com.sibvisions.util.type
Class StringUtil

java.lang.Object
  com.sibvisions.util.type.StringUtil

public final class StringUtil
extends Object

The StringUtil contains string dependent utility methods.

Method Summary

static String	formatHumanReadable(String pName) Formats a text label with upper and lower case characters, e.g: first_nr -> First Nr The character _ will be replaced with space.
static String	formatInitCap(String pName) Sets the first character in each word to uppercase and the rest to lowercase.
static String	formatInitCap(String pName, boolean pRemoveSpaces) Sets the first character in each word to uppercase and the rest to lowercase.
static String	formatMemberName(String pName) Formats a member name.
static String	formatMethodName(String pPrefix, String pName) Formats a method name with a given property name and the method prefix.
static String	getAlphaNumeric(String pText) Gets the alpha numeric characters from a string.
static int[]	getQuotedBoundaries(String sText) Returns the boundaries of quoted strings.
static boolean	like(String pSource, String pSearch) Fast like search in Strings with the wildcards are * and ?.
static int[]	parseInteger(String pValues, String pDelimiter) Gets the int values from a string with delimiters.
static String	removeCharacters(String pText, char[] pRemove) Removes specific characters from a string.
static String	removeQuotes(String pText, String pQuote) Removes the begin and end quote of strings, e.g.
static String	removeQuotes(String pText, String pStartQuote, String pEndQuote) Removes the begin and end quote of strings, e.g.
static ArrayUtil<String>	separateList(String pList, String pDelimiter, boolean pTrim) Separates a string of values with a configurable delimiter.
static String	toString(Object pObject) Returns a string representation of the "deep contents" of the specified object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getQuotedBoundaries

public static int[] getQuotedBoundaries(String sText)

Returns the boundaries of quoted strings. Examples.:

 unitTest("Test", Application.class, " Application.class");
 unitTest("Test\", Application.class", Application.class");
 unitTest("Test", Application.class", Application.class);
 

Parameters:

sText - the text with our without quotes

Returns:

the boundaries as array [start, stop, start, stop] or an empty array

separateList

public static ArrayUtil<String> separateList(String pList,
                                             String pDelimiter,
                                             boolean pTrim)

Separates a string of values with a configurable delimiter.

Parameters:

pList - string with values

pDelimiter - delimiter to separate

pTrim - true to trim the separated values

Returns:

list of separated values

parseInteger

public static int[] parseInteger(String pValues,
                                 String pDelimiter)

Gets the int values from a string with delimiters.

Parameters:

pValues - the string with numbers and delimiters

pDelimiter - the delimiter

Returns:

the int values or null if the values are null or empty

like

public static boolean like(String pSource,
                           String pSearch)

Fast like search in Strings with the wildcards are * and ?.

Parameters:

pSource - any string

pSearch - search pattern with the wildcards are * and ?.

Returns:

true if, and only if, the string matches the pattern

formatHumanReadable

public static String formatHumanReadable(String pName)

Formats a text label with upper and lower case characters, e.g: first_nr -> First Nr The character _ will be replaced with space.

Parameters:

pName - the unformatted label

Returns:

the formatted label

formatInitCap

public static String formatInitCap(String pName)

Sets the first character in each word to uppercase and the rest to lowercase.

Parameters:

pName - the unformatted text

Returns:

the formatted test

formatInitCap

public static String formatInitCap(String pName,
                                   boolean pRemoveSpaces)

Sets the first character in each word to uppercase and the rest to lowercase.

Parameters:

pName - the unformatted text

pRemoveSpaces - true to remove whitespaces and '_' characters from the result

Returns:

the formatted test

formatMethodName

public static String formatMethodName(String pPrefix,
                                      String pName)

Formats a method name with a given property name and the method prefix.

Parameters:

pPrefix - the method prefix

pName - the property name

Returns:

the formated method name

formatMemberName

public static String formatMemberName(String pName)

Formats a member name. A member starts always with a lower case letter.

Parameters:

pName - the member name

Returns:

the formatted member name

getAlphaNumeric

public static String getAlphaNumeric(String pText)

Gets the alpha numeric characters from a string.

Parameters:

pText - any text

Returns:

the alpha numeric characters

removeCharacters

public static String removeCharacters(String pText,
                                      char[] pRemove)

Removes specific characters from a string.

Parameters:

pText - a string

pRemove - the characters which should be removed

Returns:

the string without specified characters

toString

public static String toString(Object pObject)

Returns a string representation of the "deep contents" of the specified object. If the object contains other objects as elements, the string representation contains their contents and so on. This method is designed for converting multidimensional arrays, Collections and Maps to strings.

The string representation consists of a list of the object's elements, enclosed in brackets ("[]" or "{}"). Adjacent elements are separated by the characters ", " (a comma followed by a space).

To avoid infinite recursion, if the specified object contains itself as an element, or contains an indirect reference to itself through one or more levels of arrays, the self-reference is converted to the string "#REF#". For example, an array containing only a reference to itself would be rendered as "[#REF#]".

This method returns "null" if the specified object is null.

Parameters:

pObject - the object whose string representation to return

Returns:

a string representation of pObject

removeQuotes

public static String removeQuotes(String pText,
                                  String pQuote)

Removes the begin and end quote of strings, e.g. 'text' will be translated to text

Parameters:

pText - the quoted text

pQuote - the quote character e.g. ' or "

Returns:

the pText without begin and end quote

removeQuotes

public static String removeQuotes(String pText,
                                  String pStartQuote,
                                  String pEndQuote)

Removes the begin and end quote of strings, e.g. 'text' will be translated to text

Parameters:

pText - the quoted text

pStartQuote - the start quote character e.g. ' or " or (

pEndQuote - the end quote character e.g. ' or " or )

Returns:

the pText without begin and end quote