Servertec

DString

Documentation

Conventions

Command Line

Java API

AccessLogEntry

DString

ErrorLogEntry

EventLogEntry

iws

Logger

ServletManager

Utils

Servlet API

Servlets

Config Files

Classes

Directory Tree

Return

java.lang.Object
 |
 +--stec.lang.DString

public final class DString

Methods to manipulate delimited strings.

Methods

Method	Description
change	Changes the first occurence of the given string in the specified string.
count	Returns the number of times the given delimiter was found in the specified string.
dcount	Returns the number of delimited strings.
extract	Returns the specified string.
pad	Returns a fixed string with the given value justified and padded with the specified delimiter.
replace	Replaces all occurences of the given string in the specified string.
trim	Returns a string where all leading, trailing and redundant spaces have been removed.

change

Changes the first occurence of the given string in the specified string.

Syntax

public final static String change(String string, String old, String new)

Parameters

string	the string to change.
old	the substring to change.
new	the substring to change to.

Returns

String

the resultant string.

Throws

Nothing

Example

input = DString.change(input, "http://", "");

count

Returns the number of times the given delimiter was found in the specified string.

Syntax

public final static int count(String string, String delimiter)

Parameters

string	the string to use.
delimiter	the delimiter to count.

Returns

int	the number of times that the given delimited was found in the specified string.

Throws

Nothing

Example

int numberSpaces = DString.count(input, " ");

dcount

Returns the number of delimited strings.

Syntax

public final static int dcount(String string, String delimiter)

Parameters

string	the string to use.
delimiter	the delimiter.

Returns

int	the number of delimited strings. 0 if the string is empty or 1 if the delimited was not found and the string was not empty.

Throws

Nothing

Example

int lines = DString.dcount(input, "\n");

extract

Returns the specified string.

Syntax

public final static String extract(String string, String delimiter, int index)

Parameters

string	the string to use.
delimiter	the delimiter.
index	the index of the string to return.

Returns

String

the string at the specified index. null is index exceeds number of strings.

Throws

Nothing

Example

String line = DString.extract(script, "\n", index);

pad

Returns a fixed string with the given value justified and padded with the specified delimiter.

Syntax

public final static String pad(String string,
                               String delimiter,
                               int size,
                               char justification)

Parameters

string	the string to pad.
delimiter	the delimiter to pad with.
size	the padded string size.
justification	the justification, r for right and l for left.

Returns

String

the padded string,

Throws

Nothing

Example

String output = DString.pad(input, " ", );

replace

Replaces all occurences of the given string in the specified string.

Syntax

public final static String replace(String string, String old, String new)

Parameters

string	the string to change.
old	the substring to replace.
new	the substring to change to.

Returns

String

the resultant string.

Throws

Nothing

Example

System.out.println(DString.replace(message, "\n", " "));

trim

Returns a string where all leading, trailing and redundant spaces have been removed.

Syntax

public final static String trim(String string)

Parameters

string

the string to trim.

Returns

String

the resultant string.

Throws

Nothing

Example

String command = DString.trim(message);

top of page