code: protected static List<Pattern> splice2Pattern(final String toSplice) throws PatternSyntaxException {
  
          final List<Pattern> toReturn = new ArrayList<Pattern>();
  
          for (final String current : splice(toSplice)) {
              toReturn.add(Pattern.compile(current));
          }
  
          return toReturn;
      }
docs: Helper method which splices the provided String into a List of Pattern instances.
  
  @param toSplice The string to splice
  @return A List holding the elements of the spliced string, converted to Patterns
  @throws PatternSyntaxException if the {@code Pattern.compile} method could not compile the provided string.