Java String Split splitList(String list)

Description

split List

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static List<Object> splitList(String list) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    public static List<Object> splitList(String list) {
        return splitList(list, 0, list.length());
    }/*from www  . j a  v a  2  s. c om*/

    public static List<Object> splitList(String list, int offset, int length) {
        int idx = offset;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        List<Object> ret = new ArrayList<Object>();

        System.out.println("splitList: "
                + list.subSequence(offset, offset + length));

        while (idx < (offset + length)) {
            while (idx < (offset + length)
                    && Character.isWhitespace(list.charAt(idx))) {
                idx++;
            }

            if (idx >= (offset + length)) {
                break;
            }

            if (list.charAt(idx) == '{') {
                int level = 1;
                int end = idx + 1;
                // List element

                // scan forward to the closing brace
                while (end < (offset + length) && level != 0) {
                    if (list.charAt(end) == '{') {
                        level++;
                    } else if (list.charAt(end) == '}') {
                        level--;
                    }
                    end++;
                }
                List<Object> spl = splitList(list, idx + 1, (end - idx - 2));

                if (spl.size() > 1) {
                    ret.add(spl);
                } else {
                    if (spl.get(0) instanceof String) {
                        String str = (String) spl.get(0);

                        if (str.indexOf('[') != -1) {
                            ret.add(str);
                        } else {
                            ret.add(spl);
                        }
                    } else {
                        ret.add(spl);
                    }
                }

                idx = end + 1;
            } else if (list.charAt(idx) == '"') {
                // String element
                int last_ch = -1, ch;
                sb.setLength(0);

                while (idx < (offset + length)) {
                    sb.append((ch = list.charAt(idx)));
                    idx++;
                    if (ch == '"' && last_ch != '\\') {
                        break;
                    }
                    last_ch = ch;
                }
            } else {
                // Whitespace-delimited token
                sb.setLength(0);

                while (idx < (offset + length)
                        && !Character.isWhitespace(list.charAt(idx))) {
                    sb.append(list.charAt(idx));
                    idx++;
                }

                ret.add(sb.toString());
            }
        }

        return ret;
    }
}

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