code: static String[] parsePackages(String packages) {
  
      if (packages == null || packages.trim().length() == 0) {
        return new String[0];
      }
      String[] commaSplit = packages.split(",");
      String[] processPackages = new String[commaSplit.length];
      for (int i = 0; i < commaSplit.length; i++) {
        processPackages[i] = convert(commaSplit[i]);
      }
      return processPackages;
    }
docs: Split using delimiter and convert to slash notation.