info.informatica.text
Class StringUtil

java.lang.Object
  info.informatica.text.StringUtil

public final class StringUtil
extends Object

Convenience class for String utility functions

Version:

1.00, julio 1999

Author:

amengual at informatica dot info

Constructor Summary

StringUtil()

Method Summary

static String	contractSpaces(String t) Contracts all the spaces of a given String, leaving only one space between characters
static String	fillString(String s, char c, int n)
static String	filterISOControl(String s) Removes all ISO control chars from a String
static String	leftJustify(String s, char c, int n)
static String	leftJustify(String s, char c, int n, char overchar)
static String	omitAccents(String s) Removes accents for their corresponding vowels Handles upper & lower case, acutes, graves, umlates and circs.
static String	replace(String s, String q, String pq) Replaces each 'q' for 'pq' on 's'.
static String	replace(String s, String q, String pq, int n) Replaces each 'q' for 'pq' on 's'.
static String	replaceISOControl(String s, char c) Replaces all ISO control chars in a String with char c
static String	replaceLowerAccents(String s)
static String	replaceNonChars(String s) Replace each character of 's' by a space if it's not a letter or digit
static String	rightJustify(String s, char c, int n)
static String	rightJustify(String s, char c, int n, char overchar)
static String	toTitle(String s) Returns a title representation of the String (Spanish-style title, with only the first letter as Uppercase)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringUtil

public StringUtil()

Method Detail

rightJustify

public static String rightJustify(String s,
                                  char c,
                                  int n)

rightJustify

public static String rightJustify(String s,
                                  char c,
                                  int n,
                                  char overchar)

leftJustify

public static String leftJustify(String s,
                                 char c,
                                 int n)

leftJustify

public static String leftJustify(String s,
                                 char c,
                                 int n,
                                 char overchar)

toTitle

public static String toTitle(String s)

Returns a title representation of the String (Spanish-style title, with only the first letter as Uppercase)

fillString

public static String fillString(String s,
                                char c,
                                int n)

contractSpaces

public static String contractSpaces(String t)

Contracts all the spaces of a given String, leaving only one space between characters

filterISOControl

public static String filterISOControl(String s)

Removes all ISO control chars from a String

replaceISOControl

public static String replaceISOControl(String s,
                                       char c)

Replaces all ISO control chars in a String with char c

replaceNonChars

public static final String replaceNonChars(String s)

Replace each character of 's' by a space if it's not a letter or digit

replaceLowerAccents

public static String replaceLowerAccents(String s)

replace

public static String replace(String s,
                             String q,
                             String pq)

Replaces each 'q' for 'pq' on 's'.

Parameters:

s - String to work on

q - subString to replace

pq - String that replaces q

Returns:

replaced 's'

See Also:

replace( String s, String q, String pq, int n )

replace

public static String replace(String s,
                             String q,
                             String pq,
                             int n)

Replaces each 'q' for 'pq' on 's'.

Parameters:

s - String to work on

q - subString to replace

pq - String that replaces q

n - times 'q' is contained by 's'

Returns:

replaced 's'

omitAccents

public static String omitAccents(String s)

Removes accents for their corresponding vowels Handles upper & lower case, acutes, graves, umlates and circs.

Parameters:

s - string to work on.

Returns:

's' unaccented.