org.exolab.adaptx.xml

Class Whitespace

java.lang.Object

org.exolab.adaptx.xml.Whitespace

public class Whitespace
extends java.lang.Object

A class for handling XML Whitespace

Author:

Keith Visco

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static char	CR Carriage Return character Changed to '\r' instead of ' ' to make compatible with MS J++ Mohan Embar
static java.lang.String	EMPTY Empty String
static char	LF Linefeed character
static char	NULL Null character
static char	SPACE Single space character
static char	TAB Tab character

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Whitespace()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static int	stripSpace(char[] data, boolean stripAllLeadSpace, boolean stripAllTrailSpace) Strips whitespace from the given String.
static java.lang.String	stripSpace(java.lang.String data) Strips whitespace from the given String.
static java.lang.String	stripSpace(java.lang.String data, boolean stripAllLeadSpace, boolean stripAllTrailSpace) Strips whitespace from the given String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NULL

public static final char NULL

Null character

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Constant Field Values

SPACE

public static final char SPACE

Single space character

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TAB

public static final char TAB

Tab character

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Constant Field Values

CR

public static final char CR

Carriage Return character Changed to '\r' instead of ' ' to make compatible with MS J++ Mohan Embar

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LF

public static final char LF

Linefeed character

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Constant Field Values

EMPTY

public static final java.lang.String EMPTY

Empty String

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Constructor Detail

Whitespace

public Whitespace()

Method Detail

stripSpace

public static java.lang.String stripSpace(java.lang.String data)

Strips whitespace from the given String. Newlines (#xD), tabs (#x9), and consecutive spaces (#x20) are converted to a single space (#x20). This method is useful for processing consective Strings since any leading spaces will be converted to a single space.

Parameters:

data - the String to strip whitespace from

stripSpace

public static java.lang.String stripSpace(java.lang.String data,
                                          boolean stripAllLeadSpace,
                                          boolean stripAllTrailSpace)

Strips whitespace from the given String. Newlines (#xD), tabs (#x9), and consecutive spaces (#x20) are converted to a single space (#x20).

Parameters:

data - the String to strip whitespace from

stripAllLeadSpace, - a boolean indicating whether or not to strip all leading space. If true all whitespace from the start of the given String will be stripped. If false, all whitespace from the start of the given String will be converted to a single space.

stripAllTrailSpace, - a boolean indicating whether or not to strip all trailing space. If true all whitespace at the end of the given String will be stripped. If false, all whitespace at the end of the given String will be converted to a single space.

stripSpace

public static int stripSpace(char[] data,
                             boolean stripAllLeadSpace,
                             boolean stripAllTrailSpace)

Strips whitespace from the given String. Newlines (#xD), tabs (#x9), and consecutive spaces (#x20) are converted to a single space (#x20).

Parameters:

data - the chars to strip whitespace from

stripAllLeadSpace, - a boolean indicating whether or not to strip all leading space. If true all whitespace from the start of the given String will be stripped. If false, all whitespace from the start of the given String will be converted to a single space.

stripAllTrailSpace, - a boolean indicating whether or not to strip all trailing space. If true all whitespace at the end of the given String will be stripped. If false, all whitespace at the end of the given String will be converted to a single space.

Returns:

the new length of the array