org.perfidix.ouput.asciitable

Class Util

java.lang.Object

org.perfidix.ouput.asciitable.Util

public final class Util
extends Object

Utilities for the ascii table.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected static String	combine(String... args) Combines an unknown number of Strings to one String.
static boolean	containsNewlines(String toExamine) Tells us whether the string contains newlines.
static String[][]	createMatrix(String[] data) Creates a matrix according to the number of new lines given into the method.
protected static String	implode(String glue, String[] what) Concantenate a String array "what" with glue "glue".
protected static String	pad(String data, char doPadWithThis, int totalWidth, AbstractTabularComponent.Alignment orientation) This method fills one char either on the right site of a given string or on the left site or on both sites.
protected static String	repeat(String toBeRepeated, int numTimes) a str_repeat function.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

combine

protected static String combine(String... args)

Combines an unknown number of Strings to one String.

Parameters:

args - multiple Strings

Returns:

the combined string

pad

protected static String pad(String data,
         char doPadWithThis,
         int totalWidth,
         AbstractTabularComponent.Alignment orientation)

This method fills one char either on the right site of a given string or on the left site or on both sites. Refer to the example below.

  pad ("hello",'-',11,NiceTable.LEFT);
  results in "hello------"
  pad("hello",'/',11,NiceTable.RIGHT);
  results in "//////hello";
  pad("hello",'.',11,NiceTable.CENTER);
  results in "...hello..."
 

Parameters:

doPadWithThis - the string to pad the string with

data - the data to pad

orientation - which orientation to take

totalWidth - the total width of the result string

Returns:

padded string

implode

protected static String implode(String glue,
             String[] what)

Concantenate a String array "what" with glue "glue".

Parameters:

what - the array of strings to concantenate

glue - the glue string to use.

 String[] what = {
     "a", "b", "c"
 };
 
 String s = Util.implode("-", what);
 // result is "a-b-c"
 

Returns:

String

repeat

protected static String repeat(String toBeRepeated,
            int numTimes)

a str_repeat function.

Parameters:

toBeRepeated - the string to repeat

numTimes - how many times to concantenate the string

Returns:

the repeated string.

containsNewlines

public static boolean containsNewlines(String toExamine)

Tells us whether the string contains newlines. it's important to note that only newlines within the string are important, not the newlines at the front or the end of the string.

Parameters:

toExamine - to be checked

Returns:

boolean if the string contains newlines.

createMatrix

public static String[][] createMatrix(String[] data)

Creates a matrix according to the number of new lines given into the method.

Parameters:

data - an array of row data

Returns:

the matrix.