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+++ b/gwt-client/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/river/client/client/ui/StringArrayParseHelper.java	Thu Jul 19 13:36:38 2018 +0200
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+/** Copyright (C) 2017 by Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde
+ * Software engineering by
+ *  Björnsen Beratende Ingenieure GmbH
+ *  Dr. Schumacher Ingenieurbüro für Wasser und Umwelt
+ *
+ * This file is Free Software under the GNU AGPL (>=v3)
+ * and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! Check out the
+ * documentation coming with Dive4Elements River for details.
+ */
+package org.dive4elements.river.client.client.ui;
+
+/**
+ * @author Domenico Nardi Tironi
+ *
+ */
+public class StringArrayParseHelper {
+
+    public static final String[] getArrayFromRawString(final String raw) {
+        if (raw != null) {
+            return raw.trim().replaceAll("\\s+", " ").split(" ");
+        }
+        return new String[] {};
+    }
+
+    public static final String trimRawString(final String raw) {
+        if (raw != null) {
+            return raw.trim().replaceAll("\\s+", " ");
+        }
+        return "";
+    }
+
+}