Split the supplied content into lines, returning each line as an element in the returned list.

    
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

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/**
 * Utilities for string processing and manipulation.
 */
public class StringUtil {


  /**
   * Split the supplied content into lines, returning each line as an element in the returned list.
   * 
   * @param content the string content that is to be split
   * @return the list of lines; never null but may be an empty (unmodifiable) list if the supplied content is null or empty
   */
  public static List<String> splitLines( final String content ) {
      if (content == null || content.length() == 0) return Collections.emptyList();
      String[] lines = content.split("[\\r]?\\n");
      return Arrays.asList(lines);
  }

}

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Split the supplied content into lines, returning each line as an element in the returned list. : String Operation « Regular Expressions « Java

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