C#: Split a Distinguished Name of Active Directory into array of string

class DistinguishedNameSplit
{
    static string[] hexCodes = new string[] { "0""1""2""3""4""5""6""7""8""9""a""A""b""B""c""C""d""D""e""E""f""F" };
 
    public static List<string> Split(string distinguishedName)
    {
        List<string> pool = new List<string>();
        StringBuilder working = new StringBuilder();
        string hexHigh = "";
        MachineStatus status = MachineStatus.A;
        int index = 0;
        int indexMax = distinguishedName.Length - 1;
 
        while (index <= indexMax)
        {
            string value = distinguishedName.Substring(index, 1);
            switch (status)
            {
                case MachineStatus.A:
                    if (value == ",")
                    {
                        pool.Add(working.ToString());
                        working.Clear();
                    }
                    else if (value == "\"")
                    {
                        working.Append("\"");
                        status = MachineStatus.B;
                    }
                    else if (value == "\\")
                    {
                        status = MachineStatus.C;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        working.Append(value);
                    }
                    break;
                case MachineStatus.B:
                    if (value == "\"")
                    {
                        working.Append("\"");
                        status = MachineStatus.A;
                    }
                    else if (value == "\\")
                    {
                        status = MachineStatus.E;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        working.Append(value);
                    }
                    break;
                case MachineStatus.C:
                    if (value == "," || value == "\"" || value == "\\")
                    {
                        working.Append(value);
                        status = MachineStatus.A;
                    }
                    else if (hexCodes.Contains(value))
                    {
                        hexHigh = value;
                        status = MachineStatus.D;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        throw new ArgumentException("The distinguished name specified is not typed legally.");
                    }
                    break;
                case MachineStatus.D:
                    if (hexCodes.Contains(value))
                    {
                        working.Append((char)Convert.ToByte(String.Format("{0}{1}", hexHigh, value), 16));
                        status = MachineStatus.A;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        throw new ArgumentException("The distinguished name specified is not typed legally.");
                    }
                    break;
                case MachineStatus.E:
                    if (value == "," || value == "\"" || value == "\\")
                    {
                        working.Append(value);
                        status = MachineStatus.B;
                    }
                    else if (hexCodes.Contains(value))
                    {
                        hexHigh = value;
                        status = MachineStatus.F;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        throw new ArgumentException("The distinguished name specified is not typed legally.");
                    }
                    break;
                case MachineStatus.F:
                    if (hexCodes.Contains(value))
                    {
                        working.Append((char)Convert.ToByte(String.Format("{0}{1}", hexHigh, value), 16));
                        status = MachineStatus.B;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        throw new ArgumentException("The distinguished name specified is not typed legally.");
                    }
                    break;
            }
            index++;
        }
 
        if (status == MachineStatus.A)
        {
            pool.Add(working.ToString());
            return pool;
        }
        else
        {
            throw new ArgumentException("The distinguished name specified is not ended correctly.");
        }
    }
 
    enum MachineStatus
    {
        A, B, C, D, E, F
    }
}

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