Java Vector from String getKeyStringAsVector(String keyString, String separator)

Description

Return a vector of strings with one element per key value NOTE: An empty string ("") will be regarded as a value, therefor is StringTokenizer not used.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
keyString	String with each key value separated by the separator
separator	The sparator used in the key string

Return

Vector with one element per key

Declaration

public static Vector getKeyStringAsVector(String keyString,
        String separator)

Method Source Code

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import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Return a vector of strings with one element per key value
     * 
     * NOTE: An empty string ("") will be regarded as a value, therefor is 
     *       StringTokenizer not used.
     * 
     * Example:  ",A,,B," will result in Vector with 5 elements[ A B ] 
     *           For tokenizer would the result have been a Vector of 2 elements [AB]
     *
     * @param   keyString      String with each key value separated by the separator
     * @param   separator       The sparator used in the key string
     * @return  Vector with one element per key 
     */
    public static Vector getKeyStringAsVector(String keyString,
            String separator) {

        if (keyString == null) {
            return null;
        }

        Vector v = new Vector();
        int xb = 0;
        int xe = 0;
        boolean loop = true;
        while (loop) {
            xe = keyString.indexOf(separator, xb);
            if (xe < 0) {
                xe = keyString.length();
                loop = false;
            }
            v.add(keyString.substring(xb, xe));
            xb = xe + separator.length();
        }
        return v;
    }
}