import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
public class MyClass {
public static void main(String args[]) {
String s = "java software programming";
List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(s.split("")));
System.out.println(list);
}
}
/*
run:
[j, a, v, a, , s, o, f, t, w, a, r, e, , p, r, o, g, r, a, m, m, i, n, g]
*/