protected Vector<PathElement> breakUp(String path){
  Vector<PathElement> result;
  StringTokenizer tok;
  result=new Vector<PathElement>();
  tok=new StringTokenizer(path,".");
  while (tok.hasMoreTokens())   result.add(new PathElement(tok.nextToken()));
  return result;
}

protected Vector < PathElement > breakUp ( String path ) { Vector < PathElement > result ; StringTokenizer tok ; result = new Vector < PathElement > ( ) ; tok = new StringTokenizer ( path , "." ) ; while ( tok . hasMoreTokens ( ) ) result . add ( new PathElement ( tok . nextToken ( ) ) ) ; return result ; }
breaks up the given path and returns it as vector
