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+/*************************************************
+ *
+ * = PACKAGE
+ *    JACE.OS
+ *
+ * = FILENAME
+ *    OS.java
+ *
+ *@author Prashant Jain
+ *
+ *************************************************/
+package JACE.OS;
+
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+
+/**
+ *     Methods to extend the capabilities of the Java runtime system.
+ * <P>
+ * This non-instantiable class contains little <q>utility functions</q>
+ * that should have been in Java to begin with :-)
+ */
+public class OS
+{
+  /**
+   * Create an array of Strings from a single String using <delim> as
+   * the delimiter.
+   *@param args the String to break up to make an array of Strings
+   *@param delim the delimeter to use to break the String up
+   *@return an array containing the original String broken up
+   */
+  public static String [] createStringArray (String args, String delim)
+  {
+    // First determine the number of arguments
+    int count = 0;
+    StringTokenizer tokens = new StringTokenizer (args, delim);
+    while (tokens.hasMoreTokens ())
+      {
+	tokens.nextToken ();
+	count++;
+      }
+    if (count == 0)
+      return null;
+    
+    // Create argument array
+    String [] argArray = new String [count];
+    int index = 0;
+    tokens = new StringTokenizer (args, " ");
+    while (tokens.hasMoreTokens ())
+      {
+	argArray [index] = tokens.nextToken ();
+	index++;
+      }
+
+    // Assert index == count
+    if (index != count)
+      return null;
+    else
+      return argArray;    
+  }
+
+  // Default private constructor to avoid instantiation
+  private OS ()
+  {
+  }
+}