public static SearchTermAndList getTermAndTermList(
String searchTerm, boolean useAlias, boolean tabDelimited) {
SearchTermAndList terms;
// first see if the item is an expression term or regular term
if (searchTerm.trim().endsWith(")") && searchTerm.trim().startsWith("(")) {
// this is an expression, so need to parse string
terms = new SearchTermAndList(searchTerm.trim());
int startIndex = 1;
int phraseIndex = searchTerm.trim().indexOf(")");
while (startIndex > 0 && phraseIndex > 0) {
String[] termInfo =
getTermAliasList(searchTerm.trim().substring(startIndex, phraseIndex), false);
terms.addItems(termInfo);
startIndex = searchTerm.trim().indexOf("(", phraseIndex) + 1;
phraseIndex = searchTerm.trim().indexOf(")", startIndex);
}
} else { // regular term with possible aliases
String[] finalItems = getTermAliasList(searchTerm, tabDelimited);
terms = new SearchTermAndList(finalItems[0]);
if (useAlias) {
terms.addItems(finalItems);
} else {
terms.addItems(finalItems[0]);
}
}
return terms;
}
