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ucar.unidata.util
Class StringUtil

java.lang.Object
  ucar.unidata.util.StringUtil

public class StringUtil
extends Object
extends Object

String utilities

Version:: $Id: StringUtil.java,v 1.53 2007/06/01 17:02:44 jeffmc Exp $
Author:: John Caron

Field Summary
`static boolean`	`debug` debug flag
`static String[]`	`ordinalNames` Ordinal names for images

Constructor Summary
`StringUtil()`

Method Summary
`static String`	`allow(String x, String allowChars, char replaceChar)` Replace any char not alphanumeric or in allowChars by replaceChar.
`static StringBuffer`	`append(StringBuffer sb, Object s1)` A utility method to an append to a StringBuffer.
`static StringBuffer`	`append(StringBuffer sb, Object s1, Object s2)` A utility method to do multiple appends to a StringBuffer.
`static StringBuffer`	`append(StringBuffer sb, Object s1, Object s2, Object s3)` A utility method to do multiple appends to a StringBuffer.
`static StringBuffer`	`append(StringBuffer sb, Object s1, Object s2, Object s3, Object s4)` A utility method to do multiple appends to a StringBuffer.
`static StringBuffer`	`append(StringBuffer sb, Object s1, Object s2, Object s3, Object s4, Object s5)` A utility method to do multiple appends to a StringBuffer.
`static String`	`applyMacros(String s, Hashtable props, boolean throwError)` This takes a string of the following form.
`static String`	`breakText(String text, String insert, int lineSize)` Convert the given text to html by adding <br>.
`static String`	`breakTextAtWords(String text, String insert, int lineSize)` Break the given text into lines, respecting word boundaries (blank space).
`static String`	`collapseWhitespace(String s)` Collapse continuous whitespace into one single " ".
`static boolean`	`containsRegExp(String patternString)` See if a pattern string contains regular expression characters (^,*,$,+).
`static String`	`escape(String x, String okChars)` Escape any char not alphanumeric or in okChars.
`static String`	`escape2(String x, String reservedChars)` Escape any char in reservedChars.
`static List`	`expandIso8601(String time)` A first attempt at parsing a dttm range string
`static String`	`filter(String x, String okChars)` Remove any char not alphanumeric or in okChars.
`static String`	`filter7bits(String s)` Remove all but printable 7bit ascii
`static String`	`findFormatString(String macroName, String macroDelimiter, String text)` Return the format string in the given text for the given macro.
`static Object`	`findMatch(String source, List patternList, List results, Object dflt)` Run through the List of patterns (pattern, result) and return corresponding result whose pattern matches the source string.
`static Object`	`findMatch(String source, List patternList, Object dflt)` Run through the List of Objects and return the Object whose toString matches the source string.
`static String`	`findPattern(String source, String patternString)` Find the pattern in a string
`static String`	`getAnOrA(String subject)` Get "a" or "an" for prefixing to a string based on the first character
`static boolean`	`isDigits(String s)` Return true if all characters are numeric.
`static String`	`join(String[] args)` Merge the given strings, using a space between each.
`static String`	`join(String delimiter, List args)` Merge the given strings, using the given delimiter between each.
`static String`	`join(String delimiter, List args, boolean ignoreEmptyStrings)` Merge the given strings, using the given delimiter between each.
`static String`	`join(String delimiter, Object[] args)` Merge the given strings, using the given delimiter between each.
`static String`	`join(String delimiter, Object[] args, boolean ignoreEmptyStrings)` Merge the given strings, using the given delimiter between each.
`static String`	`listToString(List l)` Take the List of objects and return a String of all the list's elements toString values appended to each other, separated by semicolons
`static String[]`	`listToStringArray(List objectList)` Take the List of objects and return a String array of the toString values of each object in the list.
`static void`	`main(String[] args)` Method for debugging.
`static void`	`main2(String[] args)` test
`static void`	`main3(String[] args)` test
`static int`	`match(String s1, String s2)` Count number of chars that match in two strings, starting from front.
`static boolean`	`notEmpty(String s)`
`static String`	`padLeft(String s, int desiredLength)` Pad the given string with spaces on the left up to the given length.
`static String`	`padLeft(String s, int desiredLength, String padString)` Pad the given string with padString on the left up to the given length.
`static String`	`padRight(String s, int desiredLength)` Pad the given string with spaces on the right up to the given length.
`static String`	`padRight(String s, int desiredLength, String padString)` Pad the given string with padString on the right up to the given length.
`static String`	`padZero(int value, int numDigits)` Left pad the given value with zeros up to the number of digits
`static double[][]`	`parseCoordinates(String coords)` Parse the lat/lon/alt coordinate string
`static List`	`parseCsv(String s, boolean skipFirst)` Parse a comma separated value (CVS) String
`static Date`	`parseDate(String dttm)` Parse the date.
`static List`	`parseIntegerListString(String s)` Parse the given string and return a list of Integer values.
`static Date`	`parseIso8601(String time)` Not working yet but this is supposed to parse an iso8601 date format
`static List`	`parseLineWords(String content, int[] indices, int[] lengths, String lineDelimiter, String commentString, boolean trimWords)` This splits the given content String into a set of lines (delimited by the given lineDelimiter).
`static Hashtable`	`parsePropertiesString(String s)` Parse the semi-colon delimited string of name=value properties.
`static long`	`parseTimePeriod(String s)` Note, right now this just parses the hour/minute/second periods
`static String`	`quoteHtmlContent(String x)` Replace special characters with entities for HTML content.
`static String`	`quoteXmlAttribute(String x)` Replace special characters with entities for XML attributes.
`static String`	`quoteXmlContent(String x)` Replace special characters with entities for XML attributes.
`static String`	`remove(String s, int c)` Remove all occurrences of the character c in the string s.
`static String`	`remove(String s, String sub)` Remove all occurrences of the substring sub in the string s.
`static String`	`removeWhitespace(String inputString)` Remove any whitespace (ie., Character.isWhitespace) from the input string.
`static String`	`repeat(String s, int cnt)` Concatentate the given string cnt times
`static void`	`replace(StringBuffer sb, char out, String in)` Replace any char "out" in sb with "in".
`static String`	`replace(String s, char out, String in)` Replace any char "out" in s with "in".
`static String`	`replace(String string, String pattern, String value)` Replaces all occurrences of "pattern" in "string" with "value"
`static List`	`replaceList(List sourceList, String[] patterns, String[] values)` Construct and return a list of Strings where each string is the result of replacing all of the patterns with the corresponding values for each String in the given sourceList .
`static String`	`replaceList(String v, List patterns, List values)` Replaces all occurrences of "patterns" in "v" with "values"
`static String`	`replaceList(String v, String[] patterns, String[] values)` Replaces all occurrences of "patterns" in "v" with "values"
`static String`	`shorten(String s, int length)` Shorten a string using elipses (...)
`static List<String>`	`split(Object source)` Tokenize the toString value of the given source object, splitting on ",".
`static List<String>`	`split(Object source, String delimiter)` Tokenize the toString value of the given source object, splitting on the given delimiter.
`static List<String>`	`split(Object source, String delimiter, boolean trim)` Tokenize the toString value of the given source object, splitting on the given delimiter.
`static List<String>`	`split(Object source, String delimiter, boolean trim, boolean excludeZeroLength)` Tokenize the toString value of the given source object, splitting on the given delimiter.
`static String[]`	`split(String s, String delimiter, int cnt)` Split the given string into the first cnt number of substrings as delimited by the given delimiter.
`static List`	`splitMacros(String s)` This parses the given string with the following form.
`static boolean`	`startsWithVowel(String value)` Check to see if the string starts with a vowel.
`static boolean`	`stringMatch(String input, String patternString)` Check if the given input String matches the given pattern String.
`static boolean`	`stringMatch(String input, String patternString, boolean substring, boolean caseSensitive)` Check if the given input String matches the given pattern String.
`static String`	`stripAndReplace(String s, String pattern1, String pattern2, String replace)` Replaces all occurrences of the strings delimited by patter1/pattern2 with replace, e.g.: "pattern1 ...
`static String`	`stripHtmlTag(String html)` Remove any beginning or ending <html> tags
`static String`	`stripTags(String html)` Remove all text contained within "< >" tags.
`static void`	`substitute(StringBuffer sbuff, String match, String subst)` Find all occurences of the "match" in original, and substitute the "subst" string, directly into the original.
`static String`	`substitute(String original, String[] match, String[] subst)` Find all occurences of match strings in original, and substitute the corresponding subst string.
`static String`	`substitute(String original, String match, String subst)` Find all occurences of the "match" in original, and substitute the "subst" string.
`static String`	`toHexString(Color c)` Convert the given color to is string hex representation
`static List`	`toString(List l)` Convert the list of objects to a list of strings.
`static String`	`toString(Object[] array)` Create a string representation of the given array
`static String`	`unescape(String x)` This finds any '%xx' and converts to the equivilent char.
`static String`	`unquoteXmlAttribute(String x)` Reverse XML quoting to recover the original string.
`static String`	`unquoteXmlContent(String x)` Reverse XML quoting to recover the original string.
`static void`	`unreplace(StringBuffer sb, String out, char in)` Replace any String "out" in sb with char "in".
`static String`	`zeroString(int value)` If the given value is less than 10 than pad the String return with a leading "0".

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

debug

public static boolean debug

debug flag

ordinalNames

public static final String[] ordinalNames

Ordinal names for images

Constructor Detail

StringUtil

public StringUtil()

Method Detail

notEmpty

public static boolean notEmpty(String s)

collapseWhitespace

public static String collapseWhitespace(String s)

Collapse continuous whitespace into one single " ".

Parameters:: s - operate on this string
Returns:: result with collapsed whitespace

remove

public static String remove(String s,
                            String sub)

Remove all occurrences of the substring sub in the string s.

Parameters:: s - operate on this string; sub - remove all occurrences of this substring.
Returns:: result with substrings removed

remove

public static String remove(String s,
                            int c)

Remove all occurrences of the character c in the string s.

Parameters:: s - operate on this string; c - remove all occurrences of this character.
Returns:: result with any character c removed

findFormatString

public static String findFormatString(String macroName,
                                      String macroDelimiter,
                                      String text)

Return the format string in the given text for the given macro. text may contain a macro of the form 'macroDelimiter macroName:format string macroDelimiter' e.g.: %count:some format% This returns the format string

Parameters:: macroName - The name of the macro; macroDelimiter - The delimiter used. e.g. '%'; text - the text
Returns:: the format string or null

substitute

public static String substitute(String original,
                                String match,
                                String subst)

Find all occurences of the "match" in original, and substitute the "subst" string.

Parameters:: original - starting string; match - string to match; subst - string to substitute
Returns:: a new string with substitutions

repeat

public static String repeat(String s,
                            int cnt)

Concatentate the given string cnt times

Parameters:: s - base string; cnt -
Returns:: repeated string

substitute

public static String substitute(String original,
                                String[] match,
                                String[] subst)

Find all occurences of match strings in original, and substitute the corresponding subst string.

Parameters:: original - starting string; match - array of strings to match; subst - array of strings to substitute
Returns:: a new string with substitutions

substitute

public static void substitute(StringBuffer sbuff,
                              String match,
                              String subst)

Find all occurences of the "match" in original, and substitute the "subst" string, directly into the original.

Parameters:: sbuff - starting string buffer; match - string to match; subst - string to substitute

isDigits

public static boolean isDigits(String s)

Return true if all characters are numeric.

Parameters:: s - operate on this String
Returns:: true if all characters are numeric

quoteHtmlContent

public static String quoteHtmlContent(String x)

Replace special characters with entities for HTML content. special: '&', '"', '\'', '<', '>', '\n'

Parameters:: x - string to quote
Returns:: equivilent string using entities for any special chars

quoteXmlContent

public static String quoteXmlContent(String x)

Replace special characters with entities for XML attributes. special: '&', '<', '>', '\'', '"', '\r', '\n'

Parameters:: x - string to quote
Returns:: equivilent string using entities for any special chars

unquoteXmlContent

public static String unquoteXmlContent(String x)

Reverse XML quoting to recover the original string.

Parameters:: x - string to quote
Returns:: equivilent string

quoteXmlAttribute

public static String quoteXmlAttribute(String x)

Replace special characters with entities for XML attributes. special: '&', '<', '>', '\'', '"', '\r', '\n'

Parameters:: x - string to quote
Returns:: equivilent string using entities for any special chars

unquoteXmlAttribute

public static String unquoteXmlAttribute(String x)

Reverse XML quoting to recover the original string.

Parameters:: x - string to quote
Returns:: equivilent string

match

public static int match(String s1,
                        String s2)

Count number of chars that match in two strings, starting from front.

Parameters:: s1 - compare this string; s2 - compare this string
Returns:: number of matching chars, starting from first char

replace

public static void replace(StringBuffer sb,
                           char out,
                           String in)

Replace any char "out" in sb with "in".

Parameters:: sb - StringBuffer to replace; out - repalce this character; in - with this string

unreplace

public static void unreplace(StringBuffer sb,
                             String out,
                             char in)

Replace any String "out" in sb with char "in".

Parameters:: sb - StringBuffer to replace; out - repalce this String; in - with this char

replace

public static String replace(String s,
                             char out,
                             String in)

Replace any char "out" in s with "in".

Parameters:: s - string to replace; out - repalce this character; in - with this string
Returns:: modified string if needed

escape

public static String escape(String x,
                            String okChars)

Escape any char not alphanumeric or in okChars. Escape by replacing char with %xx (hex). LOOK: need to check for %, replace with %%

Parameters:: x - escape this string; okChars - these are ok.
Returns:: equivilent escaped string.

escape2

public static String escape2(String x,
                             String reservedChars)

Escape any char in reservedChars. Escape by replacing char with %xx (hex). LOOK: need to check for %, replace with %%

Parameters:: x - escape this string; reservedChars - these must be replaced
Returns:: equivilent escaped string.

toHexString

public static String toHexString(Color c)

Convert the given color to is string hex representation

Parameters:: c - color
Returns:: hex represenation

filter7bits

public static String filter7bits(String s)

Remove all but printable 7bit ascii

Parameters:: s - filter this string
Returns:: filtered string.

filter

public static String filter(String x,
                            String okChars)

Remove any char not alphanumeric or in okChars.

Parameters:: x - filter this string; okChars - these are ok.
Returns:: filtered string.

allow

public static String allow(String x,
                           String allowChars,
                           char replaceChar)

Replace any char not alphanumeric or in allowChars by replaceChar.

Parameters:: x - operate on this string; allowChars - these are ok.; replaceChar - thar char to replace
Returns:: resulting string.

unescape

public static String unescape(String x)

This finds any '%xx' and converts to the equivilent char. Inverse of escape().

Parameters:: x -
Returns:: original String.

findMatch

public static Object findMatch(String source,
                               List patternList,
                               Object dflt)

Run through the List of Objects and return the Object whose toString matches the source string. If none found then return the dflt value.

Parameters:: source - Source String to match on.; patternList - List of objects whose toString is the pattern.; dflt - The default if nothing matches.
Returns:: The Object whose toString matches the source or the dflt if no matches found.

findMatch

public static Object findMatch(String source,
                               List patternList,
                               List results,
                               Object dflt)

Run through the List of patterns (pattern, result) and return corresponding result whose pattern matches the source string. If none found then return the dflt.

Parameters:: source - Source String to match on.; patternList - List of objects whose toString is the pattern.; results - The list of return objects.; dflt - The default if nothing matches.
Returns:: The return Object whose toString matches the source or the dflt if no matches found.

containsRegExp

public static boolean containsRegExp(String patternString)

See if a pattern string contains regular expression characters (^,*,$,+).

Parameters:: patternString - pattern string to check
Returns:: true if it contains (^,*,$,+).

stringMatch

public static boolean stringMatch(String input,
                                  String patternString)

Check if the given input String matches the given pattern String. First see if input.equals (patternString). If true then return true. Next if there are no regular expression characters (look for ^, $, *, and +) in the patternString then return false. Else treat the patternString as a regexp and return if it matches the input.

Parameters:: input - The input source string.; patternString - The regular expression pattern.
Returns:: true if the pattern match the input.

stringMatch

public static boolean stringMatch(String input,
                                  String patternString,
                                  boolean substring,
                                  boolean caseSensitive)

Parameters:: input - The input source string.; patternString - The regular expression pattern.; substring - Search for substrings; caseSensitive - Is case sensitive
Returns:: true if the pattern match the input.

startsWithVowel

public static boolean startsWithVowel(String value)

Check to see if the string starts with a vowel.

Parameters:: value - String to check
Returns:: true if value starts with a, e, i, o, or u (but not sometimes y). Check is case insensitive.

breakText

public static String breakText(String text,
                               String insert,
                               int lineSize)

Convert the given text to html by adding <br>. If there are new lines then we replace them with a space. Then we break the lines into 50 character (or so) chunks, adding br tags.

Parameters:: text - The text to convert; insert - string to insert; lineSize - line size to insert at
Returns:: The text with added br tags.

breakTextAtWords

public static String breakTextAtWords(String text,
                                      String insert,
                                      int lineSize)

Break the given text into lines, respecting word boundaries (blank space).

Parameters:: text - The text to convert; insert - break to insert; lineSize - line size to insert at
Returns:: The text with added br tags.

stripHtmlTag

public static String stripHtmlTag(String html)

Remove any beginning or ending <html> tags

Parameters:: html - the html
Returns:: the stripped html

stripTags

public static String stripTags(String html)

Remove all text contained within "< >" tags.

Parameters:: html - The source html string.
Returns:: The raw text.

stripAndReplace

public static String stripAndReplace(String s,
                                     String pattern1,
                                     String pattern2,
                                     String replace)

Replaces all occurrences of the strings delimited by patter1/pattern2 with replace, e.g.: "pattern1 ... pattern2"

Parameters:: s - initial string; pattern1 - delimiter 1; pattern2 - delimiter 2; replace - replace with
Returns:: replaced string

removeWhitespace

public static String removeWhitespace(String inputString)

Remove any whitespace (ie., Character.isWhitespace) from the input string.

Parameters:: inputString - The string to remove the whitespace.
Returns:: The whitespaceless result.

zeroString

public static String zeroString(int value)

If the given value is less than 10 than pad the String return with a leading "0".

Parameters:: value - The value.
Returns:: The String represenation of the value, padded with a leading "0" if value < 10

padZero

public static String padZero(int value,
                             int numDigits)

Left pad the given value with zeros up to the number of digits

Parameters:: value - The value.; numDigits - number of digits
Returns:: The String represenation of the value, padded with leading "0"-s if value < 10E(numDigits-1)

padLeft

public static String padLeft(String s,
                             int desiredLength)

Pad the given string with spaces on the left up to the given length.

Parameters:: s - String to pad; desiredLength - ending length
Returns:: padded String

padLeft

public static String padLeft(String s,
                             int desiredLength,
                             String padString)

Pad the given string with padString on the left up to the given length.

Parameters:: s - String to pad; desiredLength - ending length; padString - String to pad with (e.g, " ")
Returns:: padded String

padRight

public static String padRight(String s,
                              int desiredLength)

Pad the given string with spaces on the right up to the given length.

Parameters:: s - String to pad; desiredLength - ending length
Returns:: padded String

padRight

public static String padRight(String s,
                              int desiredLength,
                              String padString)

Pad the given string with padString on the right up to the given length.

Parameters:: s - String to pad; desiredLength - ending length; padString - String to pad with (e.g, " ")
Returns:: padded String

join

public static String join(String[] args)

Merge the given strings, using a space between each.

Parameters:: args - An array of Strings to merge.
Returns:: The given strings concatenated together with a space between each.

join

public static String join(String delimiter,
                          Object[] args)

Merge the given strings, using the given delimiter between each.

Parameters:: delimiter - The delimiter.; args - An array of Strings to merge.
Returns:: The given strings concatenated together with the delimiter between each.

join

public static String join(String delimiter,
                          Object[] args,
                          boolean ignoreEmptyStrings)

Merge the given strings, using the given delimiter between each.

Parameters:: delimiter - The delimiter.; args - An array of Strings to merge.; ignoreEmptyStrings - Don't join empty strings
Returns:: The given strings concatenated together with the delimiter between each.

join

public static String join(String delimiter,
                          List args)

Merge the given strings, using the given delimiter between each.

Parameters:: delimiter - The delimiter.; args - A List of objects whose toString value are merged.
Returns:: The given object.toString values concatenated together with the delimiter between each.

join

public static String join(String delimiter,
                          List args,
                          boolean ignoreEmptyStrings)

Merge the given strings, using the given delimiter between each.

Parameters:: delimiter - The delimiter.; args - A List of objects whose toString value are merged.; ignoreEmptyStrings - Should ignore empty strings
Returns:: The given object.toString values concatenated together with the delimiter between each.

split

public static List<String> split(Object source)

Tokenize the toString value of the given source object, splitting on ",".

Parameters:: source - The source object string.
Returns:: List of String tokens.

parseDate

public static Date parseDate(String dttm)

Parse the date. Can be of a number of forms:

  yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss   yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm
   yyyy-MM-dd yyyyMMddHHmmss  yyyyMMddHHmm
   yyyyMMddHH yyyyMMdd

Parameters:: dttm - The date string
Returns:: The Date or null if not able to parse it

parseIntegerListString

public static List parseIntegerListString(String s)

Parse the given string and return a list of Integer values. The String s is a comma separated list of integer values or integer ranges of the form start:end:stride where stride is optional. So s can be:

 1,2,3   - the numbers 1 2 and 3
 0:10,15:20,30  - 0-10, 15-20 and 30
 0:10:2   - 0,2,4,6,8,10

Parameters:: s - The string to parse
Returns:: List of Integers

parseLineWords

public static List parseLineWords(String content,
                                  int[] indices,
                                  int[] lengths,
                                  String lineDelimiter,
                                  String commentString,
                                  boolean trimWords)

This splits the given content String into a set of lines (delimited by the given lineDelimiter). If a line begins with the given commentString it is ignored. If the length of the trim value of the line is 0 it is ignored. If a line is not to be ignored then the substrings defined by the given fromIndices/toIndices are extracted, placed into a String array and added to the result List.

Parameters:: content - The String to parse; indices - the index in the line which defines the word start.; lengths - the length of each word.; lineDelimiter - What to split the line content string on (usually "\n").; commentString - If non-null defines the comment String in the content.; trimWords - Do we trim each word.
Returns:: A list of String arrays that holds the words.

split

public static List<String> split(Object source,
                                 String delimiter)

Tokenize the toString value of the given source object, splitting on the given delimiter.

Parameters:: source - The source object string.; delimiter - The delimiter to break up the sourceString on.
Returns:: List of String tokens.

split

public static List<String> split(Object source,
                                 String delimiter,
                                 boolean trim)

Tokenize the toString value of the given source object, splitting on the given delimiter. If trim is true the string trim each token.

Parameters:: source - The source object string.; delimiter - The delimiter to break up the sourceString on.; trim - Do we string trim the tokens.
Returns:: List of String tokens.

split

public static List<String> split(Object source,
                                 String delimiter,
                                 boolean trim,
                                 boolean excludeZeroLength)

Tokenize the toString value of the given source object, splitting on the given delimiter. If trim is true the string trim each token.

Parameters:: source - The source object string.; delimiter - The delimiter to break up the sourceString on.; trim - Do we string trim the tokens.; excludeZeroLength - If true then don't add in zero length strings.
Returns:: List of String tokens.

split

public static String[] split(String s,
                             String delimiter,
                             int cnt)

Split the given string into the first cnt number of substrings as delimited by the given delimiter.

Parameters:: s - String to split; delimiter - token delimeter; cnt - max number of tokens
Returns:: array of strings or null if unable to split the string.

listToStringArray

public static String[] listToStringArray(List objectList)

Take the List of objects and return a String array of the toString values of each object in the list.

Parameters:: objectList - The list of objects.
Returns:: The array of the object string values.

listToString

public static String listToString(List l)

Take the List of objects and return a String of all the list's elements toString values appended to each other, separated by semicolons

Parameters:: l - list of objects
Returns:: semicolon separated String of Strings.

toString

public static List toString(List l)

Convert the list of objects to a list of strings.

Parameters:: l - List of objects
Returns:: List of strings.

replace

public static String replace(String string,
                             String pattern,
                             String value)

Replaces all occurrences of "pattern" in "string" with "value"

Parameters:: string - string to munge; pattern - pattern to replace; value - replacement value
Returns:: munged string

replaceList

public static String replaceList(String v,
                                 String[] patterns,
                                 String[] values)

Replaces all occurrences of "patterns" in "v" with "values"

Parameters:: v - original String; patterns - patterns to match; values - replacement values
Returns:: munged String

replaceList

public static String replaceList(String v,
                                 List patterns,
                                 List values)

Replaces all occurrences of "patterns" in "v" with "values"

Parameters:: v - original String; patterns - patterns to match; values - replacement values
Returns:: munged String

replaceList

public static List replaceList(List sourceList,
                               String[] patterns,
                               String[] values)

Construct and return a list of Strings where each string is the result of replacing all of the patterns with the corresponding values for each String in the given sourceList .

Parameters:: sourceList - original list of Strings; patterns - patterns to replace; values - replacement values
Returns:: new list with replaced values

append

public static StringBuffer append(StringBuffer sb,
                                  Object s1)

A utility method to an append to a StringBuffer. If the given object is null the string "null" will be appended. If non-null the we append to the StringBuffer the results of s1.toString ();

Parameters:: sb - StringBuffer to append to (may be null); s1 - object to append
Returns:: StringBuffer with appended object

ucar.unidata.util Class StringUtil

debug

ordinalNames

StringUtil

notEmpty

collapseWhitespace

remove

remove

findFormatString

substitute

repeat

substitute

substitute

isDigits

quoteHtmlContent

quoteXmlContent

unquoteXmlContent

quoteXmlAttribute

unquoteXmlAttribute

match

replace

unreplace

replace

escape

escape2

toHexString

filter7bits

filter

allow

unescape

findMatch

findMatch

containsRegExp

stringMatch

stringMatch

startsWithVowel

breakText

breakTextAtWords

stripHtmlTag

stripTags

stripAndReplace

removeWhitespace

zeroString

padZero

padLeft

padLeft

padRight

padRight

join

join

join

join

join

split

parseDate

parseIntegerListString

parseLineWords

split

split

split

split

listToStringArray

listToString

toString

replace

replaceList

replaceList

replaceList

append

ucar.unidata.util
Class StringUtil