Package de.robingrether.util

Class StringUtil

java.lang.Object

de.robingrether.util.StringUtil

public class StringUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Some utility methods for strings.

Author:

RobinGrether

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
StringUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static java.lang.String	capitalize(java.lang.String string)	Capitalizes the first letter of every word of the given string. e.g.
static java.lang.String	capitalizeFully(java.lang.String string)	Capitalizes the first letter of every word of the given string and decapitalizes all other letters. e.g.
static boolean	contains(java.lang.String string, java.lang.String... strings)	Tests whether a string contains any of the others.
static boolean	equals(java.lang.String string, java.lang.String... strings)	Tests whether a string equals any of the others.
static boolean	equalsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String string, java.lang.String... strings)	Tests whether a string equals any of the others, ignoring case considerations.
static boolean	isNotBlank(java.lang.String string)	Indicates whether a string object (may be null) is blank or not.
static java.lang.String	join(char seperator, java.lang.String... strings)	Joins an array of strings with a specified seperator.
static java.lang.String	join(java.lang.String seperator, java.lang.String... strings)	Joins an array of strings with a specified seperator.
static java.lang.String	readFrom(java.io.InputStream input)	Reads a string from the given input stream.
static boolean	startsWithIgnoreCase(java.lang.String string, java.lang.String prefix)	Indicates whether a string starts with a given prefix ignoring the case.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringUtil

public StringUtil()

Method Detail

contains

public static boolean contains(java.lang.String string,
                               java.lang.String... strings)

Tests whether a string contains any of the others.

Parameters:

string - the string

strings - the other strings

Returns:

true if the string contains any of the others

equals

public static boolean equals(java.lang.String string,
                             java.lang.String... strings)

Tests whether a string equals any of the others.

Parameters:

string - the string

strings - the other strings

Returns:

true if the string equals any of the others

equalsIgnoreCase

public static boolean equalsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String string,
                                       java.lang.String... strings)

Tests whether a string equals any of the others, ignoring case considerations.

Parameters:

string - the string

strings - the other strings

Returns:

true if the string equals any of the others, ignoring case considerations

join

public static java.lang.String join(char seperator,
                                    java.lang.String... strings)

Joins an array of strings with a specified seperator.

Parameters:

seperator - the seperator

strings - the strings

Returns:

the joined strings

join

public static java.lang.String join(java.lang.String seperator,
                                    java.lang.String... strings)

Joins an array of strings with a specified seperator.

Parameters:

seperator - the seperator

strings - the strings

Returns:

the joined strings

capitalize

public static java.lang.String capitalize(java.lang.String string)

Capitalizes the first letter of every word of the given string.
e.g. "This is a STRING!" -> "This Is A STRING!"

Parameters:

string - string to capitalize

Returns:

the capitalized string

capitalizeFully

public static java.lang.String capitalizeFully(java.lang.String string)

Capitalizes the first letter of every word of the given string and decapitalizes all other letters.
e.g. "This is a STRING!" -> "This Is A String!"

Parameters:

string - string to capitalize

Returns:

the capitalized string

startsWithIgnoreCase

public static boolean startsWithIgnoreCase(java.lang.String string,
                                           java.lang.String prefix)

Indicates whether a string starts with a given prefix ignoring the case.

Parameters:

string - string to test

prefix - prefix to look for

Returns:

true, if and only if the given string starts with the given prefix (ignoring case)

isNotBlank

public static boolean isNotBlank(java.lang.String string)

Indicates whether a string object (may be null) is blank or not.

Parameters:

string - string to test

Returns:

true, if and only if the given string is not null and contains at least one non-whitespace character

readFrom

public static java.lang.String readFrom(java.io.InputStream input)

Reads a string from the given input stream.

Parameters:

input - the input stream to read from

Returns:

the string