org.tigris.subversion.svnclientadapter.utils
Class StringUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.tigris.subversion.svnclientadapter.utils.StringUtils

public class StringUtils
extends java.lang.Object

A helper class for various string operations

Constructor Summary

StringUtils()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String[]	split(java.lang.String str, char separator) we can't use String.split as it is a JDK 1.4 method.
static java.lang.String[]	split(java.lang.String str, java.lang.String separator) split using a string separator
static java.lang.String	stripStart(java.lang.String str, java.lang.String stripChars) Strips any of a set of characters from the start of a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringUtils

public StringUtils()

Method Detail

split

public static java.lang.String[] split(java.lang.String str,
                                       char separator)

we can't use String.split as it is a JDK 1.4 method. //TODO Java 1.4 is not aproblem anymore. Isn't it ?

Parameters:

str -

separator -

Returns:

an array of string segments

split

public static java.lang.String[] split(java.lang.String str,
                                       java.lang.String separator)

split using a string separator

Parameters:

str -

separator -

Returns:

an array of string segments

stripStart

public static java.lang.String stripStart(java.lang.String str,
                                          java.lang.String stripChars)

Strips any of a set of characters from the start of a String.

A null input String returns null. An empty string ("") input returns the empty string.

If the stripChars String is null, whitespace is stripped as defined by Character.isWhitespace(char).

 StringUtils.stripStart(null, *)          = null
 StringUtils.stripStart("", *)            = ""
 StringUtils.stripStart("abc", "")        = "abc"
 StringUtils.stripStart("abc", null)      = "abc"
 StringUtils.stripStart("  abc", null)    = "abc"
 StringUtils.stripStart("abc  ", null)    = "abc  "
 StringUtils.stripStart(" abc ", null)    = "abc "
 StringUtils.stripStart("yxabc  ", "xyz") = "abc  "
 

Parameters:

str - the String to remove characters from, may be null

stripChars - the characters to remove, null treated as whitespace

Returns:

the stripped String, null if null String input