code: public static List<String> split(String text, String regEx) {
  
  		if (isNullOrEmptyTrimmed(text)) {
  			return Collections.emptyList();
  		}
  
  		String[] items = text.trim().split(regEx);
  		return Arrays.asList(items);
  	}
docs: Wrapper around String.split(regEx) method
  
  @param text  to split
  @param regEx regular expression to use for splitting
  @return list of strings or empty list if could not split