com.twelvemonkeys.lang

Class StringUtil

java.lang.Object

com.twelvemonkeys.lang.StringUtil

public final class StringUtil
extends java.lang.Object

A utility class with some useful string manipulation methods.

Version:

$Id: //depot/branches/personal/haraldk/twelvemonkeys/release-2/twelvemonkeys-core/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/lang/StringUtil.java#2 $ return values, null-value handling and parameter names (cosmetics).

Author:

Harald Kuhr, Eirik Torske, last modified by $Author: haku $

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	DELIMITER_STRING The default delimiter string, used by the toXXXArray() methods.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	camelToLisp(java.lang.String pString) Converts the input string from camel-style (Java in-fix) naming convention to Lisp-style naming convention (hyphen delimitted, all lower case).
static java.lang.String	capitalize(java.lang.String pString) Makes the first letter of a String uppercase.
static java.lang.String	capitalize(java.lang.String pString, int pIndex) Makes the Nth letter of a String uppercase.
static boolean	contains(java.lang.String pString, int pChar) Tests if a string contains a specific character.
static boolean	contains(java.lang.String pContainer, java.lang.String pLookFor) Tests if a string contains another string.
static boolean	containsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString, int pChar) Tests if a string contains a specific character, ignoring case.
static boolean	containsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pContainer, java.lang.String pLookFor) Tests if a string contains another string, ignoring case.
static java.lang.String	cut(java.lang.String pString, int pMaxLen, java.lang.String pPad) Cuts a string between two words, before a sepcified length, if the string is longer than the maxium lenght.
static java.lang.String	decode(byte[] pData, int pOffset, int pLength, java.lang.String pCharset) Constructs a new String by decoding the specified sub array of bytes using the specified charset.
static java.lang.String	deepToString(java.lang.Object pObject)
static java.lang.String	deepToString(java.lang.Object pObject, boolean pForceDeep, int pDepth)
static java.lang.String	getFirstElement(java.lang.String pSource, java.lang.String pDelimiter) Gets the first element of a String containing string elements delimited by a given delimiter.
static java.lang.String	getLastElement(java.lang.String pSource, java.lang.String pDelimiter) Gets the last element of a String containing string elements delimited by a given delimiter.
static java.lang.String	identityToString(java.lang.Object pObject) Returns a string on the same format as Object.toString().
static int	indexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString, int pChar) Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified character.
static int	indexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString, int pChar, int pPos) Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified character, starting at the specified index.
static int	indexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString, java.lang.String pLookFor) Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified substring.
static int	indexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString, java.lang.String pLookFor, int pPos) Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified substring, starting at the specified index.
static boolean	isEmpty(java.lang.String pString) Tests if a String is null, or contains nothing but white-space.
static boolean	isEmpty(java.lang.String[] pStringArray) Tests a string array, to see if all items are null or an empty string.
static boolean	isNumber(java.lang.String pString) Tests a string, to see if it is an number (element of Z).
static int	lastIndexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString, int pChar) Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the specified character.
static int	lastIndexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString, int pChar, int pPos) Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the specified character, searching backward starting at the specified index.
static int	lastIndexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString, java.lang.String pLookFor) Returns the index within this string of the rightmost occurrence of the specified substring.
static int	lastIndexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString, java.lang.String pLookFor, int pPos) Returns the index within this string of the rightmost occurrence of the specified substring.
static java.lang.String	lispToCamel(java.lang.String pString) Converts the input string from Lisp-style naming convention (hyphen delimitted, all lower case) to camel-style (Java in-fix) naming convention.
static java.lang.String	lispToCamel(java.lang.String pString, boolean pFirstUpperCase) Converts the input string from Lisp-style naming convention (hyphen delimitted, all lower case) to camel-style (Java in-fix) naming convention.
static java.lang.String	ltrim(java.lang.String pString) Trims the argument string for whitespace on the left side only.
boolean	matches(java.lang.String pString, java.lang.String pRegex) Tells whether or not the given string string matches the given regular expression.
static java.lang.String	pad(java.lang.String pSource, int pRequiredLength, java.lang.String pPadString, boolean pPrepend) String length check with simple concatenation of selected pad-string.
static java.lang.String	replace(java.lang.String pSource, java.lang.String pPattern, java.lang.String pReplace) Replaces a substring of a string with another string.
java.lang.String	replaceAll(java.lang.String pString, java.lang.String pRegex, java.lang.String pReplacement) Replaces each substring of this string that matches the given regular expression with the given pReplacement.
java.lang.String	replaceFirst(java.lang.String pString, java.lang.String pRegex, java.lang.String pReplacement) Replaces the first substring of the given string that matches the given regular expression with the given pReplacement.
static java.lang.String	replaceIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pSource, java.lang.String pPattern, java.lang.String pReplace) Replaces a substring of a string with another string, ignoring case.
static java.lang.String	reverse(java.lang.String pString)
static java.lang.String	rtrim(java.lang.String pString) Trims the argument string for whitespace on the right side only.
java.lang.String[]	split(java.lang.String pString, java.lang.String pRegex) Splits this string around matches of the given regular expression.
java.lang.String[]	split(java.lang.String pString, java.lang.String pRegex, int pLimit) Splits this string around matches of the given regular expression.
static java.lang.String	substring(java.lang.String pSource, java.lang.String pBeginBoundaryString, java.lang.String pEndBoundaryString, int pOffset) Gets the first substring between the given string boundaries.
static java.awt.Color	toColor(java.lang.String pString) Parses a string to a Color.
static java.lang.String	toColorString(java.awt.Color pColor) Creates a HTML/CSS String representation of the given color.
static java.lang.String	toCSVString(java.lang.Object[] pStringArray) Converts a string array to a string of comma-separated values.
static java.lang.String	toCSVString(java.lang.Object[] pStringArray, java.lang.String pDelimiterString) Converts a string array to a string separated by the given delimiter.
static java.util.Date	toDate(java.lang.String pString) Converts the string to a date, using the default date format.
static java.util.Date	toDate(java.lang.String pString, java.text.DateFormat pFormat) Converts the string to a date, using the given format.
static java.util.Date	toDate(java.lang.String pString, java.lang.String pFormat) Converts the string to a date, using the given format.
static double[]	toDoubleArray(java.lang.String pString) Converts a comma-separated String to an array of doubles.
static double[]	toDoubleArray(java.lang.String pString, java.lang.String pDelimiters) Converts a comma-separated String to an array of doubles.
static int[]	toIntArray(java.lang.String pString) Converts a comma-separated String to an array of ints.
static int[]	toIntArray(java.lang.String pString, java.lang.String pDelimiters) Converts a comma-separated String to an array of ints.
static int[]	toIntArray(java.lang.String pString, java.lang.String pDelimiters, int pBase) Converts a comma-separated String to an array of ints.
static long[]	toLongArray(java.lang.String pString) Converts a comma-separated String to an array of longs.
static long[]	toLongArray(java.lang.String pString, java.lang.String pDelimiters) Converts a comma-separated String to an array of longs.
static java.lang.String	toLowerCase(java.lang.String pString) Converts a string to lowercase.
static java.lang.String[]	toStringArray(java.lang.String pString) Converts a comma-separated String to an array of Strings.
static java.lang.String[]	toStringArray(java.lang.String pString, java.lang.String pDelimiters) Converts a delimiter separated String to an array of Strings.
static java.sql.Timestamp	toTimestamp(java.lang.String pValue) Converts the string to a jdbc Timestamp, using the standard Timestamp escape format.
static java.lang.String	toUpperCase(java.lang.String pString) Converts a string to uppercase.
static java.lang.String	valueOf(java.lang.Object pObj) Returns the value of the given Object, as a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DELIMITER_STRING

public static final java.lang.String DELIMITER_STRING

The default delimiter string, used by the toXXXArray() methods. Its value is ", \t\n\r\f".

See Also:

toStringArray(String), toIntArray(String), toLongArray(String), toDoubleArray(String), Constant Field Values

Method Detail

decode

public static java.lang.String decode(byte[] pData,
                                      int pOffset,
                                      int pLength,
                                      java.lang.String pCharset)

Constructs a new String by decoding the specified sub array of bytes using the specified charset. Replacement for new String(byte[], int, int, String), that does not throw the checked UnsupportedEncodingException, but instead the unchecked UnsupportedCharsetException if the character set is not supported.

Parameters:

pData - the bytes to be decoded to characters

pOffset - the index of the first byte to decode

pLength - the number of bytes to decode

pCharset - the name of a supported character set

Returns:

a newly created string.

Throws:

java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException

See Also:

String.String(byte[], int, int, String)

valueOf

public static java.lang.String valueOf(java.lang.Object pObj)

Returns the value of the given Object, as a String. Unlike String.valueOf, this method returns null instead of the String "null", if null is given as the argument.

Parameters:

pObj - the Object to find the String value of.

Returns:

the String value of the given object, or null if the pObj == null.

See Also:

String.valueOf(Object), String.toString()

toUpperCase

public static java.lang.String toUpperCase(java.lang.String pString)

Converts a string to uppercase.

Parameters:

pString - the string to convert

Returns:

the string converted to uppercase, or null if the argument was null.

toLowerCase

public static java.lang.String toLowerCase(java.lang.String pString)

Converts a string to lowercase.

Parameters:

pString - the string to convert

Returns:

the string converted to lowercase, or null if the argument was null.

isEmpty

public static boolean isEmpty(java.lang.String pString)

Tests if a String is null, or contains nothing but white-space.

Parameters:

pString - The string to test

Returns:

true if the string is null or contains only whitespace, otherwise false.

isEmpty

public static boolean isEmpty(java.lang.String[] pStringArray)

Tests a string array, to see if all items are null or an empty string.

Parameters:

pStringArray - The string array to check.

Returns:

true if the string array is null or only contains string items that are null or contain only whitespace, otherwise false.

contains

public static boolean contains(java.lang.String pContainer,
                               java.lang.String pLookFor)

Tests if a string contains another string.

Parameters:

pContainer - The string to test

pLookFor - The string to look for

Returns:

true if the container string is contains the string, and both parameters are non-null, otherwise false.

containsIgnoreCase

public static boolean containsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pContainer,
                                         java.lang.String pLookFor)

Tests if a string contains another string, ignoring case.

Parameters:

pContainer - The string to test

pLookFor - The string to look for

Returns:

true if the container string is contains the string, and both parameters are non-null, otherwise false.

See Also:

contains(String,String)

contains

public static boolean contains(java.lang.String pString,
                               int pChar)

Tests if a string contains a specific character.

Parameters:

pString - The string to check.

pChar - The character to search for.

Returns:

true if the string contains the specific character.

containsIgnoreCase

public static boolean containsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString,
                                         int pChar)

Tests if a string contains a specific character, ignoring case.

Parameters:

pString - The string to check.

pChar - The character to search for.

Returns:

true if the string contains the specific character.

indexOfIgnoreCase

public static int indexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString,
                                    java.lang.String pLookFor)

Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified substring.

Parameters:

pString - The string to test

pLookFor - The string to look for

Returns:

if the string argument occurs as a substring within this object, then the index of the first character of the first such substring is returned; if it does not occur as a substring, -1 is returned.

See Also:

String.indexOf(String)

indexOfIgnoreCase

public static int indexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString,
                                    java.lang.String pLookFor,
                                    int pPos)

Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified substring, starting at the specified index.

Parameters:

pString - The string to test

pLookFor - The string to look for

pPos - The first index to test

Returns:

if the string argument occurs as a substring within this object, then the index of the first character of the first such substring is returned; if it does not occur as a substring, -1 is returned.

See Also:

String.indexOf(String,int)

lastIndexOfIgnoreCase

public static int lastIndexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString,
                                        java.lang.String pLookFor)

Returns the index within this string of the rightmost occurrence of the specified substring. The rightmost empty string "" is considered to occur at the index value pString.length() - 1.

Parameters:

pString - The string to test

pLookFor - The string to look for

Returns:

If the string argument occurs one or more times as a substring within this object at a starting index no greater than fromIndex, then the index of the first character of the last such substring is returned. If it does not occur as a substring starting at fromIndex or earlier, -1 is returned.

See Also:

String.lastIndexOf(String)

lastIndexOfIgnoreCase

public static int lastIndexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString,
                                        java.lang.String pLookFor,
                                        int pPos)

Returns the index within this string of the rightmost occurrence of the specified substring. The rightmost empty string "" is considered to occur at the index value pPos

Parameters:

pString - The string to test

pLookFor - The string to look for

pPos - The last index to test

Returns:

If the string argument occurs one or more times as a substring within this object at a starting index no greater than fromIndex, then the index of the first character of the last such substring is returned. If it does not occur as a substring starting at fromIndex or earlier, -1 is returned.

See Also:

String.lastIndexOf(String,int)

indexOfIgnoreCase

public static int indexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString,
                                    int pChar)

Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified character.

Parameters:

pString - The string to test

pChar - The character to look for

Returns:

if the string argument occurs as a substring within this object, then the index of the first character of the first such substring is returned; if it does not occur as a substring, -1 is returned.

See Also:

String.indexOf(int)

indexOfIgnoreCase

public static int indexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString,
                                    int pChar,
                                    int pPos)

Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified character, starting at the specified index.

Parameters:

pString - The string to test

pChar - The character to look for

pPos - The first index to test

Returns:

if the string argument occurs as a substring within this object, then the index of the first character of the first such substring is returned; if it does not occur as a substring, -1 is returned.

See Also:

String.indexOf(int,int)

lastIndexOfIgnoreCase

public static int lastIndexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString,
                                        int pChar)

Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the specified character.

Parameters:

pString - The string to test

pChar - The character to look for

Returns:

if the string argument occurs as a substring within this object, then the index of the first character of the first such substring is returned; if it does not occur as a substring, -1 is returned.

See Also:

String.lastIndexOf(int)

lastIndexOfIgnoreCase

public static int lastIndexOfIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pString,
                                        int pChar,
                                        int pPos)

Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the specified character, searching backward starting at the specified index.

Parameters:

pString - The string to test

pChar - The character to look for

pPos - The last index to test

Returns:

if the string argument occurs as a substring within this object, then the index of the first character of the first such substring is returned; if it does not occur as a substring, -1 is returned.

See Also:

String.lastIndexOf(int,int)

ltrim

public static java.lang.String ltrim(java.lang.String pString)

Trims the argument string for whitespace on the left side only.

Parameters:

pString - the string to trim

Returns:

the string with no whitespace on the left, or null if the string argument is null.

See Also:

rtrim(java.lang.String), String.trim()

rtrim

public static java.lang.String rtrim(java.lang.String pString)

Trims the argument string for whitespace on the right side only.

Parameters:

pString - the string to trim

Returns:

the string with no whitespace on the right, or null if the string argument is null.

See Also:

ltrim(java.lang.String), String.trim()

replace

public static java.lang.String replace(java.lang.String pSource,
                                       java.lang.String pPattern,
                                       java.lang.String pReplace)

Replaces a substring of a string with another string. All matches are replaced.

Parameters:

pSource - The source String

pPattern - The pattern to replace

pReplace - The new String to be inserted instead of the replace String

Returns:

The new String with the pattern replaced

replaceIgnoreCase

public static java.lang.String replaceIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pSource,
                                                 java.lang.String pPattern,
                                                 java.lang.String pReplace)

Replaces a substring of a string with another string, ignoring case. All matches are replaced.

Parameters:

pSource - The source String

pPattern - The pattern to replace

pReplace - The new String to be inserted instead of the replace String

Returns:

The new String with the pattern replaced

See Also:

replace(String,String,String)

cut

public static java.lang.String cut(java.lang.String pString,
                                   int pMaxLen,
                                   java.lang.String pPad)

Cuts a string between two words, before a sepcified length, if the string is longer than the maxium lenght. The string is optionally padded with the pad argument. The method assumes words to be separated by the space character (" "). Note that the maximum length argument is absolute, and will also include the length of the padding.

Parameters:

pString - The string to cut

pMaxLen - The maximum length before cutting

pPad - The string to append at the end, aftrer cutting

Returns:

The cutted string with padding, or the original string, if it was shorter than the max length.

See Also:

pad(String,int,String,boolean)

capitalize

public static java.lang.String capitalize(java.lang.String pString,
                                          int pIndex)

Makes the Nth letter of a String uppercase. If the index is outside the the length of the argument string, the argument is simply returned.

Parameters:

pString - The string to capitalize

pIndex - The base-0 index of the char to capitalize.

Returns:

The capitalized string, or null, if a null argument was given.

capitalize

public static java.lang.String capitalize(java.lang.String pString)

Makes the first letter of a String uppercase.

Parameters:

pString - The string to capitalize

Returns:

The capitalized string, or null, if a null argument was given.

pad

public static java.lang.String pad(java.lang.String pSource,
                                   int pRequiredLength,
                                   java.lang.String pPadString,
                                   boolean pPrepend)

String length check with simple concatenation of selected pad-string. E.g. a zip number from 123 to the correct 0123.

Parameters:

pSource - The source string.

pRequiredLength - The accurate length of the resulting string.

pPadString - The string for concatenation.

pPrepend - The location of fill-ins, prepend (true), or append (false)

Returns:

a concatenated string.

See Also:

cut(String,int,String)

toDate

public static java.util.Date toDate(java.lang.String pString)

Converts the string to a date, using the default date format.

Parameters:

pString - the string to convert

Returns:

the date

See Also:

DateFormat, DateFormat.getInstance()

toDate

public static java.util.Date toDate(java.lang.String pString,
                                    java.lang.String pFormat)

Converts the string to a date, using the given format.

Parameters:

pString - the string to convert

pFormat - the date format

Returns:

the date

See Also:

SimpleDateFormat, SimpleDateFormat.SimpleDateFormat(String)

toDate

public static java.util.Date toDate(java.lang.String pString,
                                    java.text.DateFormat pFormat)

Converts the string to a date, using the given format.

Parameters:

pString - the string to convert

pFormat - the date format

Returns:

the date

See Also:

SimpleDateFormat, SimpleDateFormat.SimpleDateFormat(String), DateFormat

toTimestamp

public static java.sql.Timestamp toTimestamp(java.lang.String pValue)

Converts the string to a jdbc Timestamp, using the standard Timestamp escape format.

Parameters:

pValue - the value

Returns:

a new Timestamp

See Also:

Timestamp, Timestamp.valueOf(String)

toStringArray

public static java.lang.String[] toStringArray(java.lang.String pString,
                                               java.lang.String pDelimiters)

Converts a delimiter separated String to an array of Strings.

Parameters:

pString - The comma-separated string

pDelimiters - The delimiter string

Returns:

a String array containing the delimiter separated elements

toStringArray

public static java.lang.String[] toStringArray(java.lang.String pString)

Converts a comma-separated String to an array of Strings.

Parameters:

pString - The comma-separated string

Returns:

a String array containing the comma-separated elements

See Also:

toStringArray(String,String)

toIntArray

public static int[] toIntArray(java.lang.String pString,
                               java.lang.String pDelimiters,
                               int pBase)

Converts a comma-separated String to an array of ints.

Parameters:

pString - The comma-separated string

pDelimiters - The delimiter string

pBase - The radix

Returns:

an int array

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if any of the elements are not parseable as an int

toIntArray

public static int[] toIntArray(java.lang.String pString)

Converts a comma-separated String to an array of ints.

Parameters:

pString - The comma-separated string

Returns:

an int array

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if any of the elements are not parseable as an int

See Also:

toStringArray(String,String), DELIMITER_STRING

toIntArray

public static int[] toIntArray(java.lang.String pString,
                               java.lang.String pDelimiters)

Converts a comma-separated String to an array of ints.

Parameters:

pString - The comma-separated string

pDelimiters - The delimiter string

Returns:

an int array

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if any of the elements are not parseable as an int

See Also:

toIntArray(String,String)

toLongArray

public static long[] toLongArray(java.lang.String pString,
                                 java.lang.String pDelimiters)

Converts a comma-separated String to an array of longs.

Parameters:

pString - The comma-separated string

pDelimiters - The delimiter string

Returns:

a long array

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if any of the elements are not parseable as a long

toLongArray

public static long[] toLongArray(java.lang.String pString)

Converts a comma-separated String to an array of longs.

Parameters:

pString - The comma-separated string

Returns:

a long array

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if any of the elements are not parseable as a long

See Also:

toStringArray(String,String), DELIMITER_STRING

toDoubleArray

public static double[] toDoubleArray(java.lang.String pString,
                                     java.lang.String pDelimiters)

Converts a comma-separated String to an array of doubles.

Parameters:

pString - The comma-separated string

pDelimiters - The delimiter string

Returns:

a double array

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if any of the elements are not parseable as a double

toDoubleArray

public static double[] toDoubleArray(java.lang.String pString)

Converts a comma-separated String to an array of doubles.

Parameters:

pString - The comma-separated string

Returns:

a double array

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if any of the elements are not parseable as a double

See Also:

toDoubleArray(String,String), DELIMITER_STRING

toColor

public static java.awt.Color toColor(java.lang.String pString)

Parses a string to a Color. The argument can be a color constant (static constant from java.awt.Color), like black or red, or it can be HTML/CSS-style, on the format:

• #RRGGBB, where RR, GG and BB means two digit hexadecimal for red, green and blue values respectively.
• #AARRGGBB, as above, with AA as alpha component.
• #RGB, where R, G and B means one digit hexadecimal for red, green and blue values respectively.
• #ARGB, as above, with A as alpha component.

Parameters:

pString - the string representation of the color

Returns:

the Color object, or null if the argument is null

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the string does not map to a color.

See Also:

Color

toColorString

public static java.lang.String toColorString(java.awt.Color pColor)

Creates a HTML/CSS String representation of the given color. The HTML/CSS color format is defined as:

• #RRGGBB, where RR, GG and BB means two digit hexadecimal for red, green and blue values respectively.
• #AARRGGBB, as above, with AA as alpha component.

Examlples: toColorString(Color.red) == "#ff0000", toColorString(new Color(0xcc, 0xcc, 0xcc)) == "#cccccc".

Parameters:

pColor - the color

Returns:

A String representation of the color on HTML/CSS form

isNumber

public static boolean isNumber(java.lang.String pString)

Tests a string, to see if it is an number (element of Z). Valid integers are positive natural numbers (1, 2, 3, ...), their negatives (?1, ?2, ?3, ...) and the number zero.

Note that there is no guarantees made, that this number can be represented as either an int or a long.

Parameters:

pString - The string to check.

Returns:

true if the String is a natural number.

substring

public static java.lang.String substring(java.lang.String pSource,
                                         java.lang.String pBeginBoundaryString,
                                         java.lang.String pEndBoundaryString,
                                         int pOffset)

Gets the first substring between the given string boundaries.

Parameters:

pSource - The source string.

pBeginBoundaryString - The string that marks the beginning.

pEndBoundaryString - The string that marks the end.

pOffset - The index to start searching in the source string. If it is less than 0, the index will be set to 0.

Returns:

the substring demarcated by the given string boundaries or null if not both string boundaries are found.

getFirstElement

public static java.lang.String getFirstElement(java.lang.String pSource,
                                               java.lang.String pDelimiter)

Gets the first element of a String containing string elements delimited by a given delimiter. NB - Straightforward implementation!

Parameters:

pSource - The source string.

pDelimiter - The delimiter used in the source string.

Returns:

The last string element.

getLastElement

public static java.lang.String getLastElement(java.lang.String pSource,
                                              java.lang.String pDelimiter)

Gets the last element of a String containing string elements delimited by a given delimiter. NB - Straightforward implementation!

Parameters:

pSource - The source string.

pDelimiter - The delimiter used in the source string.

Returns:

The last string element.

toCSVString

public static java.lang.String toCSVString(java.lang.Object[] pStringArray)

Converts a string array to a string of comma-separated values.

Parameters:

pStringArray - the string array

Returns:

A string of comma-separated values

toCSVString

public static java.lang.String toCSVString(java.lang.Object[] pStringArray,
                                           java.lang.String pDelimiterString)

Converts a string array to a string separated by the given delimiter.

Parameters:

pStringArray - the string array

pDelimiterString - the delimiter string

Returns:

string of delimiter separated values

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if pDelimiterString == null

deepToString

public static java.lang.String deepToString(java.lang.Object pObject)

Parameters:

pObject - the object

Returns:

a deep string representation of the given object

deepToString

public static java.lang.String deepToString(java.lang.Object pObject,
                                            boolean pForceDeep,
                                            int pDepth)

Parameters:

pObject - the object

pDepth - the maximum depth

pForceDeep - true to force deep toString, even if object overrides toString

Returns:

a deep string representation of the given object

identityToString

public static java.lang.String identityToString(java.lang.Object pObject)

Returns a string on the same format as Object.toString().

Parameters:

pObject - the object

Returns:

the object as a String on the format of Object.toString()

matches

public boolean matches(java.lang.String pString,
                       java.lang.String pRegex)
                throws java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException

Tells whether or not the given string string matches the given regular expression.

An invocation of this method of the form matches(str, regex) yields exactly the same result as the expression

Pattern. matches (regex, str)

Parameters:

pString - the string

pRegex - the regular expression to which this string is to be matched

Returns:

true if, and only if, this string matches the given regular expression

Throws:

java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException - if the regular expression's syntax is invalid

See Also:

Pattern, String.matches(String)

replaceFirst

public java.lang.String replaceFirst(java.lang.String pString,
                                     java.lang.String pRegex,
                                     java.lang.String pReplacement)

Replaces the first substring of the given string that matches the given regular expression with the given pReplacement.

An invocation of this method of the form replaceFirst(str, regex, repl) yields exactly the same result as the expression:

Pattern.compile(regex). matcher(str). replaceFirst(repl)

Parameters:

pString - the string

pRegex - the regular expression to which this string is to be matched

pReplacement - the replacement text

Returns:

The resulting String

Throws:

java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException - if the regular expression's syntax is invalid

See Also:

Pattern, Matcher.replaceFirst(String)

replaceAll

public java.lang.String replaceAll(java.lang.String pString,
                                   java.lang.String pRegex,
                                   java.lang.String pReplacement)

Replaces each substring of this string that matches the given regular expression with the given pReplacement.

An invocation of this method of the form replaceAll(str, pRegex, repl) yields exactly the same result as the expression

Pattern.compile(pRegex). matcher(str). {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#replaceAll replaceAll}(repl)

Parameters:

pString - the string

pRegex - the regular expression to which this string is to be matched

pReplacement - the replacement string

Returns:

The resulting String

Throws:

java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException - if the regular expression's syntax is invalid

See Also:

Pattern, String.replaceAll(String,String)

split

public java.lang.String[] split(java.lang.String pString,
                                java.lang.String pRegex,
                                int pLimit)

Splits this string around matches of the given regular expression.

The array returned by this method contains each substring of this string that is terminated by another substring that matches the given expression or is terminated by the end of the string. The substrings in the array are in the order in which they occur in this string. If the expression does not match any part of the input then the resulting array has just one element, namely this string.

The pLimit parameter controls the number of times the pattern is applied and therefore affects the length of the resulting array. If the pLimit n is greater than zero then the pattern will be applied at most n - 1 times, the array's length will be no greater than n, and the array's last entry will contain all input beyond the last matched delimiter. If n is non-positive then the pattern will be applied as many times as possible and the array can have any length. If n is zero then the pattern will be applied as many times as possible, the array can have any length, and trailing empty strings will be discarded.

An invocation of this method of the form split(str, regex, n) yields the same result as the expression:

Pattern. compile(regex). split(str, n)

Parameters:

pString - the string

pRegex - the delimiting regular expression

pLimit - the result threshold, as described above

Returns:

the array of strings computed by splitting this string around matches of the given regular expression

Throws:

java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException - if the regular expression's syntax is invalid

See Also:

Pattern, String.split(String,int)

split

public java.lang.String[] split(java.lang.String pString,
                                java.lang.String pRegex)

Splits this string around matches of the given regular expression.

This method works as if by invoking the two-argument split method with the given expression and a limit argument of zero. Trailing empty strings are therefore not included in the resulting array.

Parameters:

pString - the string

pRegex - the delimiting regular expression

Returns:

the array of strings computed by splitting this string around matches of the given regular expression

Throws:

java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException - if the regular expression's syntax is invalid

See Also:

Pattern, String.split(String)

camelToLisp

public static java.lang.String camelToLisp(java.lang.String pString)

Converts the input string from camel-style (Java in-fix) naming convention to Lisp-style naming convention (hyphen delimitted, all lower case). Other characters in the string are left untouched.

Eg. "foo" => "foo", "fooBar" => "foo-bar", "myURL" => "my-url", "HttpRequestWrapper" => "http-request-wrapper" "HttpURLConnection" => "http-url-connection" "my45Caliber" => "my-45-caliber" "allready-lisp" => "allready-lisp"

Parameters:

pString - the camel-style input string

Returns:

the string converted to lisp-style naming convention

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if pString == null

See Also:

lispToCamel(String)

lispToCamel

public static java.lang.String lispToCamel(java.lang.String pString)

Converts the input string from Lisp-style naming convention (hyphen delimitted, all lower case) to camel-style (Java in-fix) naming convention. Other characters in the string are left untouched.

Eg. "foo" => "foo", "foo-bar" => "fooBar", "http-request-wrapper" => "httpRequestWrapper" "my-45-caliber" => "my45Caliber" "allreadyCamel" => "allreadyCamel"

Parameters:

pString - the lisp-style input string

Returns:

the string converted to camel-style

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if pString == null

See Also:

lispToCamel(String,boolean), camelToLisp(String)

lispToCamel

public static java.lang.String lispToCamel(java.lang.String pString,
                                           boolean pFirstUpperCase)

Converts the input string from Lisp-style naming convention (hyphen delimitted, all lower case) to camel-style (Java in-fix) naming convention. Other characters in the string are left untouched.

To create a string starting with a lower case letter (like Java variable names, etc), specify the pFirstUpperCase paramter to be false. Eg. "foo" => "foo", "foo-bar" => "fooBar", "allreadyCamel" => "allreadyCamel"

To create a string starting with an upper case letter (like Java class name, etc), specify the pFirstUpperCase paramter to be true. Eg. "http-request-wrapper" => "HttpRequestWrapper" "my-12-monkeys" => "My12Monkeys"

Parameters:

pString - the lisp-style input string

pFirstUpperCase - true if the first char should be upper case

Returns:

the string converted to camel-style

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if pString == null

See Also:

camelToLisp(String)

reverse

public static java.lang.String reverse(java.lang.String pString)