fx.modules.strings

Class RegexUtil

java.lang.Object

fx.modules.strings.RegexUtil

public class RegexUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Provides abstraction of usual REGEX patterns, so that the source code may be more comprehensible and so that developers (specifically myself) will not have to remember or write down or search for these usual patterns whenever needed

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RegexUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	consolidateWhitespaces(java.lang.String source) Consolidates sequences of tabs and spaces into single spaces.
static java.lang.String	ltrim(java.lang.String s) Left trim: removes white spaces from the beginning of the given string
static java.lang.String	replaceIgnoreCase(java.lang.String haystack, java.lang.String needle, java.lang.String replacement) Replaces all occurrences of the given needle with the given replacement within the referenced haystack using case
static java.lang.String	rtrim(java.lang.String s) Right trim: removes white spaces from the end of the given string

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RegexUtil

public RegexUtil()

Method Detail

ltrim

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

Left trim: removes white spaces from the beginning of the given string

rtrim

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

Right trim: removes white spaces from the end of the given string

consolidateWhitespaces

public static java.lang.String consolidateWhitespaces(java.lang.String source)

Consolidates sequences of tabs and spaces into single spaces.
EXAMPLE: consolidateWhitespaces( "a b c d eee ") = "a b c d eee"

replaceIgnoreCase

public static java.lang.String replaceIgnoreCase(java.lang.String haystack,
                                                 java.lang.String needle,
                                                 java.lang.String replacement)

Replaces all occurrences of the given needle with the given replacement within the referenced haystack using case

Parameters:

needle - if null or empty, the replacement operation will return the original value of the haystack

replacement - may not be null insensitive REGEX replace

Returns:

- null if the haystack is null
- empty string if the haystack is empty
- the original value of the haystack when the needle is null or empy
- the result of the regex replace in any other case