ch.unibe.iam.scg.archie.utils
Class StringHelper

java.lang.Object
  ch.unibe.iam.scg.archie.utils.StringHelper

public class StringHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Helper class for string handling.

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Constructor Summary

StringHelper()

Method Summary

static boolean	isNumeric(java.lang.String inputData) Checks whether a given string only contains numeric characters and thus is a number.
static java.lang.String	removeIllegalCharacters(java.lang.String name, boolean singleSpaces) Removes all illegal filename characters from a given String

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringHelper

public StringHelper()

Method Detail

removeIllegalCharacters

public static final java.lang.String removeIllegalCharacters(java.lang.String name,
                                                             boolean singleSpaces)

Removes all illegal filename characters from a given String

Parameters:

name -

singleSpaces - if true, no double spaces are allowed; they get removed.

Returns:

String

See Also:

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Reserved_characters_and_words"

isNumeric

public static final boolean isNumeric(java.lang.String inputData)

Checks whether a given string only contains numeric characters and thus is a number.

Parameters:

inputData -

Returns:

boolean True if a string has numeric characters only, false else.