CommaDelimitedSplitter.java

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package org.springframework.integration.samples.testing.splitter;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.integration.annotation.Splitter;

/**
 * Splits a message containing a comma-delimited list into 
 * a list of strings. Empty elements are dropped.
 * 
 * @author Gary Russell
 * @since 2.0.2
 *
 */
public class CommaDelimitedSplitter {
	
	@Splitter
	public List<String> split(String input) {
		String[] splits = input.split(",");
		List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
		for (String split : splits) {
			String trimmed = split.trim();
			if (trimmed.length() > 0) {
				list.add(trimmed);
			}
		}
		return list;
	}

}