Java String Lower Case toLowercaseFirstLetter(String value)

Description

to Lowercase First Letter

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String toLowercaseFirstLetter(String value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    public static String toLowercaseFirstLetter(String value) {
        String capital = null;
        if (value != null) {
            int length = value.length();
            if (length > 0) {
                StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(value);
                for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
                    char ch = value.charAt(i);
                    if (i == 0 || i == length - 1
                            || (i < length - 1 && Character.isUpperCase(value.charAt(i + 1)))) {
                        buffer.setCharAt(i, Character.toLowerCase(ch));
                    } else {
                        break;
                    }
                }
                capital = buffer.toString();
            }
        }
        return capital != null ? capital : value;
    }
}

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