org.mmbase.util

Class StringSplitter

java.lang.Object

org.mmbase.util.StringSplitter

public class StringSplitter
extends Object

Utility class for splitting delimited values.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Pierre van Rooden, Kees Jongenburger, Michiel Meeuwissen

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Map<String,String>	map(String string)
static Map<String,String>	map(String string, String delimiter) Splits a String into a map.
static List<String>	split(String string) Simple util method to split comma separated values.
static List<String>	split(String string, String delimiter) Simple util method to split delimited values to a list.
static List<String>	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

Method Detail

split

public static List<String> 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<String> 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<String> 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

map

public static Map<String,String> map(String string)

Since:

MMBase-1.9

map

public static Map<String,String> map(String string,
                                     String delimiter)

Splits a String into a map.

Parameters:

delimiter - Delimiter to split entries. If this is a newline, then the string will be read like properties

Since:

MMBase-1.9.1