protected static String[] commaDelimitedListToStringArray(String commaDelimitedStrings){
  return (commaDelimitedStrings == null || commaDelimitedStrings.length() == 0) ? new String[0] : commaSeparatedValuesPattern.split(commaDelimitedStrings);
}

protected static String [ ] commaDelimitedListToStringArray ( String commaDelimitedStrings ) { return ( commaDelimitedStrings == null || commaDelimitedStrings . length ( ) == 0 ) ? new String [ 0 ] : commaSeparatedValuesPattern . split ( commaDelimitedStrings ) ; }
convert a given comma delimited string into an array of string
