Package com.flowable.platform.expressions

Class FlowableExpressionStringUtils

java.lang.Object
com.flowable.platform.expressions.FlowableExpressionStringUtils
public class FlowableExpressionStringUtils
extends java.lang.Object
Expression Bean Name: flwStringUtils Provides utilities to work with strings. For more formatting-centric functions, see FlowableExpressionFormatUtils.

  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors 
    Constructor Description
    FlowableExpressionStringUtils()  

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type Method Description
    java.lang.String capitalize​(java.lang.String text)
    Capitalizes a text, i.e.
    java.lang.String carriageReturn()
    Returns a carriage return character (\r)
    boolean contains​(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String otherText)
    Checks if a strings contains another string.
    boolean containsIgnoreCase​(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String otherText)
    Checks if a strings contains another string ignoring the case.
    boolean equals​(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String otherText)
    Checks if two strings are the same.
    boolean equalsIgnoreCase​(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String otherText)
    Checks if two strings are the same without taking capitalization into account.
    java.lang.String escapeHtml​(java.lang.String text)
    Escapes the characters in a String using HTML entities.
    boolean hasText​(java.lang.String text)
    Checks whether a string contains text (is not null, empty)
    java.lang.String join​(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> collection, java.lang.String delimiter)
    Concatenates all entries of a list or collection to a single string.
    boolean matches​(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String regularExpression)
    Checks whether a text matches a regular expression.
    java.lang.String newline()
    Returns a newline/linefeed character (\n)
    java.util.List<java.lang.String> split​(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String delimiter)
    Splits a text into a collection with a given delimiter.
    java.lang.String substring​(java.lang.String text, int from, int to)
    Gets all text between a character range.
    java.lang.String substringFrom​(java.lang.String text, int from)
    Gets all text behind a certain character.
    java.lang.String toLowerCase​(java.lang.String text)
    Turns all letters of a text to lowercase.
    java.lang.String toUpperCase​(java.lang.String text)
    Turns all letters of a text to uppercase.
    java.lang.String trimWhitespace​(java.lang.String text)
    Deletes all whitespaces from a text
    java.lang.String unescapeHtml​(java.lang.String text)
    Unescapes a String containing entity escapes to a string containing the actual Unicode characters corresponding to the escapes.

    Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • toUpperCase

      public java.lang.String toUpperCase​(java.lang.String text)
      Turns all letters of a text to uppercase.
      Parameters:
      text - The text to be converted to uppercase
      Returns:
      The text, converted to uppercase

    • toLowerCase

      public java.lang.String toLowerCase​(java.lang.String text)
      Turns all letters of a text to lowercase.
      Parameters:
      text - The text to be converted to lowercase
      Returns:
      The text, converted to lowercase

    • capitalize

      public java.lang.String capitalize​(java.lang.String text)
      Capitalizes a text, i.e. sets the first letter to uppercase.
      Parameters:
      text - The text to be capitalized
      Returns:
      The capitalized text

    • trimWhitespace

      public java.lang.String trimWhitespace​(java.lang.String text)
      Deletes all whitespaces from a text
      Parameters:
      text - The text to be trimmed
      Returns:
      The trimmed text

    • hasText

      public boolean hasText​(java.lang.String text)
      Checks whether a string contains text (is not null, empty)
      Parameters:
      text - The text to be checked
      Returns:
      Whether or not the text contains any text

    • contains

      public boolean contains​(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String otherText)
      Checks if a strings contains another string.
      Parameters:
      text - The text to be checked
      otherText - The text that should be contained within the first text
      Returns:
      Whether or not otherText is part of text.

    • containsIgnoreCase

      public boolean containsIgnoreCase​(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String otherText)
      Checks if a strings contains another string ignoring the case.
      Parameters:
      text - The text to be checked
      otherText - The text that should be contained within the first text
      Returns:
      Whether or not otherText is part of text.

    • matches

      public boolean matches​(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String regularExpression)
      Checks whether a text matches a regular expression. Example: #{flwStringUtils.matches('CHF 1000', 'CHF \d*'))} = true Example: #{flwStringUtils.matches('EUR 1000', 'CHF \d*'))} = false
      Parameters:
      text - The text to check
      regularExpression - The regular expression to check the text against
      Returns:
      Whether or not the text matches the regular expression

    • equals

      public boolean equals​(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String otherText)
      Checks if two strings are the same. Consider using == instead.
      Parameters:
      text - The first text
      otherText - The second text
      Returns:
      Whether or not the two texts are equal.

    • equalsIgnoreCase

      public boolean equalsIgnoreCase​(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String otherText)
      Checks if two strings are the same without taking capitalization into account.
      Parameters:
      text - The first text
      otherText - The second text
      Returns:
      Whether or not the two texts are equal.

    • substring

      public java.lang.String substring​(java.lang.String text, int from, int to)
      Gets all text between a character range.
      Parameters:
      text - The original text
      from - The offset from the start beginning at 0
      to - The offset from the end beginning at 0
      Returns:
      The string between from and to

    • substringFrom

      public java.lang.String substringFrom​(java.lang.String text, int from)
      Gets all text behind a certain character. Please note that the parameter is zero-based. Example: #{flwStringUtils.substringFrom("hello", 0) = "hello" Example: #{flwStringUtils.substringFrom("hello", 1) = "ello"
      Parameters:
      text - The original text
      from - The character offset beginning at 0
      Returns:
      The string set off by from

    • split

      public java.util.List<java.lang.String> split​(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String delimiter)
      Splits a text into a collection with a given delimiter. The delimiter can be a single character, e.g. a semicolon or a regular expression. If there is no delimiter available, a list with a single element will be returned.
      Parameters:
      text - The text to be split
      delimiter - The splitter to be used
      Returns:
      A list

    • join

      public java.lang.String join​(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> collection, java.lang.String delimiter)
      Concatenates all entries of a list or collection to a single string. Example: #{flwStringUtils.join(customers, ', '}}
      Parameters:
      collection - A collection, list or any other iterable object
      delimiter - The separator between the entries, e.g. ", " or " and "
      Returns:
      Joined String

    • newline

      public java.lang.String newline()
      Returns a newline/linefeed character (\n)
      Returns:
      Newline character

    • carriageReturn

      public java.lang.String carriageReturn()
      Returns a carriage return character (\r)
      Returns:
      Carriage return character

    • unescapeHtml

      public java.lang.String unescapeHtml​(java.lang.String text)
      Unescapes a String containing entity escapes to a string containing the actual Unicode characters corresponding to the escapes. For instance, in a text containing the character '™' would be unescaped to '™'.
      Parameters:
      text - The text to be unescaped
      Returns:
      The unescaped text

    • escapeHtml

      public java.lang.String escapeHtml​(java.lang.String text)
      Escapes the characters in a String using HTML entities. For instance, in a text containing the character '™' would be escaped to '™'.
      Parameters:
      text - The text to be escaped
      Returns:
      The escaped text