public static ArrayList<Attribute> parseOperationsMessage(String message){
  ArrayList<Attribute> contents=new ArrayList<Attribute>();
  int start;
  int end;
  int equals;
  String request;
  if ((message != null) && message.startsWith(OPERATIONS)) {
    for (start=message.indexOf(REQUEST_DELIMITER); start > 0; start=end) {
      start+=REQUEST_DELIMITER.length();
      end=message.indexOf(REQUEST_DELIMITER,start);
      if (end > 0) {
        request=message.substring(start,end);
      }
 else {
        request=message.substring(start,message.length());
      }
      equals=request.indexOf(FIELDSEPARATOR);
      if ((equals > 0) && (equals < (request.length() - 1))) {
        contents.add(new Attribute(request.substring(0,equals),request.substring(equals + 1,request.length())));
      }
 else {
        contents.add(new Attribute(request,null));
      }
    }
  }
  return contents;
}

public static ArrayList < Attribute > parseOperationsMessage ( String message ) { ArrayList < Attribute > contents = new ArrayList < Attribute > ( ) ; int start ; int end ; int equals ; String request ; if ( ( message != null ) && message . startsWith ( OPERATIONS ) ) { for ( start = message . indexOf ( REQUEST_DELIMITER ) ; start > 0 ; start = end ) { start += REQUEST_DELIMITER . length ( ) ; end = message . indexOf ( REQUEST_DELIMITER , start ) ; if ( end > 0 ) { request = message . substring ( start , end ) ; } else { request = message . substring ( start , message . length ( ) ) ; } equals = request . indexOf ( FIELDSEPARATOR ) ; if ( ( equals > 0 ) && ( equals < ( request . length ( ) - 1 ) ) ) { contents . add ( new Attribute ( request . substring ( 0 , equals ) , request . substring ( equals + 1 , request . length ( ) ) ) ) ; } else { contents . add ( new Attribute ( request , null ) ) ; } } } return contents ; }
parse a string presumably constructed by constructoperationsmessage . it breaks the string down into tag or tag = value pairs , using a request_delimiter as the separator . each pair is further broken down into the tag and value and stuffed into an attribute . the attribute is then added to the resulting arraylist . < p > the leading operations string is not included . if the the first string is not operations , an empty arraylist is returned .
