Package com.linkare.commons.utils

Class StringNormalizer

  • public final class StringNormalizer
extends Object
    Utility class providing some methods to normalize strings.
    Since:
    0.0.1
    Author:
    Paulo Zenida - Linkare TI

    • Constructor Detail

      • StringNormalizer

        private StringNormalizer()
        Hiding constructor so that this utility class cannot be instantiated from outside.

    • Method Detail

      • normalize

        private static String normalize​(String word,
                                boolean toLowerCase)
        Parameters:
        word - the word to be normalized.
        toLowerCase - the flag to control if the string should be converted to lower case (when true) or if the casing should be preserved (when false).
        Returns:
        Returns the word normalized in ASCII code.

      • normalize

        public static String normalize​(String string)
        Parameters:
        string - the string to be normalized.
        Returns:
        Returns the string in a normalized format, in all lower case.
        See Also:
        normalize(String, boolean)

      • normalizePreservingCapitalizedLetters

        public static String normalizePreservingCapitalizedLetters​(String word)
        Parameters:
        word - the word to be normalized.
        Returns:
        Returns the string in a normalized format, preserving the capital letters.
        See Also:
        normalize(String, boolean)

      • normalize

        public static void normalize​(String[] words)
        It normalizes an array of words.
        Parameters:
        words - the list of words to be normalized.
        See Also:
        normalize(String)

      • normalizeAndRemoveMinorChars

        public static String normalizeAndRemoveMinorChars​(String word)
        Parameters:
        word - the word to normalize.
        Returns:
        Returns the word in a normalized format, without any lower case char.

      • createComputationalName

        public static String createComputationalName​(String string)
        Parameters:
        string - the string to be computed.
        Returns:
        Returns the computational name of the passed in string. A computational name is the string without any empty spaces nor bars ('/'), which are both replaced with '-', and with no special characters like accents. E.g.,
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        See Also:
        createComputationalName(String, char)

      • createComputationalName

        public static String createComputationalName​(String word,
                                             char separator)
        Parameters:
        word -
        Returns:
        Returns the computational name of the passed in word. A computational name is the string without any empty spaces nor bars ('/'), which are both replaced with '-', and with no special characters like accents. E.g.,
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        See Also:
        normalizeAndRemoveMinorChars(String)