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Simple utility class for CSS style formatting

 

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import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
/**
 * Simple utility class for CSS style formatting
 * Current version isn't thread-safe and doesn't provide any validation
 * 
 * Usage is simle
 * <code>
 *  CSSFormat format = new CSSFormat();
 *  format.add("background-position", "top left");
 *  format.addURL("background-image", "/images/corner.gif");
 *  responseWriter.writeAttribute("style", format, null);
 * </code>
 * 
 * @author Maksim Kaszynski
 *
 */
public class CSSFormat {

  
  /**
   * Surrounds given URL with <code>url()</code>
   * @param url
   * @return
   */
  public static String url(String url){
    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(url.length() + 7);
    buf.append("url(").append(url).append(")");
    return buf.toString();
  }
  /**
   * Formats property-value pair in CSS fashion
   * @param property
   * @param value
   * @return
   */
  public static String propertyValue(String property, String value){
    return formatPropertyValue(property, value);
  }
  
  private static String formatPropertyValue(Object property, Object value){
    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
    buf.append(property).append(": ").append(value).append(";");
    return buf.toString();
  }
  
  private Map properties;
  /**
   * Constructs an empty CSSFormat object
   */
  public CSSFormat() {
    properties = new HashMap();
  }
  /**
   * Constructs CSSFormat object 
   * and fills it with given parameters
   * @param property
   * @param value
   */
  public CSSFormat(String property, String value){
    properties = new HashMap(3);
    add(property, value);
    
  }
  /**
   * Adds property. If such property already exists, 
   * its value is replaced with new one
   * @param property
   * @param value
   * @return itself
   */
  public CSSFormat add(String property, String value){
    properties.put(property, value);
    return this;
  }
  /**
   * adds a property with URL value
   * given value is wrapped in <code>url()</code> clause
   * @param property
   * @param url
   * @return itself
   */
  public CSSFormat addURL(String property, String url){
    properties.put(property, url(url));
    return this;
  }
  /**
   * Concatenates all properties with their values to produce single-line CSS output 
   */
  public String toString() {
    return concatenate(null);
  }
  /**
   * Concatenates all properties with their values to produce CSS output
   * @param separator - custom string to be inserted between properties
   * @return
   */
  public String concatenate(String separator){
    StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer();
    for(Iterator iter = properties.entrySet().iterator(); iter.hasNext();){
      Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) iter.next();
      output.append(formatPropertyValue(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue()));
      if(separator != null && iter.hasNext()){
        output.append(separator);
      }
    }
    return output.toString();
  }
}

   
  








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