org.exolab.adaptx.xml
Class Whitespace

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.exolab.adaptx.xml.Whitespace

public class Whitespace
extends java.lang.Object

A class for handling XML Whitespace

Author:
Keith Visco

Field Summary
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
Whitespace()
           
 
Method Summary
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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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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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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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