code: @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      public static List<String> deserializeList(String list) {
          if (list == null || list.equals("")) {
              return new ArrayList<String>();
          }
          XStream xstream = new XStream(new DomDriver());
          return (List<String>) xstream.fromXML(list);
      }
docs: DeSerializes XML into a List of Strings. If the XML is either
  empty or null an empty List is returned.
  
  @param list
  @return