How to convert comma-separated String to List?

Question

Is there any built-in method in Java which allows us to convert comma separated String to some container (e.g array, List or Vector)? Or do I need to write custom code for t

Answer 1

An example using Collections.

import java.util.Collections;
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String commaSeparated = "item1 , item2 , item3";
ArrayList items = new ArrayList<>();
Collections.addAll(items, commaSeparated.split("\\s*,\\s*"));
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