org.xmlactions.common.text

Class Text

java.lang.Object

org.xmlactions.common.text.Text

public class Text
extends java.lang.Object

Static Text functionality

Since:

29 April 2001

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Text()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String[]	addString(java.lang.String[] array, java.lang.String newString)
static int	atoi(java.lang.String number, int defaultValue) Convert a string to a number.
static java.lang.String	doubleToMoneyString(double d) This takes a double and formats it with ',' 1000s seperator and ensures 2 decimal places.
static boolean	getBoolValue(java.lang.String value) will try and determine if value is true of false.
static boolean	isFalse(java.lang.String value) Checks if the value is false.
static boolean	isTrue(java.lang.String value) Checks if the value is true.
static boolean	isWhiteSpaceChar(char c) skip over white space including ' ' 0x0a and 0x0d
static java.lang.String	leftPad(java.lang.String value, int length, char padding) Pad a string to left to make a full string of length.
java.lang.String	leftPadZeros(java.lang.String value, int length) used to left pad the number we recieve - we must left pad them as some are prefixed with zeros and some are not
static java.lang.String	longToComma(long size) Will convert a long to a string comma with a , seperator every 4th place.
static java.lang.String	longToString(long size) Will convert an int to a computer size in terms of Bytes(B), KBytes(K) and MBytes(M)
static java.lang.String	make2DigitNumber(int number) Convert a number to a String with a minimum of 2 digits.
static java.lang.String	makeNDigitNumber(int number, int size) Convert a number to a String with a mininum of size digits.
static double	moneyToDouble(java.lang.String s) This takes a money string and removes any ',' 1000s seperator and then returns it as a double.
static java.lang.String	moneyToDoubleString(java.lang.String d) This takes a money string and removes any ',' 1000s seperator.
static java.lang.String	remove(java.lang.String source, char removeThis) Remove all characters matching 'removeThis' from the source String.
static java.lang.String[]	removeString(java.lang.String[] array, int index)
static java.lang.String	stripAndPadDecimal(java.lang.String value)
static java.lang.String	trim(java.lang.String src) Trim a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Text

public Text()

Method Detail

make2DigitNumber

public static java.lang.String make2DigitNumber(int number)

Convert a number to a String with a minimum of 2 digits. i.e. 1 = '01' & 10 = '10' & 100 = '100'

Parameters:

number -

Returns:

2 digit string.

makeNDigitNumber

public static java.lang.String makeNDigitNumber(int number,
                                                int size)

Convert a number to a String with a mininum of size digits. If the number contains more digits then the size the complete number is returned. i.e. if size = 2 and number = 20 return ("20") if size = 4 and number = 20 return ("0020") if size = 8 and number = 200 return ("00000200") if size = 2 and number = 200 return ("200")

Parameters:

number - is the integer number we want converted to a string

size - is the amount of digets we want in the number.

Returns:

'size' digit string.

longToString

public static java.lang.String longToString(long size)

Will convert an int to a computer size in terms of Bytes(B), KBytes(K) and MBytes(M)

longToComma

public static java.lang.String longToComma(long size)

Will convert a long to a string comma with a , seperator every 4th place. i.e. 10000 = 10,000

leftPadZeros

public java.lang.String leftPadZeros(java.lang.String value,
                                     int length)

used to left pad the number we recieve - we must left pad them as some are prefixed with zeros and some are not

Parameters:

value -

length -

Returns:

left padded string

leftPad

public static java.lang.String leftPad(java.lang.String value,
                                       int length,
                                       char padding)

Pad a string to left to make a full string of length.

Parameters:

value -

length -

padding - is the character we want to pad with.

Returns:

left padded string

stripAndPadDecimal

public static java.lang.String stripAndPadDecimal(java.lang.String value)

atoi

public static int atoi(java.lang.String number,
                       int defaultValue)

Convert a string to a number. Will return defaultValue if not a valid number.

Parameters:

number - is the number in string format

defaultValue - is returned if an exception is thrown

Returns:

the number as an integer.

addString

public static java.lang.String[] addString(java.lang.String[] array,
                                           java.lang.String newString)

removeString

public static java.lang.String[] removeString(java.lang.String[] array,
                                              int index)

remove

public static java.lang.String remove(java.lang.String source,
                                      char removeThis)

Remove all characters matching 'removeThis' from the source String. As an example remove("000,000,000", ',') = "000000000"

Parameters:

source - is the source String

removeThis - is the character we want removed from the source. Remember all instance of the character 'removeThis' are removed.

isTrue

public static boolean isTrue(java.lang.String value)

Checks if the value is true. If the value is "true" or "1" or != "0" it's true. Any other value including null is considered false.

Parameters:

value - is the string to check for a true of false.

Returns:

true if value is 'true' or != 0

isFalse

public static boolean isFalse(java.lang.String value)

Checks if the value is false. If the value is "false" or == "0" it's false. Any other value including null is considered not false.

Parameters:

value - is the string to check for a true of false.

Returns:

true if value is 'false' or == 0

getBoolValue

public static boolean getBoolValue(java.lang.String value)

will try and determine if value is true of false.

Returns:

true if value = 'true' or > 0 and false if value = 'false' or 0

doubleToMoneyString

public static java.lang.String doubleToMoneyString(double d)

This takes a double and formats it with ',' 1000s seperator and ensures 2 decimal places.

moneyToDoubleString

public static java.lang.String moneyToDoubleString(java.lang.String d)

This takes a money string and removes any ',' 1000s seperator.

moneyToDouble

public static double moneyToDouble(java.lang.String s)

This takes a money string and removes any ',' 1000s seperator and then returns it as a double.

trim

public static java.lang.String trim(java.lang.String src)

Trim a String. Wont fail, checks if String is not null before trimming.

Parameters:

src - - the String to trim, may be null.

Returns:

trimmed src or null if src is null

isWhiteSpaceChar

public static boolean isWhiteSpaceChar(char c)

skip over white space including ' ' 0x0a and 0x0d