uk.ac.gla.terrier.utility
Class StringTools

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.gla.terrier.utility.StringTools

public class StringTools
extends java.lang.Object

This class implements useful string functions

Constructor Summary

StringTools()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	normaliseEncoding(java.lang.String encodingName) Normalises several common encodings found, for instance in HTTP or HTML headers, into the compatible Java encoding
static int	utf8_length(java.lang.String s) Returns how long String s is in bytes, if encoded in UTF-8

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringTools

public StringTools()

Method Detail

utf8_length

public static int utf8_length(java.lang.String s)

Returns how long String s is in bytes, if encoded in UTF-8

Parameters:

s - The string to be measured.

Returns:

The number of bytes s is when encoded in UTF-8

normaliseEncoding

public static java.lang.String normaliseEncoding(java.lang.String encodingName)

Normalises several common encodings found, for instance in HTTP or HTML headers, into the compatible Java encoding