question: private double [ ] parseVector ( String s ) { String [ ] entries = WHITESPACE_PATTERN . split ( s ) ; double [ ] d = new double [ entries . length ] ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < entries . length ; i ++ ) { try { d [ i ] = ParseUtil . parseDouble ( entries [ i ] ) ; } catch ( NumberFormatException e ) { throw new AbortException ( "Could not parse vector." ) ; } } return d ; }
target:  Parse a string into a vector. TODO: move this into utility package?