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

import com.google.common.base.*;

Iterable items = Splitter.on(",").omitEmptyStrings()
                                 .split("Mango,Apple,Guava");

// Join again!
String itemsString = Joiner.join(",").join(items);