how to convert a string to list in java code example

Example 1: java String[] to List

import java.util.*;
...
String[] strings = {"Lula", "José Aparecido", "Carlos Minc"};
List<String> list = Arrays.asList(strings);

Example 2: convert string to list java 8

String txt="Hello World I am a text";
List<String> seperated=Arrays.asList(txt.split(" "));
System.out.println(seperated);//[Hello, World, I, am, a, text]