code: protected static List<String> splice(final String toSplice) {
  
          final List<String> toReturn = new ArrayList<String>();
  
          final StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(toSplice, ",", false);
          while (tok.hasMoreTokens()) {
              toReturn.add(tok.nextToken());
          }
  
          return toReturn;
      }
docs: Helper method which splices the provided string into a List, separating on commas.
  
  @param toSplice The string to splice
  @return A list holding the elements of the spliced string.