org.wandora.utils

Class Textbox

java.lang.Object

org.wandora.utils.Textbox

public class Textbox
extends java.lang.Object

Textbox is an utility class providing useful text manipulation and processing services as static methods. Some methods here are reserved for historical reasons.

Author:

akikivela

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Textbox() Creates a new instance of TextTools

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.util.List<java.lang.String>	capitalizeFirst(java.util.List<java.lang.String> words)
static java.lang.String	capitalizeFirst(java.lang.String word)
static java.lang.String	chop(java.lang.String text) Trims all ending white space characters of a string.
static java.util.List<java.lang.String>	encode(java.util.List<java.lang.String> strings, java.lang.String charset)
static java.lang.String	encode(java.lang.String string, java.lang.String charset)
static java.lang.String	encodeXML(java.lang.String s) Transforms all XML specific characters to character entities and Windows new line characters to simple unix style new line characters.
static java.lang.String	filterNonAlphaNums(java.lang.String string)
static java.lang.String	firstNameFirst(java.lang.String name) Reverses a name such as "Doe, John" to "John Doe".
static java.lang.String	getColorHTMLCode(java.awt.Color color) Returns hexadecimal string representing a color.
static java.lang.String	getSlice(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String delimiter, int sliceNumber)
static java.lang.String	makeHTMLParagraph(java.lang.String text, int width)
static java.lang.String[][]	makeStringTable(java.lang.String s)
static java.lang.String	mapToString(java.util.Map map) Makes a String representation of a map.
static boolean	meaningless(java.lang.String string) Checks if a string has any other characters than white space characters.
static java.lang.String	removeQuotes(java.lang.String quoted)
static java.lang.String	reverseName(java.lang.String name) Reverses a name such as "John Doe" to "Doe, John".
static java.lang.String	RTF2PlainText(java.io.InputStream in) Reads RTF text from an input stream and returns plain text.
static java.util.List<java.lang.String>	slice(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String delimiter)
static java.util.List	sliceWithRE(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String regularExpression)
static java.lang.String	sortStringVector(java.util.Vector v)
static java.lang.String	toLowerCase(java.lang.String string)
static java.lang.String	trimEndingSpaces(java.lang.String string) Trims all ending white space characters of a string.
static java.lang.String	trimExtraSpaces(java.lang.String string) Trims both starting and ending white space characters of a string.
static java.lang.String	trimStartingSpaces(java.lang.String string) Trims all starting white space characters of a string.
static java.lang.String[]	vectorToStringArray(java.util.Vector v) Method creates a string array from objects in given vector.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Textbox

public Textbox()

Creates a new instance of TextTools

Method Detail

mapToString

public static java.lang.String mapToString(java.util.Map map)

Makes a String representation of a map. Useful for debugging.

Parameters:

map -

Returns:

capitalizeFirst

public static java.util.List<java.lang.String> capitalizeFirst(java.util.List<java.lang.String> words)

capitalizeFirst

public static java.lang.String capitalizeFirst(java.lang.String word)

makeHTMLParagraph

public static java.lang.String makeHTMLParagraph(java.lang.String text,
                                                 int width)

getSlice

public static java.lang.String getSlice(java.lang.String text,
                                        java.lang.String delimiter,
                                        int sliceNumber)

slice

public static java.util.List<java.lang.String> slice(java.lang.String text,
                                                     java.lang.String delimiter)

sliceWithRE

public static java.util.List sliceWithRE(java.lang.String text,
                                         java.lang.String regularExpression)

filterNonAlphaNums

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

toLowerCase

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

encode

public static java.util.List<java.lang.String> encode(java.util.List<java.lang.String> strings,
                                                      java.lang.String charset)

encode

public static java.lang.String encode(java.lang.String string,
                                      java.lang.String charset)

encodeXML

public static java.lang.String encodeXML(java.lang.String s)

Transforms all XML specific characters to character entities and Windows new line characters to simple unix style new line characters.

Parameters:

s -

Returns:

Encoded XML string.

firstNameFirst

public static java.lang.String firstNameFirst(java.lang.String name)

Reverses a name such as "Doe, John" to "John Doe".

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

Reversed name.

reverseName

public static java.lang.String reverseName(java.lang.String name)

Reverses a name such as "John Doe" to "Doe, John".

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

Reversed name.

meaningless

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

Checks if a string has any other characters than white space characters. If the string has only white space characters, method returns true. The String is "meaningless". Otherwise method returns false.

Parameters:

string -

Returns:

true if the string has only white space characters. Otherwise false.

removeQuotes

public static java.lang.String removeQuotes(java.lang.String quoted)

makeStringTable

public static java.lang.String[][] makeStringTable(java.lang.String s)

sortStringVector

public static java.lang.String sortStringVector(java.util.Vector v)

vectorToStringArray

public static java.lang.String[] vectorToStringArray(java.util.Vector v)

Method creates a string array from objects in given vector.

Parameters:

v - The vector containing strings to be attached to the generated string.

Returns:

Method returns an array containing string picked out of given vector. If vector contains no strings null is returned.

trimExtraSpaces

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

Trims both starting and ending white space characters of a string. This method is here for historical reasons.

Parameters:

string -

Returns:

chop

public static java.lang.String chop(java.lang.String text)

Trims all ending white space characters of a string. Delegates the action to method trimEndingSpaces.

Parameters:

text -

Returns:

trimEndingSpaces

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

Trims all ending white space characters of a string. This method is here for historical reasons.

Parameters:

string -

Returns:

trimStartingSpaces

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

Trims all starting white space characters of a string. This method is here for historical reasons.

Parameters:

string -

Returns:

getColorHTMLCode

public static java.lang.String getColorHTMLCode(java.awt.Color color)

Returns hexadecimal string representing a color. Color is given as an argument. Hexadecimal string resembles color codes used in HTML and CSS but doesn't contain the hash prefix. For example, this method returns string "ffffff" for the white color and "ff0000" for the red color.

Parameters:

color - is the color we want the HTML code.

Returns:

String representing color's HTML code.

RTF2PlainText

public static java.lang.String RTF2PlainText(java.io.InputStream in)
                                      throws java.io.IOException

Reads RTF text from an input stream and returns plain text. Method uses Java's RTFEditorKit for the transformation.

Parameters:

in - is input stream to be transformed.

Returns:

String that contains the RTF text as a plain text.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the input stream doesn't resolve RTF document.