public static final String[] decode(String src){
  if (src == null || src.length() == 0) {
    return (new String[0]);
  }
  return StringUtils.split(src,SEPARATOR);
}

public static final String [ ] decode ( String src ) { if ( src == null || src . length ( ) == 0 ) { return ( new String [ 0 ] ) ; } return StringUtils . split ( src , SEPARATOR ) ; }
splits the string into an array
