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Parse Comma Delimited List
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* Copyright (C) 2003 Sapient Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
*/
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
/**
* <p>Utilities for strings.</p>
*
*
* Copyright 2002 Sapient
* @since carbon 1.0
* @author Greg Hinkle, May 2002
* @version $Revision: 1.5 $($Author: dvoet $ / $Date: 2003/05/05 21:21:24 $)
*/
public class StringUtil {
/**
* Parses a comma-separated list into an array of Strings
* Values can contain whitespace, but whitespace at the beginning and
* end of each value is trimmed.
* @return array of Strings
* @param csvList a string of comma seperated values
*/
public static String[] parseCommaDelimitedList(String csvList) {
String[] result = parseList(csvList, ",");
for (int i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
result[i] = result[i].trim();
}
return result;
}
/**
* Parses a whitepsace-separated list into an array of Strings
* @return array of Strings
* @param wsvList a string of white space seperated values
*/
public static String[] parseWhitespaceDelimitedList(String wsvList) {
return parseList(wsvList, "\t ");
}
/**
* Parses a list according to the specified delimiter into an
* array of Strings.
* @see java.util.StringTokenizer
* @param list a string of token seperated values
* @param delim the delimiter character(s). Each character in the string is a
* single delimeter.
* @return an array of strings
*/
public static String[] parseList(String list, String delim) {
List result = new ArrayList();
StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(list, delim);
while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
result.add(tokenizer.nextToken());
}
return (String[]) result.toArray(new String[0]);
}
}
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