org.apache.cayenne.gen
Class StringUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.cayenne.gen.StringUtils

public class StringUtils
extends Object

Methods for mangling strings.

Constructor Summary

StringUtils()

Method Summary

String	capitalized(String name) Capitalizes the first letter of the property name.
String	capitalizedAsConstant(String name) Converts property name to Java constants naming convention.
String	formatVariableName(String variableName) Prepends underscore to variable name if necessary to remove conflict with reserved keywords.
static StringUtils	getInstance()
String	pluralize(String str) Converts entity or property name to a plural form.
String	stripClass(String aString) Removes base name, leaving package name.
String	stripPackageName(String fullyQualifiedClassName) Removes package name, leaving base name.
static String	uncapitalized(String aString) Returns string with lowercased first letter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringUtils

public StringUtils()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static StringUtils getInstance()

formatVariableName

public String formatVariableName(String variableName)

Prepends underscore to variable name if necessary to remove conflict with reserved keywords.

stripPackageName

public String stripPackageName(String fullyQualifiedClassName)

Removes package name, leaving base name.

Since:

1.2

stripClass

public String stripClass(String aString)

Removes base name, leaving package name.

Since:

1.2

capitalized

public String capitalized(String name)

Capitalizes the first letter of the property name.

Since:

1.1

uncapitalized

public static String uncapitalized(String aString)

Returns string with lowercased first letter

Since:

1.2

capitalizedAsConstant

public String capitalizedAsConstant(String name)

Converts property name to Java constants naming convention.

Since:

1.1

pluralize

public String pluralize(String str)

Converts entity or property name to a plural form. For example:

• pluralize("Word") == "Words"
• pluralize("Status") == "Statuses"
• pluralize("Index") == "Indexes"
• pluralize("Factory") == "Factories"

As of 3.1 this method is not used in bundled templates, and is present here for user templates convenience.

Since:

3.1