();

        for (int i = 0; i < name.length(); i++) {
            if (name.charAt(i) == ' ') {
                if (!whitespace) {
                    if (!literal) {
                        parts.add(buffer.toString());
                        buffer = new StringBuilder();
                        whitespace = true;
                    } else {
                        buffer.append(name.charAt(i));
                    }
                }
            } else {
                if (name.charAt(i) == '"') {
                    if (literal) {
                        literal = false;
                    } else {
                        literal = true;
                    }
                }
                whitespace = false;
                buffer.append(name.charAt(i));
            }
        }

        if (buffer.length() > 0) {
            parts.add(buffer.toString());
        }
        return parts.iterator();
    }
}

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