wyvern.util
Class StringUtils

java.lang.Object
  wyvern.util.StringUtils

public final class StringUtils

extends java.lang.Object

JDK 1.4-compatible String utilities class.

Version:

1.0, Jun 05, 2003

Author:

Steve Yegge

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	concat(java.util.List lines) Prints a list of lines to a StringBuffer.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Testing functions.
static java.util.ArrayList	readLines(java.lang.String path) Reads a text file into a list of lines.
static int[]	splitDate(java.lang.String date) Splits a date in the format "MM/DD/YYYY" or "MM-DD-YYYY" into an array of 3 ints (m, d, y).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

splitDate

public static int[] splitDate(java.lang.String date)

Splits a date in the format "MM/DD/YYYY" or "MM-DD-YYYY" into an array of 3 ints (m, d, y). Example: "3/10/2002" => {3, 10, 2002}

Parameters:

date - a date string

Returns:

an int array. element 0 is month, 1 is day of month, and 2 is year.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the date format is invalid

concat

public static java.lang.String concat(java.util.List lines)

Prints a list of lines to a StringBuffer. Preserves line breaks.

readLines

public static java.util.ArrayList readLines(java.lang.String path)

Reads a text file into a list of lines.

Parameters:

path - the absolute path to the file

Returns:

the contents as a list, or null if there was an error

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Testing functions.