Java String Capitalize capitalize(String source)

Description

Ensure that the first character of the provided string is upper case.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
source	The <code>String</code> to capitalize.

Return

The capitalized String.

Declaration

public static String capitalize(String source) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w  w  w .jav  a  2  s.co m
 * Copyright 2001-2013 Geert Bevin (gbevin[remove] at uwyn dot com)
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Ensure that the first character of the provided string is upper case.
     *
     * @param source The <code>String</code> to capitalize.
     * @return The capitalized <code>String</code>.
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static String capitalize(String source) {
        if (source == null || source.length() == 0) {
            return source;
        }

        if (source.length() > 1 && Character.isUpperCase(source.charAt(0))) {
            return source;
        }

        char chars[] = source.toCharArray();
        chars[0] = Character.toUpperCase(chars[0]);
        return new String(chars);
    }
}

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