openfuture.bugbase.app.view
Class StringUtility

java.lang.Object
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public class StringUtility

extends java.lang.Object

String Utility.

Created: Sat Feb 05 20:10:01 2000

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $

Author:

Wolfgang Reissenberger

Constructor Summary

StringUtility()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	dateToString(java.util.Date date) Describe dateToString method here.
static java.lang.String	dateToTimestamp(java.util.Date date) Converts a date into a timestamp string.
static java.lang.String	escapeChar(java.lang.String s, char critical, char escapeChar) Escape all occurrences of critical with the given escape character.
static java.lang.String	removeEscapes(java.lang.String s, char escapeChar) Remove all occurrences of escape characters.
static java.util.Date	stringToDate(java.lang.String s) Parses a Date from a String.
static java.util.Date	timestampToDate(java.lang.String s) Converts the string representation of a date into a Date object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringUtility

public StringUtility()

Method Detail

dateToString

public static java.lang.String dateToString(java.util.Date date)

Describe dateToString method here.

Parameters:

date - a Date value

Returns:

a String value

stringToDate

public static java.util.Date stringToDate(java.lang.String s)
                                   throws java.text.ParseException

Parses a Date from a String.

Parameters:

s - String containing a date entry

Returns:

a date object

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - if an error occurs

dateToTimestamp

public static java.lang.String dateToTimestamp(java.util.Date date)

Converts a date into a timestamp string.

Parameters:

date - the original date

Returns:

string representation

timestampToDate

public static java.util.Date timestampToDate(java.lang.String s)

Converts the string representation of a date into a Date object.

Parameters:

s - a String value

Returns:

a Date value

escapeChar

public static java.lang.String escapeChar(java.lang.String s,
                                          char critical,
                                          char escapeChar)

Escape all occurrences of critical with the given escape character.

Parameters:

s - original string

critical - character to be escaped

escapeChar - escape character

Returns:

the original string with escaped characters.

removeEscapes

public static java.lang.String removeEscapes(java.lang.String s,
                                             char escapeChar)

Remove all occurrences of escape characters.

Parameters:

s - original string

escapeChar - escape character

Returns:

the original string without escaped characters.