org.netbeans.jellytools.util
Class StringFilter

java.lang.Object
  org.netbeans.jellytools.util.StringFilter

public class StringFilter
extends Object

Filters string, you can simple use replaceString() method or create string filter for more sophisticated filtering.

Usage:

 StringFilter sf = new StringFilter();
 // remove 1st comment
 sf.addReplaceFilter("/*",  "*/", "");
 // replace all multiple spaces
 sf.addReplaceAllFilter("  ", " ");
 // change author name
 sf.addReplaceFilter("author: ", "", "author: spl@sun.com");
 String string = "/* comment */    4s  2s   3s author: xxx@sun.com";
 String result = sf.filter(string);
 

See Also:

replaceString(String original, String begin, String end, String replace)

Constructor Summary

StringFilter()

Method Summary

void	addReplaceAllFilter(String find, String replace) Adds replace pattern into Filter.
void	addReplaceFilter(String begin, String end, String replace) Adds replace pattern into Filter.
String	filter(String str) Filters string.
void	filterLinesToStream(String input, PrintStream output) Filters input string to a PrintStream.
static String	replaceString(String original, String begin, String end, String replace) Finds substring which starts with first occurrence of 'begin' and ends with nearest next occurrence of 'end' and replces it with 'replace '.
static String	replaceStringAll(String original, String find, String replace) Finds and replace all substrings.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringFilter

public StringFilter()

Method Detail

addReplaceFilter

public void addReplaceFilter(String begin,
                             String end,
                             String replace)

Adds replace pattern into Filter.

Parameters:

begin - the begin of substring to be find

end - the end of substring to be find

replace - text to replace

See Also:

replaceString(String original, String begin, String end, String replace )

addReplaceAllFilter

public void addReplaceAllFilter(String find,
                                String replace)

Adds replace pattern into Filter.

Parameters:

find - text to find

replace - text to replace

See Also:

replaceString(String original, String begin, String end, String replace )

filter

public String filter(String str)

Filters string.

Parameters:

str - text to filter

Returns:

filtred string

replaceString

public static String replaceString(String original,
                                   String begin,
                                   String end,
                                   String replace)

Finds substring which starts with first occurrence of 'begin' and ends with nearest next occurrence of 'end' and replces it with 'replace '.

Usage:

 replaceString("a-bcd-ef",    "b",  "d",  "")   => a--ef
 replaceString("abc-def",     "",   "c",  "")   => -def
 replaceString("ab-cdef",     "c",  "",   "")   => ab-
 replaceString("ab-cdef-ab",  "ab", "ab", "AB") => AB-cdef-AB
 replaceString("abcdef",      "",    "",  "AB") => abcdef
 

Parameters:

replace - text to replace

original - the original string

begin - the begin of substring to be find

end - the end of substring to be find

Returns:

filtred string

replaceStringAll

public static String replaceStringAll(String original,
                                      String find,
                                      String replace)

Finds and replace all substrings.

Parameters:

original - the original string

find - text to find

replace - text to replace

Returns:

filtred string

See Also:

replaceString(String original, String begin, String end, String replace)

filterLinesToStream

public void filterLinesToStream(String input,
                                PrintStream output)

Filters input string to a PrintStream.

Parameters:

input - string to be filtered

output - stream to write results in