package org.litesoft.core.simpletypes.temporal;

import java.util.*;

public class SimpleParser
{
    public static String[] parse( String pToParse, String pSequentialSeperators, int pMinPartsToReturn )
    {
        List parts = new ArrayList();
        if ( pToParse != null )
        {
            int from = 0;
            if ( pSequentialSeperators != null )
            {
                for ( int zSepIndex = 0; zSepIndex < pSequentialSeperators.length(); zSepIndex++ )
                {
                    char sep = pSequentialSeperators.charAt( zSepIndex );
                    int at = pToParse.indexOf( sep, from );
                    if ( at == -1 )
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                    parts.add( pToParse.substring( from, at ) );
                    from = at + 1;
                }
            }
            parts.add( pToParse.substring( from ) ); // last chunk
        }
        while ( parts.size() < pMinPartsToReturn )
        {
            parts.add( "" );
        }
        String[] rv = new String[parts.size()];
        for ( int i = 0; i < parts.size(); i++ )
        {
            rv[i] = (String) parts.get( i );
        }
        return rv;
    }
}