How to split a comma separated String while ignoring escaped commas?

Question

I need to write a extended version of the StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray function which gets an additional parameter: the escape char.

so calling my:

Answer 1

For future reference, here is the complete method i ended up with:

public static String[] commaDelimitedListToStringArray(String str, String escapeChar) {
    // these characters need to be escaped in a regular expression
    String regularExpressionSpecialChars = "/.*+?|()[]{}\\";

    String escapedEscapeChar = escapeChar;

    // if the escape char for our comma separated list needs to be escaped 
    // for the regular expression, escape it using the \ char
    if(regularExpressionSpecialChars.indexOf(escapeChar) != -1) 
        escapedEscapeChar = "\\" + escapeChar;

    // see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/820172/how-to-split-a-comma-separated-string-while-ignoring-escaped-commas
    String[] temp = str.split("(?