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Parse Fraction

      

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 * Project: OpenSubsystems
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 * $Id: StringUtils.java,v 1.14 2007/02/20 04:08:10 bastafidli Exp $
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

/**
 * Utility methods for String manipulation.
 * 
 * @version $Id: StringUtils.java,v 1.14 2007/02/20 04:08:10 bastafidli Exp $
 * @author Peter Satury
 * @code.reviewer Miro Halas
 * @code.reviewed 1.11 2006/04/29 00:24:18 jlegeny
 */
public final class StringUtils {
  // Constants ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

  /**
   * Constant for assigning
   */
  public static final String EMPTY_STRING = "";

  /**
   * Constant for assigning
   */
  public static final String COMMA_STRING = ",";

  /**
   * Keep the original case of the string;
   */
  public static final int CASE_ORIGINAL = 0;

  /**
   * Convert the string to upper case.
   */
  public static final int CASE_TOUPPER = 1;

  /**
   * Convert the string to lower case.
   */
  public static final int CASE_TOLOWER = 2;

  // Constructors /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

  /**
   * Private constructor since this class cannot be instantiated
   */
  private StringUtils() {
    // Do nothing
  }

  // Public methods ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

  /**
   * Count number of occurences of lookup in text.
   * 
   * @param text -
   *          text to search in for occurences of lookup
   * @param lookup -
   *          character to count
   * @return int - number of occurences of lookup in text.
   */
  public static int count(String text, char lookup) {
    int iCount = 0;

    if (text != null) {
      int iIndex = text.indexOf(lookup);

      while (iIndex != -1) {
        iCount++;
        iIndex = text.indexOf(lookup, iIndex + 1);
      }
    }

    return iCount;
  }

  /**
   * Parse textual representation of fraction to a floating point number
   * 
   * @param textToParse -
   *          in the form "any_text whole_part quotient/divisor any_text"
   * @param defaultValue -
   *          if the test is unparsable, what default value to return
   * @param bIgnoreRest -
   *          if true, this will ignore the rest of the string (any_other_text)
   *          after the fraction, if false then the whole string is considered
   * @return double - number coresponding to the fraction
   */
  public static double parseFraction(String textToParse, double defaultValue, boolean bIgnoreRest) {
    double parsed = defaultValue;
    int iLength;
    int iIndex;
    int iIndexStart;
    int iIndexEnd;
    int iNumber;

    // lets use "xxxxxxx 123 456 / 789 yyyyy" as example or
    // lets use "xxxxxxx 123 / 789 yyyyy" as example

    iIndexStart = 0;
    iLength = textToParse.length();
    if (bIgnoreRest) {
      // Skip while not number
      while ((iIndexStart < iLength) && (!Character.isDigit(textToParse.charAt(iIndexStart)))) {
        iIndexStart++;
      }
      // We skiped "xxxxxxx", iIndexStart is at "123 456 / 789 yyyyy"
    }

    // We should be at first digit
    if (iIndexStart < iLength) {
      // Find end of the number
      iIndex = iIndexStart;
      while ((iIndex < iLength) && (Character.isDigit(textToParse.charAt(iIndex)))) {
        iIndex++;
      }
      iIndexEnd = iIndex;
      // We skiped "123", iIndexStart is at "123 456 / 789 yyyyy"
      // iIndexEnd is at " 456 / 789 yyyyy"

      if (iIndexStart != iIndexEnd) {
        // There was at least some digits
        iNumber = Integer.parseInt(textToParse.substring(iIndexStart, iIndexEnd));
        // iNumber is 123

        // There was at least one digit, now is it whole part or quotient?
        // Skip spaces
        while ((iIndex < iLength)
            && ((textToParse.charAt(iIndex) == ' ') || (textToParse.charAt(iIndex) == '-'))) {
          iIndex++;
        }
        // We skiped "123", iIndex is at "456 / 789 yyyyy"

        // Now we have stopped because of 2 things, we either reached end of
        // string or we have found something other than space, if it is /
        // then it was qoutient, if it is digit, then it was whole part
        if (iIndex == iLength) {
          // it was a whole part and we are done
          parsed = iNumber;
        } else {
          int iQuotient = 0;
          int iDivisor = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

          if (Character.isDigit(textToParse.charAt(iIndex))) {
            int iWholePart = 0;

            // it was a whole part and we continue to look for the quotient
            iWholePart = iNumber;

            // Find end of the number
            iIndexStart = iIndex; // Remember start
            while ((iIndex < iLength) && (Character.isDigit(textToParse.charAt(iIndex)))) {
              iIndex++;
            }
            iIndexEnd = iIndex;
            // We skiped "456", iStartIndex is at "456 / 789 yyyyy"
            // And iIndexEnd is at " / 789 yyyyy"

            iQuotient = Integer.parseInt(textToParse.substring(iIndexStart, iIndexEnd));
            // iQuotient is 456

            // Skip spaces
            while ((iIndex < iLength) && (textToParse.charAt(iIndex) == ' ')) {
              iIndex++;
            }
            // And iIndex is at "/ 789 yyyyy"

            if (textToParse.charAt(iIndex) == '/') {
              // It was a quotient and we continue to look for divisor

              iIndexStart = iIndex + 1;
              while ((iIndexStart < iLength) && (textToParse.charAt(iIndexStart) == ' ')) {
                iIndexStart++;
              }
              // And iIndexStart is at "789 yyyyy"

              // We should be at next digit
              if (iIndexStart < iLength) {
                // Find end of the number
                iIndex = iIndexStart;
                while ((iIndex < iLength) && (Character.isDigit(textToParse.charAt(iIndex)))) {
                  iIndex++;
                }
                iIndexEnd = iIndex;
                // We skiped "789", iStartIndex is at "789 yyyyy"
                // And iIndexEnd is at " yyyyy"

                if (iIndexStart != iIndexEnd) {
                  iDivisor = Integer.parseInt(textToParse.substring(iIndexStart, iIndexEnd));
                  // iDivisor is 789
                  if (iDivisor != 0) {
                    if (iIndexEnd == iLength) {
                      // And we are at the end of the string
                      parsed = ((double) (iWholePart))
                          + (((double) iQuotient) / ((double) iDivisor));
                    } else {
                      if (bIgnoreRest) {
                        // And we can ignore what is after
                        parsed = ((double) (iWholePart))
                            + (((double) iQuotient) / ((double) iDivisor));
                      } else {
                        // there was something else we don't know what so
                        // return the default value
                      }
                    }
                  }
                } else {
                  // The divisor is missing, return default value
                }
              } else {
                // The divisor is missing, return default value
              }
            } else {
              // The divisor is missing, return default value
            }
          } else {
            if (textToParse.charAt(iIndex) == '/') {
              // And iIndex is at "/ 456 yyyyy"

              // It was a quotient and we continue to look for divisor
              iQuotient = iNumber;
              // iQuotient is 123

              iIndexStart = iIndex + 1;
              while ((iIndexStart < iLength) && (textToParse.charAt(iIndexStart) == ' ')) {
                iIndexStart++;
              }
              // And iIndexStart is at "456 yyyyy"

              // We should be at next digit
              if (iIndexStart < iLength) {
                // Find end of the number
                iIndex = iIndexStart;
                while ((iIndex < iLength) && (Character.isDigit(textToParse.charAt(iIndex)))) {
                  iIndex++;
                }
                iIndexEnd = iIndex;
                // We skipped "456", iIndexStart is at "456 yyyyy"
                // iIndexEnd is at " yyyyy"

                if (iIndexStart != iIndexEnd) {
                  iDivisor = Integer.parseInt(textToParse.substring(iIndexStart, iIndexEnd));
                  // iDivisor is 456

                  if (iDivisor != 0) {
                    if (iIndexEnd == iLength) {
                      // And we are at the end of the string
                      parsed = ((double) iQuotient) / ((double) iDivisor);
                    } else {
                      if (bIgnoreRest) {
                        // And we can ignore what is after
                        parsed = ((double) iQuotient) / ((double) iDivisor);
                      } else {
                        // there was something else we don't know what so
                        // return the default value
                      }
                    }
                  }
                } else {
                  // The divisor is missing, return default value
                }
              } else {
                // The divisor is missing, return default value
              }
            } else {
              // It was a whole part and there is something else
              if (bIgnoreRest) {
                // and we are done
                parsed = iNumber;
              } else {
                // there was something else we don't know what so
                // return the default value
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }

    return parsed;
  }

  /**
   * Parse String to array of Strings while treating quoted values as single
   * element.
   * 
   * @param strParse -
   *          String to parse
   * @param strDel -
   *          String deliminer
   * @param bAllowSingleQuote -
   *          single qoutes such as ' can be used to group value
   * @param bAllowDoubleQuote -
   *          double quote such as " can be used to group value
   * @return String[] - parsed list
   * @throws OSSInvalidDataException -
   *           error during parsing
   */
  public static String[] parseQuotedStringToStringArray(String strParse, String strDel,
      boolean bAllowSingleQuote, boolean bAllowDoubleQuote) throws Exception {
    String[] arrayStrings;

    if (strParse == null) {
      arrayStrings = null;
    } else {
      List lstElements = new ArrayList();
      int iCurrentIndex = 0;
      int iNextIndex;
      int iDelLength = strDel.length();
      int iParseLength = strParse.length();

      while (iCurrentIndex < iParseLength) {
        if ((bAllowSingleQuote) && (strParse.charAt(iCurrentIndex) == '\'')) {
          // Find next single quote and treat the things in the middle as
          // single element
          iNextIndex = strParse.indexOf('\'', iCurrentIndex + 1);
          if (iNextIndex == -1) {
            throw new Exception("Incorrect input. " + strParse
                + " No single quote following the one" + " at location " + iCurrentIndex);
          }
          lstElements.add(strParse.substring(iCurrentIndex + 1, iNextIndex));
          iCurrentIndex = iNextIndex + 1;
          if (strParse.substring(iCurrentIndex).startsWith(strDel)) {
            iCurrentIndex += iDelLength;
          }
        } else if ((bAllowDoubleQuote) && (strParse.charAt(iCurrentIndex) == '"')) {
          // Find next double quote and treat the things in the middle as
          // single element
          iNextIndex = strParse.indexOf('"', iCurrentIndex + 1);
          if (iNextIndex == -1) {
            throw new Exception("Incorrect input. " + strParse
                + " No double quote following the one" + " at location " + iCurrentIndex);
          }
          lstElements.add(strParse.substring(iCurrentIndex + 1, iNextIndex));
          iCurrentIndex = iNextIndex + 1;
          if (strParse.substring(iCurrentIndex).startsWith(strDel)) {
            iCurrentIndex += iDelLength;
          }
        } else {
          // Find next separator and treat the things in the middle as
          // single element
          iNextIndex = strParse.indexOf(strDel, iCurrentIndex);
          if (iNextIndex == -1) {
            // No other delimiter found so take the rest of the string
            lstElements.add(strParse.substring(iCurrentIndex));
            iCurrentIndex = iParseLength;
          } else {
            lstElements.add(strParse.substring(iCurrentIndex, iNextIndex));
            iCurrentIndex = iNextIndex + iDelLength;
          }
        }
      }
      arrayStrings = (String[]) lstElements.toArray(new String[lstElements.size()]);
    }

    return arrayStrings;
  }

  /**
   * Parse String to array of integers.
   * 
   * @param strParse -
   *          String to parse
   * @param strDel -
   *          String deliminer
   * @return int[] - parsed list
   * @throws OSSException -
   *           error during parsing
   */
  public static int[] parseStringToIntArray(String strParse, String strDel) throws Exception {
    int[] arrayInts;
    try {
      if (strParse == null) {
        arrayInts = null;
      } else {
        // TODO: Performance: Memory vs speed, here we allocate list and then
        // another array, how about just counting the number of elements
        // and then allocating array and parsing directly to array without
        // the extra list and copying from list to array?
        List lstInts = parseStringToList(strParse, strDel);

        if (lstInts == null || lstInts.size() < 1) {
          arrayInts = null;
        } else {
          Iterator items;
          int iCount;

          arrayInts = new int[lstInts.size()];
          for (iCount = 0, items = lstInts.iterator(); items.hasNext();) {
            arrayInts[iCount++] = Integer.parseInt(((String) items.next()).trim());
          }
        }
      }
    } catch (NumberFormatException eExc) {
      throw new RuntimeException("Problems with parsing String to array of int.", eExc);
    }
    return arrayInts;
  }

  /**
   * Parse String to array of Integers.
   * 
   * @param strParse -
   *          String to parse
   * @param strDel -
   *          String deliminer
   * @return Integer[] - parsed list
   * @throws OSSException -
   *           error during parsing
   */
  public static Integer[] parseStringToIntegerArray(String strParse, String strDel)
      throws Exception {
    Integer[] arrayInts;
    try {
      if (strParse == null) {
        arrayInts = null;
      } else {
        // TODO: Performance: Memory vs speed, here we allocate list and then
        // another array, how about just counting the number of elements
        // and then allocating array and parsing directly to array without
        // the extra list and copying from list to array?
        List strInts = parseStringToList(strParse, strDel);

        if (strInts == null || strInts.size() < 1) {
          arrayInts = null;
        } else {
          arrayInts = new Integer[strInts.size()];
          for (int iCount = 0; iCount < strInts.size(); iCount++) {
            arrayInts[iCount] = Integer.valueOf((String) strInts.get(iCount));
          }
        }
      }
    } catch (NumberFormatException eExc) {
      throw new RuntimeException("Problems with parsing String to array of int.", eExc);
    }
    return arrayInts;
  }

  /**
   * Parse String to array of Strings.
   * 
   * @param strParse -
   *          String to parse
   * @param strDel -
   *          String deliminer
   * @return String[] - parsed list
   */
  public static String[] parseStringToStringArray(String strParse, String strDel) {
    String[] arrayStrings;

    if (strParse == null) {
      arrayStrings = null;
    } else {
      // TODO: Performance: Memory vs speed, here we allocate list and then
      // another array, how about just counting the number of elements
      // and then allocating array and parsing directly to array without
      // the extra list and copying from list to array?
      List lstStrings = parseStringToList(strParse, strDel);

      if ((lstStrings == null) || (lstStrings.isEmpty())) {
        arrayStrings = null;
      } else {
        arrayStrings = (String[]) lstStrings.toArray(new String[lstStrings.size()]);
      }
    }

    return arrayStrings;
  }

  /**
   * Parse array of integers to String.
   * 
   * @param arrParse -
   *          int array to parse
   * @param strDel -
   *          String deliminer
   * @return String - parsed array
   */
  public static String parseIntArrayToString(int[] arrParse, String strDel) {
    StringBuffer strbInts = new StringBuffer();
    if ((arrParse != null) && (arrParse.length > 0)) {
      for (int iCount = 0; iCount < arrParse.length; iCount++) {
        if (iCount > 0) {
          strbInts.append(strDel);
        }
        strbInts.append(arrParse[iCount]);
      }
    }
    return strbInts.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Parse collection of objects to String by calling toString on each element.
   * 
   * @param colObjects -
   *          collection of data objects to parse
   * @param strDel -
   *          String deliminer
   * @return String - parsed array
   */
  public static String parseCollectionToString(Collection colObjects, String strDel) {
    StringBuffer strbInts = new StringBuffer();
    if ((colObjects != null) && (!colObjects.isEmpty())) {
      for (Iterator items = colObjects.iterator(); items.hasNext();) {
        if (strbInts.length() > 0) {
          strbInts.append(strDel);
        }
        strbInts.append(items.next().toString());
      }
    }
    return strbInts.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Parse String to List.
   * 
   * @param strParse -
   *          String to parse
   * @param strDel -
   *          String deliminer
   * @return List - parsed list of items in the string delimtied by delimiter
   */
  public static List parseStringToList(String strParse, String strDel) {
    return (List) parseStringToCollection(strParse, strDel, false, CASE_ORIGINAL, null);
  }

  /**
   * Parse String to ANY collection you specify and trim each item.
   * 
   * @param strParse -
   *          String to parse
   * @param strDel -
   *          String deliminer
   * @param container -
   *          if specified then it will be filled with items (it WILL NOT be
   *          emptied first). If this is null, the default collection will be
   *          allocated. This allows you here to pass list or set so this method
   *          is more flexible.
   * @param bTrim -
   *          should it be trimmed or not
   * @param iConvertCase -
   *          how to convert the case of the string - one of the CASE_XXX
   *          costants
   * @return Collection - parsed collection, if container was specified, the
   *         same object will be returned. If it was not specified default
   *         object will be returned. If strParse was not null, then this will
   *         be not null.
   */
  public static Collection parseStringToCollection(String strParse, String strDel, boolean bTrim,
      int iConvertCase, Collection container) {
    Collection colReturn;

    if (strParse == null || strParse.length() < 1) {
      if (container != null) {
        colReturn = container;
      } else {
        colReturn = null;
      }
    } else {
      // TODO: Performance: StringTokenizer is considered to be slow
      // because it creates lots of objects internally, consider replacing
      // this with String.indexOf(delimiter)
      StringTokenizer strTokParse = new StringTokenizer(strParse, strDel);
      String strTemp;

      if (container == null) {
        // This has to be List since parseStringToList requires it
        colReturn = new ArrayList();
      } else {
        container.clear();
        colReturn = container;
      }

      if (strParse.startsWith(strDel)) {
        // If the string starts with the delimiter, tokenizer would skip it
        // but we have to have empty element in front
        colReturn.add("");
      }

      while (strTokParse.hasMoreTokens()) {
        strTemp = (String) strTokParse.nextToken();
        if (bTrim) {
          strTemp = strTemp.trim();
        }
        switch (iConvertCase) {
        case (CASE_ORIGINAL): {
          // do nothing
          break;
        }
        case (CASE_TOUPPER): {
          strTemp = strTemp.toUpperCase();
          break;
        }
        case (CASE_TOLOWER): {
          strTemp = strTemp.toLowerCase();
          break;
        }
        default: {
          assert false : "Incorrect case specification.";
        }
        }
        colReturn.add(strTemp);
      }
    }
    return colReturn;
  }

  /**
   * Method to limit String length for display and add '...' to the end
   * 
   * @param limitLength -
   *          limit of length
   * @param strValue -
   *          String to limit
   * @return String - limited String
   */
  public static String limitStringLength(int limitLength, String strValue) {
    StringBuffer sbReturn = new StringBuffer();

    if ((limitLength > 0) && (strValue.length() > limitLength)) {
      // If limit length is lower then 5 we will do just exact substring
      if (limitLength < 5) {
        sbReturn.append(strValue.substring(0, limitLength));
      }
      // If limit length is lower then 15 and higher then 4 we will
      // return substring of (limit - 3) and '...'
      else if (limitLength < 15) {
        sbReturn.append(strValue.substring(0, limitLength - 3));
        sbReturn.append("...");
      }
      // If limit length is higher then 15 we will try to find
      // some space ' ' near before limit and cut string there
      else {
        // if we will not find ' ' near before limit
        // we will return substring of (limit - 3) and '...'
        if ((strValue.indexOf(" ", limitLength - 12) > (limitLength - 4))
            || (strValue.indexOf(" ", limitLength - 12) < 0)) {
          sbReturn.append(strValue.substring(0, limitLength - 3));
          sbReturn.append("...");
        }
        // if we will find ' ' near before limit
        // we will return substring until ' ' and ' ...'
        else {
          sbReturn.append(strValue.substring(0, strValue.indexOf(" ", limitLength - 12)));
          sbReturn.append(" ...");
        }
      }
    } else {
      sbReturn.append(strValue);
    }

    return sbReturn.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Method to remove comma from start and from end of the string for examples
   * to use it as parameter to SQL IN operator
   * 
   * @param strToRemoveFrom -
   *          String to remove comma from
   * @return String - string with removed commas from the start and end of the
   *         string
   */
  public static String removeComma(String strToRemoveFrom) {

    // we have to remove comma from start and from end of the string
    // because then it can be used for SQL IN operator
    if (strToRemoveFrom.length() > 2) {
      strToRemoveFrom = strToRemoveFrom.substring(1, strToRemoveFrom.length() - 1);
    } else {
      strToRemoveFrom = "";
    }

    return strToRemoveFrom;
  }

  /**
   * Concat all the specified strings to a single one
   * 
   * @param strings -
   *          strings to concat, all null and empty ones will be ignored
   * @param separator -
   *          separator to put in between the string elements
   * @param quote -
   *          quote string to put around string elements, if null nothing will
   *          be put around them
   * @return String with concatenated inputs
   */
  public static String concat(String[] strings, String separator, String quote) {
    StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer();

    if (strings != null) {
      int iIndex;
      boolean bSeparator;
      boolean bQuote;

      bSeparator = (separator != null) && (separator.length() > 0);
      bQuote = (quote != null) && (quote.length() > 0);
      for (iIndex = 0; iIndex < strings.length; iIndex++) {
        if ((strings[iIndex] != null) && (strings[iIndex].length() > 0)) {
          if ((output.length() > 0) && (bSeparator)) {
            output.append(separator);
          }
          if (bQuote) {
            output.append(quote);
          }
          output.append(strings[iIndex]);
          if (bQuote) {
            output.append(quote);
          }
        }
      }
    }

    return output.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Test if any element in the container contains given string.
   * 
   * @param container -
   *          container of which elements will be searched to see if they
   *          contains given text
   * @param strSearch -
   *          text to search in the elements of specified container
   * @return boolean - true if any of the elements in container contains given
   *         text
   */
  public static boolean isContained(Collection container, String strSearch) {
    boolean bReturn = false;

    if ((container != null) && (!container.isEmpty())) {
      for (Iterator itrElements = container.iterator(); (itrElements.hasNext() && (!bReturn));) {
        if (((String) itrElements.next()).indexOf(strSearch) != -1) {
          bReturn = true;
        }
      }
    }

    return bReturn;
  }

  /**
   * Test if given string contains any element in the container.
   * 
   * @param container -
   *          container of which elements will be searched to see if they are
   *          contained within given text
   * @param strSearch -
   *          text to search in for the elements of specified container
   * @return boolean - true if the search text contains any of the elements in
   *         container
   */
  public static boolean contains(Collection container, String strSearch) {
    boolean bReturn = false;

    if ((container != null) && (!container.isEmpty())) {
      for (Iterator itrElements = container.iterator(); (itrElements.hasNext() && (!bReturn));) {
        if (strSearch.indexOf((String) itrElements.next()) != -1) {
          bReturn = true;
        }
      }
    }

    return bReturn;
  }

  /**
   * Method return boolean result if particular substring is contained within
   * the list of substrings separated by a separator.
   * 
   * @param strSearchIn -
   *          string of all substrings separated by separator to search in
   * @param strSearchFor -
   *          string that will be search for
   * @param strSeparator -
   *          item separator
   * @return boolean - true if it contains the ID, false otherwise
   */
  public static boolean containsInSeparatedString(String strSearchIn, String strSearchFor,
      String strSeparator) {
    boolean bReturn = false;

    StringBuffer sbInputString = new StringBuffer();
    StringBuffer sbSearchString = new StringBuffer();

    if (strSearchIn.length() > 0) {
      // add separator at the beginning and end of the input string
      sbInputString.append(strSeparator);
      sbInputString.append(strSearchIn);
      sbInputString.append(strSeparator);

      // add separator at the beginning and end of the search string
      sbSearchString.append(strSeparator);
      sbSearchString.append(strSearchFor);
      sbSearchString.append(strSeparator);

      // search for particular ID
      if (sbInputString.indexOf(sbSearchString.toString()) != -1) {
        bReturn = true;
      }
    }

    return bReturn;
  }
}

   
    
    
    
    
    
  








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