nl.pbemengine.engine.ng.base
Class StringTool

java.lang.Object
  nl.pbemengine.engine.ng.base.StringTool

public class StringTool
extends java.lang.Object

Static methods for converting strings

Author:

Jeroen Steenbeeke

Constructor Summary

StringTool()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	convertTime(long timespan) Turns a time value into a human-understandable String
static java.lang.String	md5(java.lang.String input) Calculate an MD5-digest for the given String
static java.lang.String	stripNonAlphaNum(java.lang.String name) Removes all non-alphanumeric characters from a given string
static java.lang.String	URLDecode(java.lang.String input) URLDecode a String (wraps java.net.URLDecoder)
static java.lang.String	URLEncode(java.lang.String input) URLEncode a String (wraps java.net.URLEncoder)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringTool

public StringTool()

Method Detail

URLEncode

public static java.lang.String URLEncode(java.lang.String input)

URLEncode a String (wraps java.net.URLEncoder)

Parameters:

input - The String to convert

Returns:

The converted string

URLDecode

public static java.lang.String URLDecode(java.lang.String input)

URLDecode a String (wraps java.net.URLDecoder)

Parameters:

input - The String to convert

Returns:

The converted string

stripNonAlphaNum

public static java.lang.String stripNonAlphaNum(java.lang.String name)

Removes all non-alphanumeric characters from a given string

Parameters:

name - A string to be converted

Returns:

A converted string

md5

public static java.lang.String md5(java.lang.String input)

Calculate an MD5-digest for the given String

Parameters:

input - The String to digest

Returns:

The digested String

convertTime

public static java.lang.String convertTime(long timespan)

Turns a time value into a human-understandable String

Parameters:

timespan - The value to parse

Returns:

A String containing an interpretation of the value