wrap split in java

Author: carlosmiei

helpers/java/helpers.java

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
 public class Helpers {
@@ -743,4 +744,15 @@ public static Object opNeg(Object value) {
 
         return null;
     }
+
+    public static Object split(Object str, Object splitter) {
+        if (str == null || splitter == null) {
+            return new String[0];
+        }
+
+        String s = String.valueOf(str);
+        String delim = String.valueOf(splitter);
+
+        return s.split(Pattern.quote(delim));
+    }
 }

src/javaTranspiler.ts

@@ -1405,7 +1405,8 @@ export class JavaTranspiler extends BaseTranspiler {
     }
 
     printSplitCall(_node, _identation, name = undefined, parsedArg = undefined) {
-        return `new java.util.ArrayList<Object>(java.util.Arrays.asList(((String)${name}).split((String)${parsedArg})))`;
+        // return `new java.util.ArrayList<Object>(java.util.Arrays.asList(((String)${name}).split((String)${parsedArg})))`;
+        return `Helpers.split(${name}, ${parsedArg})`;
     }
 
     printConcatCall(_node, _identation, name = undefined, parsedArg = undefined) {