org.apache.velocity.util
Class StringUtils

java.lang.Object
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public class StringUtils
extends java.lang.Object

This class provides some methods for dynamically invoking methods in objects, and some string manipulation methods used by torque. The string methods will soon be moved into the turbine string utilities class.

Version:
$Id: StringUtils.java,v 1.16.8.1 2004/03/03 23:23:07 geirm Exp $
Author:
Jason van Zyl, Daniel Rall

Field Summary
private static java.lang.String EOL
          Line separator for the OS we are operating on.
private static int EOL_LENGTH
          Length of the line separator.
 
Constructor Summary
StringUtils()
           
 
Method Summary
 boolean allEmpty(java.util.List list)
          Check to see if all the string objects passed in are empty.
static java.lang.String capitalizeFirstLetter(java.lang.String data)
           Capitalize the first letter but leave the rest as they are.
static java.lang.String chop(java.lang.String s, int i)
          Chop i characters off the end of a string.
static java.lang.String chop(java.lang.String s, int i, java.lang.String eol)
          Chop i characters off the end of a string.
static java.lang.String collapseNewlines(java.lang.String argStr)
          Remove/collapse multiple newline characters.
static java.lang.String collapseSpaces(java.lang.String argStr)
          Remove/collapse multiple spaces.
 java.lang.String concat(java.util.List list)
          Concatenates a list of objects as a String.
static java.lang.String fileContentsToString(java.lang.String file)
          Read the contents of a file and place them in a string object.
static java.lang.String firstLetterCaps(java.lang.String data)
           Makes the first letter caps and the rest lowercase.
static java.lang.String getPackageAsPath(java.lang.String pckge)
          Return a package name as a relative path name
static java.lang.String normalizePath(java.lang.String path)
          Return a context-relative path, beginning with a "/", that represents the canonical version of the specified path after ".." and "." elements are resolved out.
static java.lang.String removeAndHump(java.lang.String data)
           'Camels Hump' replacement of underscores.
static java.lang.String removeAndHump(java.lang.String data, java.lang.String replaceThis)
           'Camels Hump' replacement.
static java.lang.String removeUnderScores(java.lang.String data)
          Deprecated. Use the org.apache.commons.util.StringUtils class instead. Using its firstLetterCaps() method in conjunction with a StringTokenizer will achieve the same result.
 java.lang.String select(boolean state, java.lang.String trueString, java.lang.String falseString)
          If state is true then return the trueString, else return the falseString.
static java.lang.String[] split(java.lang.String line, java.lang.String delim)
          Create a string array from a string separated by delim
static java.lang.String stackTrace(java.lang.Throwable e)
          Returns the output of printStackTrace as a String.
static java.lang.StringBuffer stringSubstitution(java.lang.String argStr, java.util.Hashtable vars)
           
static java.lang.StringBuffer stringSubstitution(java.lang.String argStr, java.util.Map vars)
          Perform a series of substitutions.
static java.lang.String sub(java.lang.String line, java.lang.String oldString, java.lang.String newString)
          Replaces all instances of oldString with newString in line.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

EOL

private static final java.lang.String EOL
Line separator for the OS we are operating on.

EOL_LENGTH

private static final int EOL_LENGTH
Length of the line separator.
Constructor Detail

StringUtils

public StringUtils()
Method Detail

concat

public java.lang.String concat(java.util.List list)
Concatenates a list of objects as a String.
Parameters:
list - The list of objects to concatenate.
Returns:
A text representation of the concatenated objects.

getPackageAsPath

public static java.lang.String getPackageAsPath(java.lang.String pckge)
Return a package name as a relative path name
Parameters:
String - package name to convert to a directory.
Returns:
String directory path.

removeUnderScores

public static java.lang.String removeUnderScores(java.lang.String data)
Deprecated. Use the org.apache.commons.util.StringUtils class instead. Using its firstLetterCaps() method in conjunction with a StringTokenizer will achieve the same result.

Remove underscores from a string and replaces first letters with capitals. Other letters are changed to lower case.

For example foo_bar becomes FooBar but foo_barBar becomes FooBarbar.

Parameters:
data - string to remove underscores from.
Returns:
String

removeAndHump

public static java.lang.String removeAndHump(java.lang.String data)

'Camels Hump' replacement of underscores.

Remove underscores from a string but leave the capitalization of the other letters unchanged.

For example foo_barBar becomes FooBarBar.

Parameters:
data - string to hump
Returns:
String

removeAndHump

public static java.lang.String removeAndHump(java.lang.String data,
                                             java.lang.String replaceThis)

'Camels Hump' replacement.

Remove one string from another string but leave the capitalization of the other letters unchanged.

For example, removing "_" from foo_barBar becomes FooBarBar.

Parameters:
data - string to hump
replaceThis - string to be replaced
Returns:
String

firstLetterCaps

public static java.lang.String firstLetterCaps(java.lang.String data)

Makes the first letter caps and the rest lowercase.

For example fooBar becomes Foobar.

Parameters:
data - capitalize this
Returns:
String

capitalizeFirstLetter

public static java.lang.String capitalizeFirstLetter(java.lang.String data)

Capitalize the first letter but leave the rest as they are.

For example fooBar becomes FooBar.

Parameters:
data - capitalize this
Returns:
String

split

public static java.lang.String[] split(java.lang.String line,
                                       java.lang.String delim)
Create a string array from a string separated by delim
Parameters:
line - the line to split
delim - the delimter to split by
Returns:
a string array of the split fields

chop

public static java.lang.String chop(java.lang.String s,
                                    int i)
Chop i characters off the end of a string. This method assumes that any EOL characters in String s and the platform EOL will be the same. A 2 character EOL will count as 1 character.
Parameters:
string - String to chop.
i - Number of characters to chop.
Returns:
String with processed answer.

chop

public static java.lang.String chop(java.lang.String s,
                                    int i,
                                    java.lang.String eol)
Chop i characters off the end of a string. A 2 character EOL will count as 1 character.
Parameters:
string - String to chop.
i - Number of characters to chop.
eol - A String representing the EOL (end of line).
Returns:
String with processed answer.

stringSubstitution

public static java.lang.StringBuffer stringSubstitution(java.lang.String argStr,
                                                        java.util.Hashtable vars)

stringSubstitution

public static java.lang.StringBuffer stringSubstitution(java.lang.String argStr,
                                                        java.util.Map vars)
Perform a series of substitutions. The substitions are performed by replacing $variable in the target string with the value of provided by the key "variable" in the provided hashtable.
Parameters:
String - target string
Hashtable - name/value pairs used for substitution
Returns:
String target string with replacements.

fileContentsToString

public static java.lang.String fileContentsToString(java.lang.String file)
Read the contents of a file and place them in a string object.
Parameters:
String - path to file.
Returns:
String contents of the file.

collapseNewlines

public static java.lang.String collapseNewlines(java.lang.String argStr)
Remove/collapse multiple newline characters.
Parameters:
String - string to collapse newlines in.
Returns:
String

collapseSpaces

public static java.lang.String collapseSpaces(java.lang.String argStr)
Remove/collapse multiple spaces.
Parameters:
String - string to remove multiple spaces from.
Returns:
String

sub

public static final java.lang.String sub(java.lang.String line,
                                         java.lang.String oldString,
                                         java.lang.String newString)
Replaces all instances of oldString with newString in line. Taken from the Jive forum package.
Parameters:
String - original string.
String - string in line to replace.
String - replace oldString with this.
Returns:
String string with replacements.

stackTrace

public static final java.lang.String stackTrace(java.lang.Throwable e)
Returns the output of printStackTrace as a String.
Parameters:
e - A Throwable.
Returns:
A String.

normalizePath

public static final java.lang.String normalizePath(java.lang.String path)
Return a context-relative path, beginning with a "/", that represents the canonical version of the specified path after ".." and "." elements are resolved out. If the specified path attempts to go outside the boundaries of the current context (i.e. too many ".." path elements are present), return null instead.
Parameters:
path - Path to be normalized
Returns:
String normalized path

select

public java.lang.String select(boolean state,
                               java.lang.String trueString,
                               java.lang.String falseString)
If state is true then return the trueString, else return the falseString.
Parameters:
boolean -  
String - trueString
String - falseString

allEmpty

public boolean allEmpty(java.util.List list)
Check to see if all the string objects passed in are empty.
Parameters:
list - A list of String objects.
Returns:
Whether all strings are empty.


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