java replace all multiple spaces with one code example

Example 1: java split string on two or more spaces except for words in quotes

[Location, "Welcome  to india", Bangalore, Channai, "IT city", Mysore]

Example 2: java split string on two or more spaces except for words in quotes

String str = "Location \"Welcome  to india\" Bangalore " +
             "Channai \"IT city\"  Mysore";

List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
Matcher m = Pattern.compile("([^\"]\\S*|\".+?\")\\s*").matcher(str);
while (m.find())
    list.add(m.group(1)); // Add .replace("\"", "") to remove surrounding quotes.


System.out.println(list);