stringutil.java

OPIAM stands for Open Identity and Access Management. This Suite will provide modules for user & rig

/*
 * OPIAM Suite
 *
 * Distributable under LGPL license.
 * See terms of license at gnu.org.
 */

package opiam.admin.faare.utils;

import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;


/**
 * Class with utility methods for strings.
 */
public final class StringUtil
{
    /** Utility class. */
    private StringUtil()
    {
    }

    /** Instance of logger. */
    private static Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(StringUtil.class);

    /**
     * Replace a pattern in string.
     *
     * @param string Input string.
     * @param oldString Pattern to be replaced.
     * @param newString Replacing pattern.
     *
     * @return Modified string.
     */
    public static String replace(String string, String oldString,
        String newString)
    {
        StringBuffer returnedString = new StringBuffer();

        int i = string.indexOf(oldString);

        int j = oldString.length();

        returnedString.append(string.substring(0, i));
        returnedString.append(newString);
        returnedString.append(string.substring(i + j));

        return returnedString.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Gets a substring delimited a by separator from a string.
     *
     * @param s Input string.
     * @param separator Separator.
     *
     * @return Substring.
     */
    public static String getSubstring(String s, String separator)
    {
        int startSep = s.indexOf(separator);

        StringBuffer temp = new StringBuffer();

        temp.append(s.substring(startSep + 1));

        int endSep = temp.toString().indexOf(separator);

        StringBuffer temp2 = new StringBuffer();
        temp2.append(temp.substring(0, endSep));

        return temp2.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Generates a unique random string.
     *
     * @return Generated string.
     */
    public static String getUniqueId()
    {
        long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
        Random rand = new Random();

        return (Long.toString(now) +
        Integer.toString(Math.abs(rand.nextInt())));
    }

    /**
     * Compares two string enumerations.
     *
     * @param e1 First string enumeration
     * @param e2 Second string enumeration
     *
     * @return 0 if both enumerations are equals, 1 if they differ.
     */
    public static int compareStringEnumeration(Enumeration e1, Enumeration e2)
    {
        int res = 0;

        List l1 = new ArrayList();
        List l2 = new ArrayList();
        CollectionUtils.addAll(l1, e1);
        CollectionUtils.addAll(l2, e2);

        if (l1.size() != l2.size())
        {
            res = 1;
        }
        else
        {
            Collections.sort(l1);
            Collections.sort(l2);

            int i = 0;
            boolean equal = true;

            while (equal && (i < l1.size()))
            {
                if (((String) l1.get(i)).compareTo((String) l2.get(i)) != 0)
                {
                    equal = false;
                    res = 1;
                }

                i++;
            }
        }

        return res;
    }
}