Java String Translate translate(String s, String identifier, String associator)

Description

Performs a character-for-character replacement within a string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	a parameter
identifier	a parameter
associator	a parameter

Declaration

public static String translate(String s, String identifier,
        String associator) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from   w  ww  . j  a v a  2  s  .c o m
 * Function that attempts to fix capitalization of proper names.
 * <p/>
 * Example usage:
 * <pre>{@code
 *      VistaStringUtils.nameCase("RON BURGUNDY");  // => "Ron Burgundy"
 *      VistaStringUtils.nameCase("MCDONALDS");     // => "McDonalds"
 * }</pre>
 * <p/>
 * This is a port of the <pre>NameCase</pre> library, which is a Ruby implementation of Perl's
 * <pre>Lingua::EN::NameCase</pre> and owes most of its functionality to the Perl version by Mark Summerfield.
 * <p/>
 * Original Version:
 * Copyright (c) Mark Summerfield 1998-2002.  <summer@perlpress.com>  All Rights Reserved.
 * <p/>
 * Ruby Version:
 * Copyright (c) Aaron Patterson 2006
 * <p/>
 * <pre>NameCase</pre> is distributed under the GPL license.
 * <p/>
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * <p/>
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * <p/>
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * @param s the String to properly namecase.
 * @return Returns a new String properly namecased.
 * @see "http://namecase.rubyforge.org/"
 * @see "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Performs a character-for-character replacement within a string.
     *
     * @param s
     * @param identifier
     * @param associator
     * @return
     */
    public static String translate(String s, String identifier,
            String associator) {
        String newString = "";

        for (int index = 0; index < s.length(); index++) {
            String substring = s.substring(index, index + 1);
            int position = identifier.indexOf(substring);

            if (position != -1)
                newString = newString
                        + associator.substring(position, position + 1);
            else
                newString = newString + s.substring(index, index + 1);
        }
        return newString;
    }
}

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