How to parse this string in Java?

Question

prefix/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/..

How to parse the dir1, dir2 values out of the above string in Java?

The prefix here c

Answer 1

String.split(String regex) is convenient but if you don't need the regular expression handling then go with the substring(..) example, java.util.StringTokenizer or use Apache commons lang 1. The performance difference when not using regular expressions can be a gain of 1 to 2 orders of magnitude in speed.