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