Class StringUtils


  • public class StringUtils
    extends Object
    String utilities.
    • Method Detail

      • isEmpty

        public static boolean isEmpty​(String value)
      • isQuote

        public static boolean isQuote​(char c)
      • isWhitespace

        public static boolean isWhitespace​(String value,
                                           int index)
      • isWhitespace

        public static boolean isWhitespace​(String value,
                                           int index,
                                           int end)
      • isWhitespace

        public static boolean isWhitespace​(String value)
      • isBlank

        public static boolean isBlank​(String value)
        Checks if a string is null or consists of only whitespace characters.
        Parameters:
        value - The string to check
        Returns:
        true if any of the below hold, and false otherwise:
        • The String is null
        • The String is of length 0
        • The String contains only whitespace characters
      • normalizeSpace

        public static void normalizeSpace​(String str,
                                          StringBuilder b)
        Normalizes the whitespace characters of a given string and applies it to the given string builder.
        Parameters:
        str -
      • normalizeSpace

        public static String normalizeSpace​(String str)
        Returns the result of normalize space of the given string.
        Parameters:
        str -
        Returns:
        the result of normalize space of the given string.
      • getStartWhitespaces

        public static String getStartWhitespaces​(String lineText)
        Returns the start whitespaces of the given line text.
        Parameters:
        lineText -
        Returns:
        the start whitespaces of the given line text.
      • getWhitespaces

        public static String getWhitespaces​(String text,
                                            int start,
                                            int end)
        Returns the whitespaces from the given range start/end of the given text.
        Parameters:
        start - the range start
        end - the range end
        text - the text
        Returns:
        the whitespaces from the given range start/end of the given text.
      • trimNewLines

        public static String trimNewLines​(String value)
      • getNumberOfNewLines

        public static int getNumberOfNewLines​(String text,
                                              boolean isWhitespace,
                                              String delimiter,
                                              int newLineLimit)
        Given a string that is only whitespace, this will return the amount of newline characters. If the newLineCounter becomes > newLineLimit, then the value of newLineLimit is always returned.
        Parameters:
        text -
        isWhitespace -
        delimiter -
        Returns:
      • getDefaultString

        public static String getDefaultString​(String text)
        Given a string will give back a non null string that is either the given string, or an empty string.
        Parameters:
        text -
        Returns:
      • getOffsetAfterWhitespace

        public static int getOffsetAfterWhitespace​(String text,
                                                   int endOffset)
        Traverses backwards from the endOffset until it finds a whitespace character. The offset of the character after the whitespace is returned. (text = "abcd efg|h", endOffset = 8) -> 5
        Parameters:
        text -
        endOffset - non-inclusive
        Returns:
        Start offset directly after the first whitespace.
      • getFrontWhitespaceLength

        public static int getFrontWhitespaceLength​(String text)
        Returns the number of consecutive whitespace characters in front of text
        Parameters:
        text - String of interest
        Returns:
        the number of consecutive whitespace characters in front of text
      • getTrailingWhitespaceLength

        public static int getTrailingWhitespaceLength​(String text)
        Returns the number of consecutive whitespace characters from the end of text
        Parameters:
        text - String of interest
        Returns:
        the number of consecutive whitespace characters from the end of text
      • cleanPathForWindows

        public static String cleanPathForWindows​(String pathString)
      • escapeBackticks

        public static String escapeBackticks​(String text)
      • isTagOutsideOfBackticks

        public static boolean isTagOutsideOfBackticks​(String text)
      • getString

        public static String getString​(Object obj)
      • findStartWord

        public static int findStartWord​(String text,
                                        int offset,
                                        Predicate<Character> isValidChar)
        Returns the start word offset from the left of the given offset and -1 if no word.
        Parameters:
        text - the text
        offset - the offset
        isValidChar - predicate to check if current character belong to the word.
        Returns:
        the start word offset from the left of the given offset and -1 if no word.
      • findStartWord

        public static int findStartWord​(String text,
                                        int offset,
                                        int min,
                                        Predicate<Character> isValidChar)
        Returns the start word offset from the left of the given offset to the given min and -1 if no word.
        Parameters:
        text - the text
        offset - the offset
        min - the minimum left offset.
        isValidChar - predicate to check if current character belong to the word.
        Returns:
        the start word offset from the left of the given offset to the given min and -1 if no word.
      • findEndWord

        public static int findEndWord​(String text,
                                      int offset,
                                      Predicate<Character> isValidChar)
        Returns the end word offset from the right of the given offset and -1 if no word.
        Parameters:
        text - the text
        offset - the offset
        isValidChar - predicate to check if current character belong to the word.
        Returns:
        the start word offset from the right of the given offset and -1 if no word.
      • findEndWord

        public static int findEndWord​(String text,
                                      int offset,
                                      int max,
                                      Predicate<Character> isValidChar)
        Returns the end word offset from the right of the given offset to the given max and -1 if no word.
        Parameters:
        text - the text
        offset - the offset
        isValidChar - predicate to check if current character belong to the word.
        Returns:
        the start word offset from the right of the given offset and -1 if no word.
      • convertToQuotelessValue

        public static String convertToQuotelessValue​(String value)
        Returns value without surrounding quotes. If value does not have matching surrounding quotes, returns value.
        Parameters:
        value -
        Returns:
        value without surrounding quotes.
      • isQuoted

        public static boolean isQuoted​(String value)
        Returns true if value has matching surrounding quotes and false otherwise.
        Parameters:
        value -
        Returns:
        true if value has matching surrounding quotes.
      • isSimilar

        public static boolean isSimilar​(String reference,
                                        String current)
        Uses Levenshtein distance to determine similarity between strings
        Parameters:
        reference - the string being compared to
        current - the string compared
        Returns:
        true if the two strings are similar, false otherwise