question: public static List < String > deserializeStrings ( String rawPropertyValue ) { List < String > strings = new ArrayList < String > ( ) ; if ( rawPropertyValue != null && rawPropertyValue . length ( ) > 0 ) { return Arrays . asList ( rawPropertyValue . split ( "\\|" ) ) ; } return strings ; }
target:  Returns a list of strings deserialized from a raw property value string. If the string is null or 0-length, an empty list is returned;