Class StrUtils


  • public class StrUtils
    extends java.lang.Object
    This class provides utilities for string formatting.
    Author:
    jagander
    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      StrUtils()  
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static java.lang.String addWildcards​(java.lang.String string)  
      static java.lang.String dequote​(java.lang.String string)
      Remove quotes surrounding a string.
      static java.lang.String escapeRegex​(java.lang.String regexSource)
      Escape a string for use in a regular expression.
      static java.lang.String getAlternateCaseString​(java.lang.String string)  
      static java.lang.String getNice​(java.lang.String string)  
      static java.lang.String getNice​(java.lang.String string, java.lang.Boolean capitalize, java.lang.Boolean replaceUnderscore)  
      static java.lang.String getNonASCII​(java.lang.String string)
      Get any and all characters that are not ASCII.
      static java.lang.String getNonNull​(java.lang.Object... objects)  
      static java.lang.Number getNumber​(java.lang.String string)  
      static java.lang.Number getNumber​(java.lang.String string, java.util.Locale locale)  
      static java.lang.Number getNumberLoose​(java.lang.String string)  
      static java.lang.String getURIFilename​(java.net.URI uri)  
      static java.lang.String getURLBase​(java.lang.String string)
      Get the base of a url such that you have a url string to the same folder.
      static java.lang.String getURLFilename​(java.lang.String url)  
      static java.lang.String getURLFilename​(java.net.URL url)  
      static boolean isASCII​(java.lang.String string)
      Test to see if string contains only ASCII characters.
      static boolean isNumber​(java.lang.String string)  
      static java.lang.String normalize​(java.lang.String string)
      Normalize a string by trimming and compacting whitespace.
      static boolean nullOrEmpty​(java.lang.String string)  
      static java.lang.String safeJS​(java.lang.String string)
      Scrub a String for things that make it unsuitable to insert into a JavaScript string.
      static java.lang.String stripPadding​(java.lang.String string)  
      static java.lang.String toSeparatedString​(java.lang.Object[] array)  
      static java.lang.String toSeparatedString​(java.util.List<?> list)
      A generic comma separated string representation of a list.
      static java.util.List<java.lang.String> toStatements​(java.lang.String sql)  
      static java.lang.String toString​(java.io.InputStream is)  
      static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.Exception e, java.lang.Boolean isJS)  
      static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.Exception e, java.lang.Boolean isJS, java.lang.Integer lines)
      Get a reasonable string representation of an exception.
      static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.Object object)  
      static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.Object[] list)  
      static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.Object[] list, java.lang.Boolean isJS)  
      static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.String[] list, java.lang.Boolean isJS)  
      static java.lang.String toString​(java.util.List<?> list)
      The default usage of toString(List, Boolean), outputting in xhtml format.
      static java.lang.String toString​(java.util.List<?> list, java.lang.Boolean isJS)
      A generic string representation of a list.
      static java.lang.String toUpper​(java.lang.String string)  
      static java.lang.String truncate​(java.lang.String string)
      Truncate a given string to a default length.
      static java.lang.String truncate​(java.lang.String string, java.lang.Integer length)
      Truncate a given string to a provided length.
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
    • Field Detail

      • DEFAULT_TRUNCATE_LENGTH

        public static final int DEFAULT_TRUNCATE_LENGTH
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
      • NORMALIZE_WHITE_SPACE_REGEX

        public static final java.util.regex.Pattern NORMALIZE_WHITE_SPACE_REGEX
      • URL_BASE_REGEX

        public static final java.util.regex.Pattern URL_BASE_REGEX
      • ASCII_CHAR_RANGE

        public static final java.lang.String ASCII_CHAR_RANGE
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
      • ASCII_CHARS_REGEX

        public static final java.util.regex.Pattern ASCII_CHARS_REGEX
      • STRIP_ASCII_REGEX

        public static final java.util.regex.Pattern STRIP_ASCII_REGEX
      • NUMERIC_REGEX

        public static final java.util.regex.Pattern NUMERIC_REGEX
      • SIMPLE_NUMERIC_REGEX

        public static final java.util.regex.Pattern SIMPLE_NUMERIC_REGEX
      • STATEMENT_REGEX

        public static final java.util.regex.Pattern STATEMENT_REGEX
      • STRIP_PADDING

        public static final java.util.regex.Pattern STRIP_PADDING
      • REGEX_SPECIAL_CHARS

        public static final java.lang.String[] REGEX_SPECIAL_CHARS
        Special characters within a regular expression. Listed here so that variable strings that may be used in a regular expression match can be escaped.
        See Also:
        escapeRegex(String)
    • Constructor Detail

      • StrUtils

        public StrUtils()
    • Method Detail

      • safeJS

        public static java.lang.String safeJS​(java.lang.String string)
        Scrub a String for things that make it unsuitable to insert into a JavaScript string. Modify the string as necessary to make it safe but preserve display.

        Currently this only addresses non-escaped single quotes, double quotes and non-meaningful backslashes. Other issues will be addressed as discovered.

        Parameters:
        string - - the string to be cleaned.
        Returns:
        The cleaned string.
      • dequote

        public static java.lang.String dequote​(java.lang.String string)
        Remove quotes surrounding a string. This is useful in cases that you are retrieving strings from a file and each value is quoted.
        Parameters:
        string - - the string to remove surrounding quotes from
        Returns:
        original string minus surrounding quotes
      • toString

        public static java.lang.String toString​(java.util.List<?> list,
                                                java.lang.Boolean isJS)
        A generic string representation of a list. It just calls the toString method on each item and inserts a xhtml break or newline between the items. What type of newline to use is dependent on the flag for whether the output is for javascript.
        Parameters:
        list - - a list of objects with a usable toString() on each object
        isJS - - flag for whether the output is for javascript or xhtml markup
        Returns:
        a string representation of the list
      • toString

        public static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.Exception e,
                                                java.lang.Boolean isJS,
                                                java.lang.Integer lines)
        Get a reasonable string representation of an exception. "Reasonable" is either the exception message or exception name plus some number of lines of the stacktrace.
        Parameters:
        e - - exception to convert to string
        isJS - - flag to indicate if you want javascript newlines or html newlines
        lines - - number of stacktrace lines to add to representation
        Returns:
        a string representation of an exception
      • toString

        public static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.Exception e,
                                                java.lang.Boolean isJS)
      • toString

        public static java.lang.String toString​(java.util.List<?> list)
        The default usage of toString(List, Boolean), outputting in xhtml format.
        Parameters:
        list - - a list of objects with a usable toString() on each object
        Returns:
        a string representation of the list
      • toString

        public static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.Object[] list)
      • toString

        public static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.Object[] list,
                                                java.lang.Boolean isJS)
      • toString

        public static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.String[] list,
                                                java.lang.Boolean isJS)
      • toString

        public static java.lang.String toString​(java.io.InputStream is)
                                         throws java.io.IOException
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException
      • toString

        public static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.Object object)
      • escapeRegex

        public static java.lang.String escapeRegex​(java.lang.String regexSource)
        Escape a string for use in a regular expression. This is useful when a block of text is to be used in a regular expression match.
        Parameters:
        regexSource - - source string to escape
        Returns:
        an escaped version of the string for use in a regular expression
        See Also:
        REGEX_SPECIAL_CHARS
      • truncate

        public static java.lang.String truncate​(java.lang.String string)
        Truncate a given string to a default length.
        Parameters:
        string - - string to truncate if necessary
        Returns:
        truncated string if longer than specified length + an elipses else the original string
        See Also:
        DEFAULT_TRUNCATE_LENGTH, truncate(String, Integer)
      • truncate

        public static java.lang.String truncate​(java.lang.String string,
                                                java.lang.Integer length)
        Truncate a given string to a provided length.

        Note that the returned string may be longer than the specified length due to the addition of an elipses.

        Note that truncate length is defaulted if null

        Parameters:
        string - - string to truncate if necessary
        length - - length to truncate to
        Returns:
        truncated string if longer than specified length + an elipses else the original string
        See Also:
        DEFAULT_TRUNCATE_LENGTH
      • normalize

        public static java.lang.String normalize​(java.lang.String string)
        Normalize a string by trimming and compacting whitespace.
        Parameters:
        string - - string to normalize
        Returns:
        a trimmed and whitespace-compressed version of the string
        See Also:
        NORMALIZE_WHITE_SPACE_REGEX
      • getURLBase

        public static java.lang.String getURLBase​(java.lang.String string)
        Get the base of a url such that you have a url string to the same folder. This is not particularly useful to a restful interface.

        Note that this requires the url string passed in to be a valid url. Typical usage is to get the base from the current URL. In that case, the url will always be valid.

        Parameters:
        string - - url to get base of.
        Returns:
        The base of the passed in url string.
        See Also:
        URL_BASE_REGEX
      • getURLFilename

        public static java.lang.String getURLFilename​(java.lang.String url)
      • getURIFilename

        public static java.lang.String getURIFilename​(java.net.URI uri)
      • getURLFilename

        public static java.lang.String getURLFilename​(java.net.URL url)
      • isASCII

        public static boolean isASCII​(java.lang.String string)
        Test to see if string contains only ASCII characters.

        Note that '^', '*' and '$' match the empty string in the regex and the single occurrence of the empty string token can't do triple duty. We return true for an empty string explicitly rather than using the regex.

        Parameters:
        string - - string to test for non-ascii chars.
        Returns:
        boolean indicating if the string is all ASCII chars
        See Also:
        ASCII_CHARS_REGEX
      • getNonASCII

        public static java.lang.String getNonASCII​(java.lang.String string)
        Get any and all characters that are not ASCII.
        Parameters:
        string - - string to pull non-ASCII characters from
        Returns:
        string containing all non-ASCII chars
        See Also:
        STRIP_ASCII_REGEX
      • toSeparatedString

        public static java.lang.String toSeparatedString​(java.util.List<?> list)
        A generic comma separated string representation of a list. It just calls the toString method on each item and inserts a comma between the items.
        Parameters:
        list - - a list of objects with a usable toString() on each object
        Returns:
        a comma separated string representation of the list
      • toSeparatedString

        public static java.lang.String toSeparatedString​(java.lang.Object[] array)
      • isNumber

        public static boolean isNumber​(java.lang.String string)
      • getNumber

        public static java.lang.Number getNumber​(java.lang.String string,
                                                 java.util.Locale locale)
      • getNumber

        public static java.lang.Number getNumber​(java.lang.String string)
      • getNumberLoose

        public static java.lang.Number getNumberLoose​(java.lang.String string)
      • toStatements

        public static java.util.List<java.lang.String> toStatements​(java.lang.String sql)
      • nullOrEmpty

        public static boolean nullOrEmpty​(java.lang.String string)
      • stripPadding

        public static java.lang.String stripPadding​(java.lang.String string)
      • toUpper

        public static java.lang.String toUpper​(java.lang.String string)
      • getNice

        public static java.lang.String getNice​(java.lang.String string,
                                               java.lang.Boolean capitalize,
                                               java.lang.Boolean replaceUnderscore)
      • getNice

        public static java.lang.String getNice​(java.lang.String string)
      • addWildcards

        public static java.lang.String addWildcards​(java.lang.String string)
      • getAlternateCaseString

        public static java.lang.String getAlternateCaseString​(java.lang.String string)
      • getNonNull

        public static java.lang.String getNonNull​(java.lang.Object... objects)