Swaps the case of a String changing upper and title case to lower case, and lower case to upper case. - Java java.lang

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Description

Swaps the case of a String changing upper and title case to lower case, and lower case to upper case.

Demo Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        String str = "java2s.com";
        System.out.println(swapCase(str));
    }// ww w .  j  a v  a2s  .c o m

    /**
     * <p>Swaps the case of a String changing upper and title case to
     * lower case, and lower case to upper case.</p>
     *
     * <ul>
     *  <li>Upper case character converts to Lower case</li>
     *  <li>Title case character converts to Lower case</li>
     *  <li>Lower case character converts to Upper case</li>
     * </ul>
     *
     * <pre>
     * swapCase(null)                 = null
     * swapCase("")                   = ""
     * swapCase("The dog has a BONE") = "tHE DOG HAS A bone"
     * </pre>
     *
     * <p>NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
     * It no longer performs a word based algorithm.
     * If you only use ASCII, you will notice no change.
     * That functionality is available in WordUtils.</p>
     *
     * @param str  the String to swap case, may be null
     * @return the changed String, <code>null</code> if null String input
     */
    public static String swapCase(String str) {
        int strLen;
        if (str == null || (strLen = str.length()) == 0) {
            return str;
        }
        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(strLen);

        char ch = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < strLen; i++) {
            ch = str.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isUpperCase(ch)) {
                ch = Character.toLowerCase(ch);
            } else if (Character.isTitleCase(ch)) {
                ch = Character.toLowerCase(ch);
            } else if (Character.isLowerCase(ch)) {
                ch = Character.toUpperCase(ch);
            }
            buffer.append(ch);
        }
        return buffer.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Gets a String's length or <code>0</code> if the String is <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @param str
     *            a String or <code>null</code>
     * @return String length or <code>0</code> if the String is <code>null</code>.
     * @since 2.4
     */
    public static int length(String str) {
        return str == null ? 0 : str.length();
    }
}

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