How to separate specific elements in string java

Question

Example of what I want to do:
If you pass in \"abc|xyz\" as the first argument and \"|\" as the second argument the method returns List(\"abc

Answer 1

If you want to do this using characters...

1. Get the whole string
2. Read character by character into a new string
3. If you find the delimiter, add new string to list. Empty new string.
4. Repeat.