Then we could perhaps provide an overload which allows the client to choose. That way, one need not resort to a method call for one type and using a clss for the other. We could improve the balance by offering both choices in the same method :) Ash
> -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Colebourne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 21:49 > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: [lang] StringUtils.split() functionality wrt separator > repeats > > > Because we intend to not change the contract of split on > StringUtils, that > method is left as it. Tokenizer provides the alternative. It seems a > reasonable balance. > > Stephen > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ash .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I had come across the Tokenizer class in the lang package, > and I agree > that > > it offers much more control and flexibility. Here however, from a > > developer's perspective, I had meant to discuss the > functionality of the > > StringUtils.split() method, regardless of such > functionality available > > elsewhere. > > > > Ash > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Inger, Matthew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >try the new "Tokenizer" class. You can get it from CVS. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ash .. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [lang] StringUtils.split() functionality wrt > separator repeats > > > > > > The StringUtils.split(), suggest as an alternative to > StringTokenizer, > > ignores adjacent separators. > > However, I feel that it would be better if they were not > ignored, and > empty > > strings be returned when such a case occurs. Or, there be > an overloaded > > option which lets the user specify whether to ignore > separator repeats or > > not. > > > > As I see it, it is more often that a separator repeat > occurs due to the > > absence of data in a specified series of, say, cells. > Taking the typical > > case of a CSV file line read, finding two commas would mean > a cell is > empty, > > > > not that the resultant array should have one element less. > It must rather > > have the expected number of elements with the repeat case > entailing an > empty > > > > String. > > Comments. > > > > Ash > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > Run, rabbit run. > > Dig that hole, forget the sun, > > And when at last the work is done > > Don't sit down it's time to dig another one. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > On the move? Get Hotmail on your mobile phone > http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
