org.biojava.nbio.core.util

Class StringManipulationHelper

java.lang.Object

org.biojava.nbio.core.util.StringManipulationHelper

public class StringManipulationHelper
extends Object

A utility class for common String manipulation tasks. All functions are static methods.

Author:

Amr AL-Hossary

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	convertStreamToString(InputStream stream)
static boolean	equalsToIgnoreEndline(String expected, String actual) compares two strings for equality, line by line, ignoring any difference of end line delimiters contained within the 2 Strings.
static boolean	equalsToXml(String expected, String actual)
static String	join(AbstractCollection<String> s, String delimiter)
static String	padLeft(String s, int n)
static String	padRight(String s, int n)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

convertStreamToString

public static String convertStreamToString(InputStream stream)

Parameters:

stream -

Returns:

equalsToIgnoreEndline

public static boolean equalsToIgnoreEndline(String expected,
                                            String actual)

compares two strings for equality, line by line, ignoring any difference of end line delimiters contained within the 2 Strings. This method should be used if and only if two Strings are considered identical when all nodes are identical including their relative order. Generally useful when asserting identity of automatically regenerated XML or PDB.

Parameters:

expected -

actual -

equalsToXml

public static boolean equalsToXml(String expected,
                                  String actual)

padLeft

public static String padLeft(String s,
                             int n)

padRight

public static String padRight(String s,
                              int n)

join

public static String join(AbstractCollection<String> s,
                          String delimiter)