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/**************************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) Jonas BonŽr, Alexandre Vasseur. All rights reserved. *
* http://aspectwerkz.codehaus.org *
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* The software in this package is published under the terms of the LGPL license *
* a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the license.txt file. *
**************************************************************************************/
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
/**
* Utility methods for strings.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:jboner@codehaus.org">Jonas BonŽr </a>
*/
public class Strings {
/**
* String split on multicharacter delimiter. <p/>Written by Tim Quinn (tim.quinn@honeywell.com)
*
* @param stringToSplit
* @param delimiter
* @return
*/
public static final String[] splitString(String stringToSplit, String delimiter) {
String[] aRet;
int iLast;
int iFrom;
int iFound;
int iRecords;
// return Blank Array if stringToSplit == "")
if (stringToSplit.equals("")) {
return new String[0];
}
// count Field Entries
iFrom = 0;
iRecords = 0;
while (true) {
iFound = stringToSplit.indexOf(delimiter, iFrom);
if (iFound == -1) {
break;
}
iRecords++;
iFrom = iFound + delimiter.length();
}
iRecords = iRecords + 1;
// populate aRet[]
aRet = new String[iRecords];
if (iRecords == 1) {
aRet[0] = stringToSplit;
} else {
iLast = 0;
iFrom = 0;
iFound = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < iRecords; i++) {
iFound = stringToSplit.indexOf(delimiter, iFrom);
if (iFound == -1) { // at End
aRet[i] = stringToSplit.substring(iLast + delimiter.length(), stringToSplit.length());
} else if (iFound == 0) { // at Beginning
aRet[i] = "";
} else { // somewhere in middle
aRet[i] = stringToSplit.substring(iFrom, iFound);
}
iLast = iFound;
iFrom = iFound + delimiter.length();
}
}
return aRet;
}
}
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