Java String Capitalize capitalize(String text)

Description

Capitalizes the text according to JavaBeans specification.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
text	the text

Return

the capitalized text

Declaration

public static String capitalize(String text) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  w w  w.j  a va2  s  .  c o  m
 * Copyright 2004-2010 the Seasar Foundation and the Others.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
 * either express or implied. See the License for the specific language
 * governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Capitalizes the text according to JavaBeans specification.
     * 
     * @param text
     *            the text
     * 
     * @return the capitalized text
     */
    public static String capitalize(String text) {
        if (isEmpty(text)) {
            return text;
        }
        char chars[] = text.toCharArray();
        chars[0] = Character.toUpperCase(chars[0]);
        return new String(chars);
    }

    /**
     * Determines if the text is empty.
     * 
     * @param text
     *            the text
     * @return whether text is empty
     */
    public static boolean isEmpty(String text) {
        return text == null || text.length() == 0;
    }
}

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