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

String -> Collection conversion: (String -> String[] -> Collection)

//         java version 8

String str = "aa,bb,cc,dd,aa,ss,bb,ee,aa,zz,dd,ff,hh";

//          Collection,
//          Set , List,
//      HashSet , ArrayList ...
// (____________________________)
// ||                          ||
// \/                          \/
Collection col = new HashSet<>(Stream.of(str.split(",")).collect(Collectors.toList()));

Collection -> String[] conversion:

String[] se = col.toArray(new String[col.size()]);

String -> String[] conversion:

String[] strArr = str.split(",");

And Collection -> Collection:

List list = new LinkedList<>(col);