Java String to List strToAList(String strTokenize)

Description

Takes a string and returns the array list for that string.

License

GNU General Public License

Declaration

public static ArrayList strToAList(String strTokenize) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from w ww .j av  a2 s  .c  om
 * Copyright (C) 2015  University of Oregon
 *
 * You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public
 * License or the Apache License, as specified in the LICENSE file.
 *
 * For more information, see the LICENSE file.
 */

import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     *  Takes a string and returns the array list for that string.
     */
    public static ArrayList strToAList(String strTokenize) {
        return strToAList(strTokenize, true);
    }

    /**
     *  Takes a string and returns the array list for that string.
     *  @strTokenize    string from which an arraylist should be made.
     *  @strDelim       delimeter string for the tokenizer.
     */
    public static ArrayList strToAList(String strTokenize, String strDelim) {
        return strToAList(strTokenize, true, strDelim);
    }

    /**
     *  Takes a string and returns the array list for that string.
     *  @param strTokenize  the string from which an arraylist should be made.
     *  @param bAllowDups   true if duplicates should be allowed in the arraylist.
     */
    public static ArrayList strToAList(String strTokenize,
            boolean bAllowDups) {
        return strToAList(strTokenize, bAllowDups, " \t\n\r\f");
    }

    /**
     *  Takes a string and returns the array list for that string.
     *  @param strTokenize  the string from which an arraylist should be made.
     *  @param bAllowDups   true if duplicates should be allowed in the arraylist.
     *  @param strDelim     delimeter string for the tokenizer.
     */
    public static ArrayList strToAList(String strTokenize,
            boolean bAllowDups, String strDelim) {
        ArrayList<String> aListValues = new ArrayList<String>();
        String strValue;

        if (strTokenize == null)
            return aListValues;

        StringTokenizer strTokTmp = new StringTokenizer(strTokenize,
                strDelim);
        while (strTokTmp.hasMoreTokens()) {
            strValue = strTokTmp.nextToken();
            if (strValue != null && strValue.trim().length() > 0) {
                if (bAllowDups || !aListValues.contains(strValue))
                    aListValues.add(strValue);
            }
        }

        return aListValues;
    }
}

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