org.deegree.commons.utils
Class StringUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.deegree.commons.utils.StringUtils

public class StringUtils
extends Object

This is a collection of some methods that work with strings, like split or replace. It is complementary to the ArrayTools.

Version:

$Revision: 22811 $, $Date: 2010-03-03 17:27:31 +0100 (Mi, 03 Mrz 2010) $

Author:

Oliver Tonnhofer, last edited by: $Author: rbezema $

Field Summary

static int	NO_TRIM_FIELDS Do not trim whitespace on fields.
static int	REMOVE_DOUBLE_FIELDS Remove all double ocurrences of a field.
static int	REMOVE_EMPTY_FIELDS Remove empty fields.

Constructor Summary

StringUtils()

Method Summary

static String	concat(int size, Object... objects) Deprecated. highliy deprecated, use normal string concatenation ("foo" + "bar")
static int	count(String target, String token) Counts the occurrences of token in target.
static List<String>	extract(String target, String start, String end) Extract all the strings that begin and end with the given tokens.
static boolean	isSet(String s)
static String	replaceAll(String target, String from, String to) Replaces the all substrings of this string that matches the given from string with the given replacement.
static String	replaceFirst(String target, String from, String to) Replaces the first substring of this string that matches the given from string with the given replacement.
static String[]	split(String string, String delimiter) Splits a string on all occurrences of delimiter and returns a list with all parts.
static String[]	split(String string, String delimiter, int options) Splits a string on all occurrences of delimiter and returns a list with all parts.
static String	trim(String string, String mark) Removes all occurrences of a string from the start and end.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

REMOVE_EMPTY_FIELDS

public static final int REMOVE_EMPTY_FIELDS

Remove empty fields. Used as an option for some StringTools methods.

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Constant Field Values

REMOVE_DOUBLE_FIELDS

public static final int REMOVE_DOUBLE_FIELDS

Remove all double ocurrences of a field. Used as an option for some StringTools methods.

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Constant Field Values

NO_TRIM_FIELDS

public static final int NO_TRIM_FIELDS

Do not trim whitespace on fields. Used as an option for some StringTools methods.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

StringUtils

public StringUtils()

Method Detail

concat

@Deprecated
public static String concat(int size,
                                       Object... objects)

Deprecated. highliy deprecated, use normal string concatenation ("foo" + "bar")

concatenates an array of strings using a

Parameters:

size - estimated size of the target string

objects - toString() will be called for each object to append it to the result string

Returns:

concatinated string

See Also:

StringBuffer

extract

public static List<String> extract(String target,
                                   String start,
                                   String end)

Extract all the strings that begin and end with the given tokens.

Parameters:

target -

start - start token

end - ent token

Returns:

a list with all extracted strings

replaceFirst

public static String replaceFirst(String target,
                                  String from,
                                  String to)

Replaces the first substring of this string that matches the given from string with the given replacement. Works like String.replaceFirst(String, String) but doesn't use regular expressions. All occurences of special chars will be escaped.

Parameters:

target - is the original string

from - is the string to be replaced

to - is the string which will used to replace

Returns:

the changed target string

replaceAll

public static String replaceAll(String target,
                                String from,
                                String to)

Replaces the all substrings of this string that matches the given from string with the given replacement. Works like String.replaceAll(String, String) but doesn't use regular expressions. All occurences of special chars will be escaped.

Parameters:

target - is the original string

from - is the string to be replaced

to - is the string which will used to replace

Returns:

the changed target string

split

public static String[] split(String string,
                             String delimiter)

Splits a string on all occurrences of delimiter and returns a list with all parts. Each part will be trimmed from whitespace. See split(String, String, int) for further options. If you need regular expressions, use String.split(String).

Parameters:

string - the string to split

delimiter -

Returns:

a list with all parts

split

public static String[] split(String string,
                             String delimiter,
                             int options)

Splits a string on all occurrences of delimiter and returns a list with all parts. If you need regular expressions, use String.split(String). This methods offers some options to modify the behaviour of the splitting. You can combine the options with | (eg. StringTools.split(string, delimiter, REMOVE_EMPTY_FIELDS | REMOVE_DOUBLE_FIELDS)

• REMOVE_DOUBLE_FIELDS removes all double occurrences of a field.
• REMOVE_EMPTY_FIELDS removes all empty fields.
• NO_TRIM_FIELDS doesn't remove whitespace around each field

Parameters:

string -

delimiter -

options - a combination (|) of options

Returns:

a list with all parts

trim

public static String trim(String string,
                          String mark)

Removes all occurrences of a string from the start and end. If you only want to remove whitespaces use String.trim().

Parameters:

string -

mark - string to remove from begin and end of string

Returns:

string where mark has been removed from start and end

count

public static int count(String target,
                        String token)

Counts the occurrences of token in target.

Parameters:

target -

token -

Returns:

number of tokens within a string

isSet

public static final boolean isSet(String s)

Parameters:

s - the string to test.

Returns:

true iff s is not null and s not is the empty string "".