org.eclipse.xtend.backend.util
Class StringHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.xtend.backend.util.StringHelper

public final class StringHelper
extends java.lang.Object

This class is a collection of helper functions for string handling.

Author:

Arno Haase (http://www.haase-consulting.com)

Constructor Summary

StringHelper()

Method Summary

static boolean	endsWithAny(java.lang.String str, java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> prefixes) tests if a string ends with any one of a collection of prefixes
static boolean	endsWithAny(java.lang.String str, java.lang.String[] prefixes) tests if a string ends with any one of a collection of prefixes
static java.lang.String	escape(java.lang.String src) replaces special characters that affect formatting with non-formatting character sequences.
static java.lang.String	firstLower(java.lang.String str)
static java.lang.String	firstUpper(java.lang.String str)
static java.lang.String	getTypeAsString(java.lang.Object o)
static java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getTypesAsString(java.util.List<?> l)
static int	numMatches(java.lang.String s, char ch) returns the number of occurrences of a character in a string
static int	numMatches(java.lang.String s, java.lang.String search) returns the number of occurrences of a substring in a string
static java.lang.String	prettyPrint(java.util.Date date) formats a date using the default locale settings.
static java.lang.String	prettyPrint(long num) formats a number using the default locale settings.
static java.lang.String	prettyPrint(java.lang.Number num) formats a number using the default locale settings.
static java.lang.String	replace(java.lang.String src, java.lang.String search, java.lang.String replace) returns a new string in which one search string is replaced by another.
static boolean	startsWithAny(java.lang.String str, java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> prefixes) tests if a string starts with any one of a collection of prefixes
static boolean	startsWithAny(java.lang.String str, java.lang.String[] prefixes) tests if a string starts with any one of a collection of prefixes
static java.lang.String	strip(java.lang.String s, int numStart, int numEnd) removes a number of characters from the beginning and the end of a string
static java.lang.String	substring(java.lang.String str, int beginIndex) same as String.substring, except that this version handles the case robustly when the index is out of bounds.
static java.lang.String	substring(java.lang.String str, int beginIndex, int endIndex) same as String.substring, except that this version handles the case robustly when one or both of the indexes is out of bounds.
static java.lang.String	truncate(java.lang.String str, int maxLen) truncates a string regardless of its length.
static java.lang.String	unescape(java.lang.String src) undoes the operations of escape

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringHelper

public StringHelper()

Method Detail

getTypeAsString

public static java.lang.String getTypeAsString(java.lang.Object o)

getTypesAsString

public static java.util.List<java.lang.String> getTypesAsString(java.util.List<?> l)

prettyPrint

public static java.lang.String prettyPrint(long num)

formats a number using the default locale settings.

prettyPrint

public static java.lang.String prettyPrint(java.lang.Number num)

formats a number using the default locale settings.

prettyPrint

public static java.lang.String prettyPrint(java.util.Date date)

formats a date using the default locale settings.

replace

public static java.lang.String replace(java.lang.String src,
                                       java.lang.String search,
                                       java.lang.String replace)

returns a new string in which one search string is replaced by another.

escape

public static java.lang.String escape(java.lang.String src)

replaces special characters that affect formatting with non-formatting character sequences.

• \ -> \\
• <tab> -> \t
• <CR> -> \r
• <Newline> -> \n

unescape

public static java.lang.String unescape(java.lang.String src)

undoes the operations of escape

truncate

public static java.lang.String truncate(java.lang.String str,
                                        int maxLen)

truncates a string regardless of its length. This method is a workaround for a shortcoming of String.substring (int, int) that is unable to handle the case where the number of characters would extend beyond the end of the string.

substring

public static java.lang.String substring(java.lang.String str,
                                         int beginIndex)

same as String.substring, except that this version handles the case robustly when the index is out of bounds.

substring

public static java.lang.String substring(java.lang.String str,
                                         int beginIndex,
                                         int endIndex)

same as String.substring, except that this version handles the case robustly when one or both of the indexes is out of bounds.

strip

public static java.lang.String strip(java.lang.String s,
                                     int numStart,
                                     int numEnd)

removes a number of characters from the beginning and the end of a string

numMatches

public static int numMatches(java.lang.String s,
                             char ch)

returns the number of occurrences of a character in a string

numMatches

public static int numMatches(java.lang.String s,
                             java.lang.String search)

returns the number of occurrences of a substring in a string

startsWithAny

public static boolean startsWithAny(java.lang.String str,
                                    java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> prefixes)

tests if a string starts with any one of a collection of prefixes

startsWithAny

public static boolean startsWithAny(java.lang.String str,
                                    java.lang.String[] prefixes)

tests if a string starts with any one of a collection of prefixes

endsWithAny

public static boolean endsWithAny(java.lang.String str,
                                  java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> prefixes)

tests if a string ends with any one of a collection of prefixes

endsWithAny

public static boolean endsWithAny(java.lang.String str,
                                  java.lang.String[] prefixes)

tests if a string ends with any one of a collection of prefixes

firstUpper

public static java.lang.String firstUpper(java.lang.String str)

firstLower

public static java.lang.String firstLower(java.lang.String str)