org.mmbase.util
Class StringSplitter

java.lang.Object
  org.mmbase.util.StringSplitter

public class StringSplitter

extends Object

Utility class for splitting delimited values.

Version:

$Id: StringSplitter.java,v 1.7 2006/06/26 18:15:22 johannes Exp $

Author:

Pierre van Rooden, Kees Jongenburger

Constructor Summary

StringSplitter()

Method Summary

static List	split(String string) Simple util method to split comma separated values.
static List	split(String string, String delimiter) Simple util method to split delimited values to a list.
static List	splitFunctions(CharSequence attribute) Splits up a String, (using comma delimiter), but takes into account brackets.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringSplitter

public StringSplitter()

Method Detail

split

public static List split(String string,
                         String delimiter)

Simple util method to split delimited values to a list. Useful for attributes. Similar to String.split(), but returns a List instead of an array, and trims the values.

Parameters:

string - the string to split

delimiter -

Returns:

a (modifiable) List containing the elements

split

public static List split(String string)

Simple util method to split comma separated values.

Parameters:

string - the string to split

Returns:

a List containing the elements

See Also:

split(String, String)

splitFunctions

public static List splitFunctions(CharSequence attribute)

Splits up a String, (using comma delimiter), but takes into account brackets. So a(b,c,d),e,f(g) will be split up in a(b,c,d) and e and f(g).

Since:

MMBase-1.8