Java String Split splitMultiMessageString( String multiMessageString, String messageSplitter)

Description

Splits a multi-message string into several message strings.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static List<String> splitMultiMessageString(
        String multiMessageString, String messageSplitter) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/* The MIT License (MIT)

 Copyright (c) 2012 Jerome Wagener//w  w w .jav a  2 s  . com

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

public class Main {
    /** Splits a multi-message string into several message strings. If the provided string only contains 
     * one message, only this message will be returned. If the multiMessageString does not contain at 
     * least one message splitter string, the original string will be returned */
    public static List<String> splitMultiMessageString(
            String multiMessageString, String messageSplitter) {
        ArrayList<String> messages = new ArrayList<String>();

        if (multiMessageString.startsWith(messageSplitter)) {
            for (String message : multiMessageString.split(messageSplitter)) {
                if (!(message.trim()).isEmpty()) {
                    messages.add(messageSplitter + message);
                }
            }

            return messages;
        }

        messages.add(multiMessageString);

        return messages;
    }
}

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