Java String Tokenize getNameTokens(final String names)

Description

Return a List of name tokens

License

Creative Commons License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
names	is a comma separated String

Return

will a List of Strings

Declaration

public static List<String> getNameTokens(final String names) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from  www  .j  a va  2 s .c  o m
 * Generic utility class.
 * <p/>
 * This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License. To
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 *
 * @author $Author: jal55 $
 * @version $Rev: 8005 $
 * @package edu.psu.iam.cpr.core.util
 * @lastrevision $Date: 2013-09-11 08:47:10 -0400 (Wed, 11 Sep 2013) $
 */

import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Return a List of name tokens
     *
     * @param names is a comma separated String
     * @return will a List of Strings
     */
    public static List<String> getNameTokens(final String names) {
        List<String> listNames = new ArrayList<String>();
        if (fieldIsPresent(names)) {
            StringTokenizer stkn = new StringTokenizer(names, " ,");
            while (stkn.hasMoreTokens()) {
                String aName = stkn.nextToken();
                if (aName.trim().length() > 0) {
                    listNames.add(aName);
                }
            }
        }

        return listNames;
    }

    /**
     * check all fields supplied to see if they have data
     *
     * @param names a variable argument list of fields
     * @return 'true' if all fields contain data, else return 'false'
     */
    public static boolean fieldIsPresent(String... names) {
        /* false means at least one field is null or empty
         * true  means all fields have real data 
         */
        if (names == null) {
            return false;
        }

        boolean isPresent = true;

        // All fields must be present
        for (String name : names) {
            if (name == null || name.trim().length() == 0) {
                isPresent = false;
            }
        }

        return isPresent;
    }
}

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