Java String Split splitNames(final String string)

Description

Splits qualified names by dots.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	qualified name

Return

array of names

Declaration

private static String[] splitNames(final String string) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**// www.java  2s.c o m
 * Copyright 2006 StartNet s.r.o.
 *
 * Distributed under MIT license
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Splits qualified names by dots. If names are quoted then quotes are
     * removed.
     *
     * @param string qualified name
     *
     * @return array of names
     */
    private static String[] splitNames(final String string) {
        if (string.indexOf('"') == -1) {
            return string.split("\\.");
        } else {
            final List<String> strings = new ArrayList<String>(2);
            int startPos = 0;

            while (true) {
                if (string.charAt(startPos) == '"') {
                    final int endPos = string.indexOf('"', startPos + 1);
                    strings.add(string.substring(startPos + 1, endPos));

                    if (endPos + 1 == string.length()) {
                        break;
                    } else if (string.charAt(endPos + 1) == '.') {
                        startPos = endPos + 2;
                    } else {
                        startPos = endPos + 1;
                    }
                } else {
                    final int endPos = string.indexOf('.', startPos);

                    if (endPos == -1) {
                        strings.add(string.substring(startPos));
                        break;
                    } else {
                        strings.add(string.substring(startPos, endPos));
                        startPos = endPos + 1;
                    }
                }
            }

            return strings.toArray(new String[strings.size()]);
        }
    }
}

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