Module org.mbari.jcommons

Package org.mbari.jcommons.util

Class StringUtil

java.lang.Object

org.mbari.jcommons.util.StringUtil

public class StringUtil
extends Object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	containsOrderedChars(String chars, String text)
static final String	getToken(String str, int tokenNumber)	Return the token specified by position in a string using white space delimiters (\t\r\n\f and space).
static final String	getToken(String str, int tokenNumber, String delim)	Return the token specified by position in a string using the specified delimiter.
static boolean	isBlank(CharSequence cs)
static final String[]	order(String[] values, int[] order)	Useful method for ordering a 1-D array based on an array of indices
static final String	repeat(String s, int i)	Repeat a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

getToken

public static final String getToken(String str,
 int tokenNumber,
 String delim)

Return the token specified by position in a string using the specified delimiter. For example,
String str = "Mary;had;a;little;lamb."; String little = StringUtilities.getToken(str, 4, ";"); // little = "little"

Parameters:

str - The string to parse

tokenNumber - The (ones-based) index of the token to be returned

delim - The token delimiter

Returns:

String From position specifed

getToken

public static final String getToken(String str,
 int tokenNumber)

Return the token specified by position in a string using white space delimiters (\t\r\n\f and space). For example,
String str = "Mary had a little lamb."; String little = StringUtilities.getToken(str, 4); // little = "little"

Parameters:

str - The string to parse

tokenNumber - The (ones-based) index of the token to be returned

Returns:

String from position specified

order

public static final String[] order(String[] values,
 int[] order)

Useful method for ordering a 1-D array based on an array of indices

Parameters:

values - A 1-D array of data to be sorted based on an array of indices

order - A 1-D array of indices specifying the ordering of the data.

repeat

public static final String repeat(String s,
 int i)

Repeat a string. Analagous to pythons ability to do "AB" * 2 = "ABAB". For example: StringUtilities.repeat("AB", 2) = "ABAB"

Parameters:

s - The string to repeat

i - The number of times to repeat the string

isBlank

public static boolean isBlank(CharSequence cs)

containsOrderedChars

public static boolean containsOrderedChars(String chars,
 String text)