edu.ucla.sspace.text

Class StringUtils

java.lang.Object

edu.ucla.sspace.text.StringUtils

public class StringUtils
extends Object

A collection of static methods for processing text.

Author:

David Jurgens

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static List<String>	loadFileAsList(File f) Loads each line of the file as a list of strings.
static Set<String>	loadFileAsSet(File f) Loads the contents of a file as a set of strings, with each line being treated as a separate instance.
static String	unescapeHTML(String source) Returns the provided string where all HTML special characters (e.g.
static void	unescapeHTML(StringBuilder source) Modifies the provided StringBuilder by replacing all HTML special characters (e.g.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

loadFileAsList

public static List<String> loadFileAsList(File f)

Loads each line of the file as a list of strings.

Throws:

IOError - if any exception occurs while reading the file

loadFileAsSet

public static Set<String> loadFileAsSet(File f)

Loads the contents of a file as a set of strings, with each line being treated as a separate instance.

Throws:

IOError - if any exception occurs while reading the file

unescapeHTML

public static final String unescapeHTML(String source)

Returns the provided string where all HTML special characters (e.g.

) have been replaced with their utf8 equivalents.

Parameters:

source - a String possibly containing escaped HTML characters

unescapeHTML

public static final void unescapeHTML(StringBuilder source)

Modifies the provided StringBuilder by replacing all HTML special characters (e.g.

) with their utf8 equivalents.

Parameters:

source - a String possibly containing escaped HTML characters