Example usage for org.apache.commons.lang3.text WordUtils initials

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In this page you can find the example usage for org.apache.commons.lang3.text WordUtils initials.

Prototype

public static String initials(final String str, final char... delimiters) 

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Extracts the initial letters from each word in the String.

The first letter of the string and all first letters after the defined delimiters are returned as a new string.

Usage

From source file:org.dmu.expertiserecognition.doiResults.java

public static String standardizeAuthorName(String name) {
    String newName = name.trim();
    newName = deAccent(newName);//ww w . ja  va  2 s  .c o m
    newName = WordUtils.capitalizeFully(newName, new char[] { '.', ' ', '-', '\'' });
    newName = newName.replaceAll("([A-Za-z0-9-']+)\\.([A-Za-z0-9-']+)", "$1. $2");
    newName = newName.replaceAll("[ ]{2,}", " ");
    newName = newName.replaceAll("^(.*)([^\\.]) ([A-Z]\\.)$", "$3 $1$2");
    String surname;
    String authInitials;
    if (Pattern.matches("^.*\\.$", newName)) {
        surname = newName.replaceAll("^([^ ]+) (.*)$", "$1");
        authInitials = newName.replaceAll("^([^ ]+) (.*)$", "$2");
    } else {
        surname = newName.replaceAll("^(.*) ([^ ]+)$", "$2");
        authInitials = newName.replaceAll("^(.*) ([^ ]+)$", "$1");
    }
    authInitials = WordUtils.initials(authInitials, new char[] { '.', ' ' });
    byte[] authInitialsBytes = authInitials.getBytes();
    int i;
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    for (i = 0; i < authInitialsBytes.length; i++) {
        sb.append((char) authInitialsBytes[i]);
        sb.append(". ");
    }
    sb.append(surname);
    newName = sb.toString();
    return newName;
}

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