Java String Accent replaceAccents(String string)

Description

replace Accents

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String replaceAccents(String string) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.Normalizer;
import java.text.Normalizer.Form;

public class Main {
    private static final String EMPTY_STRING = "";
    private static final String ASCII_REPLACEMENT = "[^\\p{ASCII}]";

    public static String replaceAccents(String string) {
        String withoutAccent = Normalizer.normalize(string, Form.NFD).replaceAll(ASCII_REPLACEMENT, EMPTY_STRING);

        //FIXME accent removal fails for russian. This is a quick fix
        if (withoutAccent.isEmpty() && !string.isEmpty())
            withoutAccent = string;

        return withoutAccent;
    }
}

Related

1. removeAccents(String textWithAccent)
2. removeAccentsAndNonStandardCharacters(String string)
3. removeAccentuation(String str)
4. replaceAccent(String strInit)
5. replaceAccentedChars(StringBuilder buffer)
6. stripAccents(final String input)
7. stripAccents(final String input)
8. stripAccents(final String s)
9. stripAccents(String input)