Adding comma separated strings to an ArrayList and vice versa

Question

How to add a comma separated string to an ArrayList? My string \"returnedItems\" could hold 1 or 20 items which I\'d like to add to my ArrayList \"selItemArrayList\".

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Answer 1

If the strings themselves can have commas in them, things get more complicated. Rather than rolling your own, consider using one of the many open-source CSV parsers. While they are designed to read in files, at least OpenCSV will also parse an individual string you hand it.

• Commons CSV
• OpenCSV
• Super CSV
• OsterMiller CSV