net.sf.octet.util
Class StringKit

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.octet.util.StringKit

public class StringKit

extends java.lang.Object

A collection of static methods useful for the manipulation of Strings.

Author:

Richard Apodaca

Method Summary

static double	extractDouble(java.lang.String string, int start, int stop) Returns the double value of the specified substring.
static float	extractFloat(java.lang.String string, int start, int stop) Returns the float value of the specified substring.
static int	extractInt(java.lang.String string, int start, int stop) Returns the integer value of the specified substring.
static java.lang.String	extractString(java.lang.String string, int start, int stop) Returns the specified substring, trimming of whitespace.
static java.lang.String	padLeft(java.lang.String string, int length) Returns a String to which is prepended enough space (" ") characters to make the total length equal to length.
static java.lang.String	padRight(java.lang.String string, int length) Returns a String to which is appended enough space (" ") characters to make the total length equal to length.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

extractInt

public static int extractInt(java.lang.String string,
                             int start,
                             int stop)

Returns the integer value of the specified substring.

Parameters:

string - the string

start - the start index

stop - the end index

Returns:

the int value

extractFloat

public static float extractFloat(java.lang.String string,
                                 int start,
                                 int stop)

Returns the float value of the specified substring.

Parameters:

string - the string

start - the start index

stop - the end index

Returns:

the float value

extractDouble

public static double extractDouble(java.lang.String string,
                                   int start,
                                   int stop)

Returns the double value of the specified substring.

Parameters:

string - the string

start - the start index

stop - the end index

Returns:

the double value

extractString

public static java.lang.String extractString(java.lang.String string,
                                             int start,
                                             int stop)

Returns the specified substring, trimming of whitespace.

Parameters:

string - the string

start - the start index

stop - the end index

Returns:

the substring

padLeft

public static java.lang.String padLeft(java.lang.String string,
                                       int length)

Returns a String to which is prepended enough space (" ") characters to make the total length equal to length. If the length of string is greater than length, then string is returned with no modifications.

Parameters:

string - a string to operate on

length - the desired final length of the string

Returns:

a string with spaces prepended to it, or just string

padRight

public static java.lang.String padRight(java.lang.String string,
                                        int length)

Returns a String to which is appended enough space (" ") characters to make the total length equal to length. If the length of string is greater than length, then string is returned with no modifications.

Parameters:

string - a string to operate on

length - the desired final length of the string

Returns:

a string with spaces appended to it, or just string