src/main/java/org/jboss/util/Strings.java
public static String[] split(final String string, final String delim,
      final int limit)
   {
      // get the count of delim in string, if count is > limit 
      // then use limit for count.  The number of delimiters is less by one
      // than the number of elements, so add one to count.
      int count = count(string, delim) + 1;
      if (limit > 0 && count > limit)
      {
         count = limit;
      }

      String strings[] = new String[count];
      int begin = 0;

      for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
      {
         // get the next index of delim
         int end = string.indexOf(delim, begin);
         
         // if the end index is -1 or if this is the last element
         // then use the string's length for the end index
         if (end == -1 || i + 1 == count)
            end = string.length();

         // if end is 0, then the first element is empty
         if (end == 0)
            strings[i] = EMPTY;
         else
            strings[i] = string.substring(begin, end);

         // update the begining index
         begin = end + 1;
      }

      return strings;
   }
public static String[] split(final String string, final String delim,
      final int limit)
   {
      // get the count of delim in string, if count is > limit 
      // then use limit for count.  The number of delimiters is less by one
      // than the number of elements, so add one to count.
      int count = count(string, delim) + 1;
      if (limit > 0 && count > limit)
      {
         count = limit;
      }

      String strings[] = new String[count];
      int begin = 0;

      for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
      {
         // get the next index of delim
         int end = string.indexOf(delim, begin);
         
         // if the end index is -1 or if this is the last element
         // then use the string's length for the end index
         if (end == -1 || i + 1 == count)
            end = string.length();

         // if end is 0, then the first element is empty
         if (end == 0)
            strings[i] = EMPTY;
         else
            strings[i] = string.substring(begin, end);

         // update the begining index
         begin = end + 1;
      }

      return strings;
   }
Split up a string into multiple strings based on a delimiter.

@param string  String to split up.
@param delim   Delimiter.
@param limit   Limit the number of strings to split into
(-1 for no limit).
@return        Array of strings.