gov.nasa.pds.citool.util

Class Utility

java.lang.Object

gov.nasa.pds.citool.util.Utility

public class Utility
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Utility()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	collapse(String source) Method to remove extra spaces from the string specified by the string attributes.
static String	filterString(String value)
static String	getDateTime() Get the current date time.
static boolean	isNull(String value) Determines whether a value is null as defined by the PDS.
static String	itrim(String source) Replace multiple whitespaces between words with single blank
static String	ltrim(String source) Trim the string of any spaces on the left end (ie., leading spaces removed) Remove leading spaces for each line when there is multiple lines of string
static String	printDiff(String indent, List<DiffRecord> records)
static List<String>	removeQuotes(List<String> list)
static String	replaceChars(String strToReplace)
static String	rtrim(String source) Trim the string of any spaces on the right end (ie., trailing spaces removed)
static String	stripNewLines(String value)
static String	stripOnlyWhitespaceAndNewLine(String value) Strips only newline characters and extra whitespaces.
static String	stripWhitespace(String value)
static URL	toURL(String s) Convert a string to a URL.
static String	trimString(String value, int length)
static boolean	valueExists(String value, List<String> lists)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Utility

public Utility()

Method Detail

stripWhitespace

public static String stripWhitespace(String value)

stripNewLines

public static String stripNewLines(String value)

filterString

public static String filterString(String value)

trimString

public static String trimString(String value,
                int length)

stripOnlyWhitespaceAndNewLine

public static String stripOnlyWhitespaceAndNewLine(String value)

Strips only newline characters and extra whitespaces.

Parameters:

value - A string value.

Returns:

The filtered value.

collapse

public static String collapse(String source)

Method to remove extra spaces from the string specified by the string attributes. It returns the collapsed string without any additional spaces at the beginning of the string and '\r\n' characters. Example (orignal line): OBJECT = "THIS LINE IS BAD" (collapsed): OBJECT = "THIS LINE IS BAD"

itrim

public static String itrim(String source)

Replace multiple whitespaces between words with single blank

ltrim

public static String ltrim(String source)

Trim the string of any spaces on the left end (ie., leading spaces removed) Remove leading spaces for each line when there is multiple lines of string

rtrim

public static String rtrim(String source)

Trim the string of any spaces on the right end (ie., trailing spaces removed)

isNull

public static boolean isNull(String value)

Determines whether a value is null as defined by the PDS.

Parameters:

value - The value in question

Returns:

true if the value is null, false otherwise.

removeQuotes

public static List<String> removeQuotes(List<String> list)

toURL

public static URL toURL(String s)
                 throws MalformedURLException

Convert a string to a URL.

Parameters:

s - The string to convert

Returns:

A URL of the input string

Throws:

MalformedURLException

getDateTime

public static String getDateTime()

Get the current date time.

Returns:

A date time.

printDiff

public static String printDiff(String indent,
               List<DiffRecord> records)

replaceChars

public static String replaceChars(String strToReplace)

valueExists

public static boolean valueExists(String value,
                  List<String> lists)