Class Whitespace


  • public class Whitespace
    extends java.lang.Object
    A class for handling XML Whitespace
    Author:
    Keith Visco
    • Field Summary

      Fields 
      Modifier and Type Field 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 Description
      Whitespace()  
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method 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
    • 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