org.openptk.util
Class StringUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.openptk.util.StringUtil

public final class StringUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Author:

Scott Fehrman

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	ALPHA_NUM
static java.lang.String	ALPHA_NUM_SPACE
static java.lang.String	BASIC_JDBC
static java.lang.String	BASIC_WEB

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	arrayToString(java.lang.String[] array) Converts the String Array to a String.
static java.lang.String	clean(java.lang.String characters, java.lang.String in) Clean the "input" String so that is only contains the characters specified.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
static java.lang.String[]	stringToArray(java.lang.String string, java.lang.String token) Process the String into a String Array Not using String.split because we want to handle "empty/blank" sub-strings The array will not contain empty strings, they will be skipped The returned String Array will always be non-null, may have zero elements.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ALPHA_NUM

public static final java.lang.String ALPHA_NUM

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Constant Field Values

ALPHA_NUM_SPACE

public static final java.lang.String ALPHA_NUM_SPACE

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Constant Field Values

BASIC_JDBC

public static final java.lang.String BASIC_JDBC

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Constant Field Values

BASIC_WEB

public static final java.lang.String BASIC_WEB

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Method Detail

arrayToString

public static java.lang.String arrayToString(java.lang.String[] array)

Converts the String Array to a String. The returned String will begin with the "[" character. Each array item will start and end with a single quote "'". If there is more than one String in the array, a comma "," is placed between items. The String will end with the "]" character.

Parameters:

array -

Returns:

String

clean

public static java.lang.String clean(java.lang.String characters,
                                     java.lang.String in)

Clean the "input" String so that is only contains the characters specified.

Parameters:

characters - String of characters that are allowed

in - String containing the input data

Returns:

output String after cleaning

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Parameters:

args - (not used)

stringToArray

public static java.lang.String[] stringToArray(java.lang.String string,
                                               java.lang.String token)

Process the String into a String Array Not using String.split because we want to handle "empty/blank" sub-strings The array will not contain empty strings, they will be skipped The returned String Array will always be non-null, may have zero elements. INPUT = "/hello/world//today/is/great" and TOKEN = "/" converts to: [ "hello", "world", "today", "is", "great" ] NOT to: [ "", "hello", "world", "", "today", "is", "great" ]

Parameters:

string - The String that will be parsed

token - The String that is used to separate / split the string into values

Returns:

String[] containing the parsed Strings from the input String