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+/*
+ * Sonar Standalone Runner
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 SonarSource
+ * dev@sonar.codehaus.org
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02
+ */
+package org.sonar.runner.internal.batch;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+/**
+ * Public utility that can be used by consumers of the Sonar Runner.
+ */
+public final class SonarRunnerUtils {
+
+  private SonarRunnerUtils() {
+    // only static methods
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Transforms a comma-separated list String property in to a array of trimmed strings.
+   *
+   * This works even if they are separated by whitespace characters (space char, EOL, ...)
+   *
+   */
+  public static String[] getListFromProperty(Properties properties, String key) {
+    return StringUtils.stripAll(StringUtils.split(properties.getProperty(key, ""), ','));
+  }
+
+}