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final Map<String, String> input = new HashMap<String, String>() {{
    put("param", "v");
    put("p2", "v2");
    put("q", "java");
}};

final String result = Joiner.on("&")
        .withKeyValueSeparator("=")
        .join(input);

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final Map<String, String> resultMap = new HashMap<String, String>();

for (String val: "dave:123, john:314,, matt:989".split(",")) {
    if (val != null && ! "".equals(val.trim())) {
        final String[] keyValue = val.split(":");

        resultMap.put(keyValue[0].trim(), keyValue[1].trim());
    }
}

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final String stringToSplit = "dave  ,john,,  matt";

final Iterable<String> result = Splitter.on(",")
                .omitEmptyStrings()
                .trimResults()
                .split(stringToSplit);

// Result: ["dave", "john", "matt"]

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final String stringToSplit = "dave,john,matt";

final Iterable<String> result = Splitter.on(",").split(stringToSplit);

// Result: ["dave", "john", "matt"]

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final String stringToSplit = "dave:123, john:314,, matt:989";

final Map<String, String> splitKeyValues = Splitter.on(",")
        .omitEmptyStrings()
        .trimResults()
        .withKeyValueSeparator(":")
        .split(stringToSplit);

// Map Contents: {dave=123, john=314, matt=989}

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(function() {
  function getRequest() {
    var a = null;
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
      try {
        a = new XMLHttpRequest;
      }
      catch(c) {
        }
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {