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String test = "<li>stuff here</li>" ;
  String[] split = test.split("(<.*?>)");
  System.out.println(Arrays.toString(split));

[, stuff here]

<li>
</li>
<title>
<div id="todeloot">
</tr>

<html><body><H1>hello world</h1><li>list item 1</li><li>list item 2</li> well that was my list.</body></html>

[, , , hello world, , list item 1, , list item 2,  well that was my list.]