Package com.linkare.commons.utils

Class StringUtils

java.lang.Object

com.linkare.commons.utils.StringUtils

public final class StringUtils
extends Object

Utility class that groups commons operations related to strings.

Since:

0.0.1

Author:

Paulo Zenida - Linkare TI

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	LINE_SEPARATOR	The default line separator string
static String	SYSTEM_PROP_LINE_SEPARATOR	The system property representing the line separator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	StringUtils()	Hiding constructor so that this utility class cannot be instantiated from outside.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	append(String firstWord, String secondWord, String... otherWords)
static boolean	isBlank(String word)	Provides one utility method to check if a word is blank.
static boolean	isNotBlank(String word)	Provides one utility method to check if a word is not blank.
static String	newline()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

LINE_SEPARATOR

public static final String LINE_SEPARATOR

The default line separator string

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Constant Field Values

SYSTEM_PROP_LINE_SEPARATOR

public static final String SYSTEM_PROP_LINE_SEPARATOR

The system property representing the line separator

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

StringUtils

private StringUtils()

Hiding constructor so that this utility class cannot be instantiated from outside.

Method Detail

isBlank

public static boolean isBlank(String word)

Provides one utility method to check if a word is blank. One word is said to be blank when it's null or, after being trimmed, it has a length of 0 (zero).

Parameters:

word - the word to be checked

Returns:

Returns true if the word is blank. Returns false otherwise.

isNotBlank

public static boolean isNotBlank(String word)

Provides one utility method to check if a word is not blank. One word is said to be not blank if it's not isBlank(word).

Parameters:

word - the word to be checked

Returns:

Returns true if the word is not blank. Returns false otherwise.

See Also:

isBlank(String)

newline

public static String newline()

Returns:

the new line string, according to the SYSTEM_PROP_LINE_SEPARATOR system property, if present. It returns the LINE_SEPARATOR string otherwise.

append

public static final String append(String firstWord,
                                  String secondWord,
                                  String... otherWords)

Parameters:

firstWord - the first word to be the output of this method.

secondWord - the second word to be appended to be appended.

otherWords - an optional list of words to be appended to firstWord and secondWord.

Returns:

the result of appending firstWord with secondWord and with otherWords.