final List<Exclusion> exclusions = new ArrayList<Exclusion>();
for (String ex : exclusionPatterns) {
String[] coords = ex.trim().split(":");
if (coords.length != 2)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal exclusion dependency coordinates: " + depString + " (in exclusion " + ex + ")");
exclusions.add(new Exclusion(coords[0], coords[1], "*", "*"));
}
return exclusions;
}