uk.org.ogsadai.common
Class StringUtils

java.lang.Object
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public class StringUtils

extends java.lang.Object

Miscellaneous string utilities.

Author:

The OGSA-DAI Project Team.

Field Summary

private static java.lang.String

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Constructor Summary

StringUtils()

Method Summary

static java.lang.CharSequence	removeDuplicateWhitespace(java.lang.CharSequence inputStr) Removes all contiguous whitespace characters, replacing them with a single space.
static java.lang.String	stringArrayToString(java.lang.String[] array, java.lang.String separator) Conjoin the strings in an array into a single string delimited by a separator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

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private static final java.lang.String COPYRIGHT_NOTICE

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

StringUtils

public StringUtils()

Method Detail

stringArrayToString

public static java.lang.String stringArrayToString(java.lang.String[] array,
                                                   java.lang.String separator)

Conjoin the strings in an array into a single string delimited by a separator.

Parameters:

array - The strings to be conjoined.

separator - The string to be used to conjoin the strings.

Returns:

conjoined string or "" if array is null.

removeDuplicateWhitespace

public static java.lang.CharSequence removeDuplicateWhitespace(java.lang.CharSequence inputStr)

Removes all contiguous whitespace characters, replacing them with a single space. Line terminators are treated like whitespace.

Parameters:

inputStr - Characters from which whitespace is to be filtered.

Returns:

the filtered characters.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if inputStr is null.

ExternalModuleException - if regular expressions used to effect the replacement are not legal.