net.sourceforge.pagesdialect

Class PagesDialectUtil

Object

net.sourceforge.pagesdialect.PagesDialectUtil

public class PagesDialectUtil
extends Object

Utility methods for PagesDialect.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PagesDialectUtil()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static List	convertToList(Object iterable) Converts and iterable object to a List.
static org.thymeleaf.dom.Element	getContainerElement(org.thymeleaf.dom.Element element) Return the container element for some elements.
static Object	getProperty(Object obj, String propertyPath) Return a property from an object via reflection.
static String	getStandardDialectPrefix(org.thymeleaf.Arguments arguments) Look up StandardDialect prefix, usually "th".
static String	now() Return current date in format yyyy_MM_dd.
static String	simplifyString(String str) Simplifies a String removing all non alphanumeric data and replacing spaces by underscores.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Detail

PagesDialectUtil

public PagesDialectUtil()

Method Detail

getStandardDialectPrefix

public static String getStandardDialectPrefix(org.thymeleaf.Arguments arguments)

Look up StandardDialect prefix, usually "th".

getContainerElement

public static org.thymeleaf.dom.Element getContainerElement(org.thymeleaf.dom.Element element)

Return the container element for some elements. If the iteration element is a tr, td or th, return the parent table. If the iteration element is a list item, return the list element. Else, return the element itself.

getProperty

public static Object getProperty(Object obj,
                 String propertyPath)

Return a property from an object via reflection.

Parameters:

propertyPath - using dot notation, as in, "product.category.name".

Returns:

null if any field in path is null.

convertToList

public static List convertToList(Object iterable)

Converts and iterable object to a List.

Parameters:

iterable - object of type List, Collection or array.

Returns:

a List with the same items as the iterable object.

now

public static String now()

Return current date in format yyyy_MM_dd.

simplifyString

public static String simplifyString(String str)

Simplifies a String removing all non alphanumeric data and replacing spaces by underscores.

Returns:

empty String if the provided string is empty or null.