Use StringTokenizer.....................

use StringTokenizer(String s, String delim)

in this case, it would be

StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(origString, "\n");

You can also use the apache string  utilities. StringUtil.split()

here is one example  how to use the split() function:

String s1="Hi, my name is ABCDE. \n I am 25 years old.\n";
String[] result=s1.split("\n");
for(int i=0;i<result.length;i++)
System.out.println(result[i]);

The output is: Line 1:Hi, my name is ABCDE.
Line 2:I am 25 years old.

someString.split("\n");
The only thing is that it eats the \n in your String.

One thing that you have to be careful of how you input to that String.
It could be more than possible for \r or \n\r to creep into your input
statements (well in my experience they can). So you might need to
process the line  turning all \n and \r to \n\r and then split  on \n\r
(or turn \r and \n\r to \n) ... although your case might be specific
enough that you don't need to.

As for the screams to use StringTokenizer, I try not to use
StringTokenizer if I can at all afford not to. I find it slow and
cumbersome to use in anything but the most simplistic of cases, and even
then the simple cases can be almost always solved with split();

i think u should java.util.StringTokenizer Class...
it has good properties for you.
i had written a code about this.. but right now i dont know where i threw
it...:)
but firstly i stored the text of file in a StringBuffer class... then i split  it
with stringtokenizer class..

You can use the StringTokenizer. You can set "\" as
your delimeter (or mark for separating the strings)
and transfer each part to an array.

You can use a function like this for the same

String[] ret = new String[16];
//default capacity. Using a java util class  and then converting to
String[]
//should be a better idea instead of allocation of memory at the start.
int len = token.length();
int i = 0 ;
for(int j = 0, k = 0; k != -1; j = k + len)
{
k = str.indexOf(token, j);
String tempStr = str.substring(j, k == -1 ? str.length() :
k).trim();
if(tempStr.length() > 0 ){
ret[i] = tempStr;
i++;
}
}