Java XML Parse String parseArray(String array)

Description

Parse an SQL array.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
array	The array to parse.

Return

The parsed array, as a list.

Declaration

public static List<String> parseArray(String array) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**/*w w  w .  j  ava  2  s . co  m*/
     * Parse an SQL array.
     * @param array The array to parse.
     * @return The parsed array, as a list.
     */
    public static List<String> parseArray(String array) {
        char[] input = array.substring(1, array.length() - 1)
                .replace("\\\\", "\\").toCharArray();
        List<String> output = new ArrayList<>();
        StringBuilder elem = new StringBuilder();
        boolean inQuotes = false;
        boolean escaped = false;
        for (char c : input) {
            if (escaped) {
                elem.append(c);
                escaped = false;
            } else if (c == '"') {
                inQuotes = !inQuotes;
                escaped = false;
            } else if (c == '\\') {
                escaped = true;
            } else {
                if (inQuotes) {
                    elem.append(c);
                } else if (c == ',') {
                    output.add(elem.toString());
                    elem.setLength(0); // This is basically .clear()
                } else {
                    elem.append(c);
                }
                escaped = false;
            }
        }
        if (elem.length() > 0) {
            output.add(elem.toString());
        }
        return output;
    }
}

Related

1. parseArguments(String args)
2. parseArguments(String[] arguments, String delimiter)
3. parseArgumentString(String argStr)
4. parseArgumentString(String command)
5. parseArray(String array)
6. parseArray(String inputArray)
7. parseXml(Object obj)
8. parseXML(String path)
9. parseXML(String pathToMap)