net.sf.mmm.util.lang.api
Class StringTokenizer

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.mmm.util.collection.base.AbstractIterator<String>
      net.sf.mmm.util.lang.api.StringTokenizer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Iterable<String>, Iterator<String>

public class StringTokenizer
extends AbstractIterator<String>
implements Iterable<String>

This is a rewrite of the awkward StringTokenizer provided by the JDK. This implementation returns an empty String if a duplicate delimiter is detected. Further it implements Iterable and can be used in enhanced for-loops.
ATTENTION:
Returning an empty String also for duplicated delimited might NOT always be desired (especially when delimiter is whitespace).

Since:

1.0.2

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Field Summary

private char[]	delimiters The characters that will be detected as delimiters.
private char[]	escapeEnd The string to end escaping of a token.
private char[]	escapeStart The string to start escaping of a token.
private int	index The current index in string.
private char[]	string The string to be tokenized

Constructor Summary

StringTokenizer(char[] string, char... delimiters)
The constructor.

StringTokenizer(char[] string, String escapeStart, String escapeEnd, char... delimiters)
The constructor.

StringTokenizer(String string, char... delimiters)
The constructor.

StringTokenizer(String string, String delimiters)
The constructor.

StringTokenizer(String string, String escapeStart, String escapeEnd, char... delimiters)
The constructor that allows escaping.

Method Summary

private static boolean	containsDelimiter(char[] escape, char[] delimiters) This method checks that the given escape sequence does NOT contain any of the delimiters.
protected boolean	containsSubstring(char[] substring, int startIndex) This method tests if the string contains the given substring starting at the given index.
protected String	findNext() This method tries to find the next element.
boolean	hasMoreTokens()
Iterator<String>	iterator()
String	nextToken()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class net.sf.mmm.util.collection.base.AbstractIterator

findFirst, hasNext, next, remove

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

string

private final char[] string

The string to be tokenized

delimiters

private final char[] delimiters

The characters that will be detected as delimiters.

escapeStart

private final char[] escapeStart

The string to start escaping of a token.

escapeEnd

private final char[] escapeEnd

The string to end escaping of a token.

index

private int index

The current index in string.

Constructor Detail

StringTokenizer

public StringTokenizer(String string,
                       char... delimiters)

The constructor.

Parameters:

string - is the string to be tokenized.

delimiters - are the characters that will be detected as delimiters.

StringTokenizer

public StringTokenizer(String string,
                       String delimiters)

The constructor.

Parameters:

string - is the string to be tokenized.

delimiters - is a String with all the characters that will be detected as delimiters.

StringTokenizer

public StringTokenizer(String string,
                       String escapeStart,
                       String escapeEnd,
                       char... delimiters)
                throws NlsIllegalArgumentException

The constructor that allows escaping. The escaping can be cascaded:

 new StringTokenizer("{[foo,{[bar,thing]}]},some", "{[", "]}", ',').next()
 

will return "foo,{[bar,thing]}".

Parameters:

string - is the string to be tokenized.

escapeStart - is the string used to start escaping of a token. The string has to be free of delimiters.

escapeEnd - is the string used to end escaping of a token. The string has to be free of delimiters.

delimiters - are the characters that will be detected as delimiters.

Throws:

NlsIllegalArgumentException - if escapeStart or escapeEnd is an empty string or contains a character of delimiters, or one of them is null while the other is not, or both are not null but equal to each other.

Since:

2.0.0

StringTokenizer

public StringTokenizer(char[] string,
                       String escapeStart,
                       String escapeEnd,
                       char... delimiters)
                throws NlsIllegalArgumentException

The constructor.

Parameters:

string - is the string to be tokenized.

escapeStart - is the string used to start escaping of a token. May NOT be the empty string. The string has to be free of delimiters.

escapeEnd - is the string used to end escaping of a token. May NOT be the empty string.The string has to be free of delimiters.

delimiters - are the characters that will be detected as delimiters.

Throws:

NlsIllegalArgumentException - if escapeStart or escapeEnd is an empty string or contains a character of delimiters, or one of them is null while the other is not, or both are not null but equal to each other.

Since:

2.0.0

See Also:

StringTokenizer(String, String, String, char...)

StringTokenizer

public StringTokenizer(char[] string,
                       char... delimiters)

The constructor.

Parameters:

string - is the string to be tokenized.

delimiters - are the characters that will be detected as delimiters.

Method Detail

containsDelimiter

private static boolean containsDelimiter(char[] escape,
                                         char[] delimiters)

This method checks that the given escape sequence does NOT contain any of the delimiters.

Parameters:

escape - is the escape-sequence to check.

delimiters - are the delimiters that should NOT be contained in escape.

Returns:

true if escape contains a character of delimiters, false otherwise.

iterator

public Iterator<String> iterator()

Specified by:

iterator in interface Iterable<String>

findNext

protected String findNext()

This method tries to find the next element.

Specified by:

findNext in class AbstractIterator<String>

Returns:

the next element or null if done.

containsSubstring

protected boolean containsSubstring(char[] substring,
                                    int startIndex)

This method tests if the string contains the given substring starting at the given index.

Parameters:

substring - is the substring to check for.

startIndex - is the start index in string.

Returns:

true if the given substring was found at index.

hasMoreTokens

public boolean hasMoreTokens()

Returns:

true if AbstractIterator.next() is available, false otherwise.

See Also:

StringTokenizer.hasMoreTokens()

nextToken

public String nextToken()

Returns:

the next token.

See Also:

StringTokenizer.nextToken()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object