if (isEmpty(str)) {
            return EMPTY_STRINGS;
        }
        final List<String> list = newArrayList();
        final StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(str, delim);
        while (st.hasMoreElements()) {
            list.add(st.nextElement().toString());
        }
        return list.toArray(new String[list.size()]);
    }

    /**