code: public static boolean sameLists(String list1, String list2)
      {
          return new CommaListIterator(list1).equals(new CommaListIterator(list2));
      }
docs: Compares the two comma-separated lists.
  
  @param list1 The first list
  @param list2 The second list
  @return <code>true</code> if the lists are equal