nz.org.venice.util
Class Find

java.lang.Object
  nz.org.venice.util.Find

public class Find

extends java.lang.Object

A selection of functions to perform find/replace on strings.

Author:

Andrew Leppard

Constructor Summary

Find()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	replace(java.lang.String source, java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String replacement) Replace the first occurence of the pattern text with replacement text.
static java.lang.String	replaceAll(java.lang.String source, java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String replacement) Replace all occurences of the pattern text with replacement text.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Find

public Find()

Method Detail

replace

public static java.lang.String replace(java.lang.String source,
                                       java.lang.String pattern,
                                       java.lang.String replacement)

Replace the first occurence of the pattern text with replacement text. This function treats all arguments as simple strings.

Parameters:

source - The source string containing the text to replace.

pattern - The pattern to find and replace.

replacement - The text to use to replace the pattern.

Returns:

The version of the source string after the find/replace.

replaceAll

public static java.lang.String replaceAll(java.lang.String source,
                                          java.lang.String pattern,
                                          java.lang.String replacement)

Replace all occurences of the pattern text with replacement text. This function treats all arguments as simple strings.

Parameters:

source - The source string containing the text to replace.

pattern - The pattern to find and replace.

replacement - The text to use to replace the pattern.

Returns:

The version of the source string after the find/replace.