org.codehaus.groovy.runtime
[Java] Class StringGroovyMethods

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethodsSupport
      org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.StringGroovyMethods

public class StringGroovyMethods
extends DefaultGroovyMethodsSupport

This class defines new groovy methods which appear on String-related JDK classes (String, CharSequence, Matcher) inside the Groovy environment. Static methods are used with the first parameter being the destination class, e.g.. public static String reverse(String self) provides a reverse() method for String.

NOTE: While this class contains many 'public' static methods, it is primarily regarded as an internal class (its internal package name suggests this also). We value backwards compatibility of these methods when used within Groovy but value less backwards compatibility at the Java method call level. I.e. future versions of Groovy may remove or move a method call in this file but would normally aim to keep the method available from within Groovy.

Authors:

James Strachan

Jeremy Rayner

Sam Pullara

Rod Cope

Guillaume Laforge

John Wilson

Hein Meling

Dierk Koenig

Pilho Kim

Marc Guillemot

Russel Winder

bing ran

Jochen Theodorou

Paul King

Michael Baehr

Joachim Baumann

Alex Tkachman

Ted Naleid

Brad Long

Jim Jagielski

Rodolfo Velasco

jeremi Joslin

Hamlet D'Arcy

Cedric Champeau

Tim Yates

Dinko Srkoc

Pascal Lombard

Christophe Charles

asBoolean

public static boolean asBoolean(java.lang.CharSequence string)

Coerce a string (an instance of CharSequence) to a boolean value. A string is coerced to false if it is of length 0, and to true otherwise.

Parameters:

string - the character sequence

Returns:

the boolean value

Since:

1.7.0

asBoolean

public static boolean asBoolean(java.util.regex.Matcher matcher)

Coerce a Matcher instance to a boolean value.

Parameters:

matcher - the matcher

Returns:

the boolean value

Since:

1.7.0

asType

public static java.lang.Object asType(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.Class c)

Provides a method to perform custom 'dynamic' type conversion to the given class using the as operator.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

c - the desired class

Returns:

the converted object

See Also:

asType(String, Class)

Since:

1.8.2

asType

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public static java.lang.Object asType(GString self, java.lang.Class c)

Converts the GString to a File, or delegates to the default DefaultGroovyMethods.asType

Parameters:

self - a GString

c - the desired class

Returns:

the converted object

Since:

1.5.0

asType

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public static java.lang.Object asType(java.lang.String self, java.lang.Class c)

Provides a method to perform custom 'dynamic' type conversion to the given class using the as operator.

Example: '123' as Double

By default, the following types are supported:

• List
• BigDecimal
• BigInteger
• Long
• Integer
• Short
• Byte
• Character
• Double
• Float
• File
• Subclasses of Enum (Java 5 and above)

If any other type is given, the call is delegated to DefaultGroovyMethods.asType.

Parameters:

self - a String

c - the desired class

Returns:

the converted object

Since:

1.0

bitwiseNegate

public static java.util.regex.Pattern bitwiseNegate(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Turns a CharSequence into a regular expression Pattern

Parameters:

self - a String to convert into a regular expression

Returns:

the regular expression pattern

Since:

1.8.2

bitwiseNegate

public static java.util.regex.Pattern bitwiseNegate(java.lang.String self)

Turns a String into a regular expression Pattern

Parameters:

self - a String to convert into a regular expression

Returns:

the regular expression pattern

Since:

1.5.0

capitalize

public static java.lang.CharSequence capitalize(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Convenience method to capitalize the first letter of a CharSequence.

Parameters:

self - The CharSequence to capitalize

Returns:

The capitalized CharSequence

See Also:

capitalize(String)

Since:

1.8.2

capitalize

public static java.lang.String capitalize(java.lang.String self)

Convenience method to capitalize the first letter of a string (typically the first letter of a word). Example usage:

 assert 'h'.capitalize() == 'H'
 assert 'hello'.capitalize() == 'Hello'
 assert 'hello world'.capitalize() == 'Hello world'
 assert 'Hello World' ==
     'hello world'.split(' ').collect{ it.capitalize() }.join(' ')
 

Parameters:

self - The string to capitalize

Returns:

The capitalized String

Since:

1.7.3

center

public static java.lang.CharSequence center(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.Number numberOfChars)

Pad a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by numberOfChars by adding the space character around it as many times as needed so that it remains centered.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence object

numberOfChars - the total minimum number of characters of the resulting CharSequence

Returns:

the CharSequence centered with padded characters around it

See Also:

center(String, Number)

Since:

1.8.2

center

public static java.lang.CharSequence center(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.Number numberOfChars, java.lang.CharSequence padding)

Pad a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by numberOfChars, appending the supplied padding CharSequence around the original as many times as needed keeping it centered.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence object

numberOfChars - the total minimum number of characters of the resulting CharSequence

padding - the characters used for padding

Returns:

the CharSequence centered with padded characters around it

See Also:

center(String, Number, String)

Since:

1.8.2

center

public static java.lang.String center(java.lang.String self, java.lang.Number numberOfChars)

Pad a String to a minimum length specified by numberOfChars by adding the space character around it as many times as needed so that it remains centered. If the String is already the same size or bigger than the target numberOfChars, then the original String is returned. An example:

 ['A', 'BB', 'CCC', 'DDDD'].each{ println '|' + it.center(6) + '|' }
 

will produce output like:

 |  A   |
 |  BB  |
 | CCC  |
 | DDDD |
 

Parameters:

self - a String object

numberOfChars - the total minimum number of characters of the resulting string

Returns:

the String centered with padded characters around it

See Also:

center(String, Number, String)

Since:

1.0

center

public static java.lang.String center(java.lang.String self, java.lang.Number numberOfChars, java.lang.String padding)

Pad a String to a minimum length specified by numberOfChars, appending the supplied padding String around the original as many times as needed keeping it centered. If the String is already the same size or bigger than the target numberOfChars, then the original String is returned. An example:

 ['A', 'BB', 'CCC', 'DDDD'].each{ println '|' + it.center(6, '+') + '|' }
 

will produce output like:

 |++A+++|
 |++BB++|
 |+CCC++|
 |+DDDD+|
 

Parameters:

self - a String object

numberOfChars - the total minimum number of characters of the resulting string

padding - the characters used for padding

Returns:

the String centered with padded characters around it

Since:

1.0

collectReplacements

public static java.lang.String collectReplacements(java.lang.String orig, Closure transform)

Iterate through this String a character at a time collecting either the original character or a transformed replacement String. The transform Closure should return null to indicate that no transformation is required for the given character.

 assert "Groovy".collectReplacements{ it == 'o' ? '_O_' : null } == 'Gr_O__O_vy'
 assert "B&W".collectReplacements{ it == '&' ? '&' : null } == 'B&W'
 

Parameters:

orig - the original String

Returns:

A new string in which all characters that require escaping have been replaced with the corresponding replacements as determined by the transform Closure.

contains

public static boolean contains(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.CharSequence text)

Provide an implementation of contains() like java.util.Collection#contains(Object) to make CharSequences more polymorphic.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

text - the CharSequence to look for

Returns:

true if this CharSequence contains the given text

See Also:

contains(String, String)

Since:

1.8.2

contains

public static boolean contains(java.lang.String self, java.lang.String text)

Provide an implementation of contains() like java.util.Collection#contains(Object) to make Strings more polymorphic. This method is not required on JDK 1.5 onwards

Parameters:

self - a String

text - a String to look for

Returns:

true if this string contains the given text

Since:

1.0

count

public static int count(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.CharSequence text)

Count the number of occurrences of a sub CharSequence.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

text - a sub CharSequence

Returns:

the number of occurrences of the given CharSequence inside this CharSequence

See Also:

count(String, String)

Since:

1.8.2

count

public static int count(java.lang.String self, java.lang.String text)

Count the number of occurrences of a substring.

Parameters:

self - a String

text - a substring

Returns:

the number of occurrences of the given string inside this String

Since:

1.0

denormalize

public static java.lang.CharSequence denormalize(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Return a CharSequence with lines (separated by LF, CR/LF, or CR) terminated by the platform specific line separator.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence object

Returns:

the denormalized CharSequence

See Also:

denormalize(String)

Since:

1.8.2

denormalize

public static java.lang.String denormalize(java.lang.String self)

Return a String with lines (separated by LF, CR/LF, or CR) terminated by the platform specific line separator.

Parameters:

self - a String object

Returns:

the denormalized string

Since:

1.6.0

drop

public static java.lang.CharSequence drop(java.lang.CharSequence self, int num)

Drops the given number of chars from the head of this CharSequence if they are available.

     def text = "Groovy"
     assert text.drop( 0 ) == 'Groovy'
     assert text.drop( 2 ) == 'oovy'
     assert text.drop( 7 ) == ''
 

Parameters:

self - the original CharSequence

num - the number of characters to drop from this iterator

Returns:

a CharSequence consisting of all characters except the first num ones, or else an empty String, if this CharSequence has less than num characters.

Since:

1.8.1

dropWhile

public static java.lang.CharSequence dropWhile(java.lang.CharSequence self, Closure condition)

Create a suffix of the given CharSequence by dropping as many characters as possible from the front of the original CharSequence such that calling the given closure condition evaluates to true when passed each of the dropped characters.

 def text = "Groovy"
 assert text.dropWhile{ false } == 'Groovy'
 assert text.dropWhile{ true } == ''
 assert text.dropWhile{ it < 'Z' } == 'roovy'
 assert text.dropWhile{ it != 'v' } == 'vy'
 

Parameters:

self - the original CharSequence

condition - the closure that while continuously evaluating to true will cause us to drop elements from the front of the original CharSequence

Returns:

the shortest suffix of the given CharSequence such that the given closure condition evaluates to true for each element dropped from the front of the CharSequence

Since:

2.0.0

eachLine

public static java.lang.Object eachLine(java.lang.CharSequence self, Closure closure)

Iterates through this CharSequence line by line. Each line is passed to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. If a 2 arg closure is found the line count is passed as the second argument.

throws:

java.io.IOException if an error occurs

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

closure - a closure

Returns:

the last value returned by the closure

See Also:

eachLine(String, groovy.lang.Closure)

Since:

1.8.2

eachLine

public static java.lang.Object eachLine(java.lang.CharSequence self, int firstLine, Closure closure)

eachLine

public static java.lang.Object eachLine(java.lang.String self, Closure closure)

eachLine

public static java.lang.Object eachLine(java.lang.String self, int firstLine, Closure closure)

eachMatch

public static java.lang.String eachMatch(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.CharSequence regex, Closure closure)

Process each regex group matched substring of the given CharSequence. If the closure parameter takes one argument, an array with all match groups is passed to it. If the closure takes as many arguments as there are match groups, then each parameter will be one match group.

Parameters:

self - the source CharSequence

regex - a Regex CharSequence

closure - a closure with one parameter or as much parameters as groups

Returns:

the source CharSequence

See Also:

eachMatch(String, String, groovy.lang.Closure)

Since:

1.8.2

eachMatch

public static java.lang.String eachMatch(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, Closure closure)

eachMatch

public static java.lang.String eachMatch(java.lang.String self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, Closure closure)

eachMatch

public static java.lang.String eachMatch(java.lang.String self, java.lang.String regex, Closure closure)

Expands all tabs into spaces with tabStops of size 8.

Parameters:

self - A CharSequence to expand

Returns:

The expanded CharSequence

See Also:

expand(String)

Since:

1.8.2

expand

public static java.lang.CharSequence expand(java.lang.CharSequence self)

expand

public static java.lang.CharSequence expand(java.lang.CharSequence self, int tabStop)

Expands all tabs into spaces with tabStops of size 8.

Parameters:

self - A String to expand

Returns:

The expanded String

See Also:

expand(String, int)

Since:

1.7.3

expand

public static java.lang.String expand(java.lang.String self)

expand

public static java.lang.String expand(java.lang.String self, int tabStop)

expandLine

public static java.lang.CharSequence expandLine(java.lang.CharSequence self, int tabStop)

Expands all tabs into spaces. Assumes the CharSequence represents a single line of text.

Parameters:

self - A line to expand

tabStop - The number of spaces a tab represents

Returns:

The expanded CharSequence

See Also:

expandLine(String, int)

Since:

1.8.2

expandLine

public static java.lang.String expandLine(java.lang.String self, int tabStop)

find

public static java.lang.CharSequence find(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.CharSequence regex)

find

public static java.lang.CharSequence find(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.CharSequence regex, Closure closure)

Finds the first occurrence of a compiled regular expression Pattern within a CharSequence.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

pattern - the compiled regex Pattern

Returns:

a CharSequence containing the matched portion, or null if the regex pattern doesn't match

See Also:

find(String, java.util.regex.Pattern)

Since:

1.8.2

find

public static java.lang.CharSequence find(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern)

find

public static java.lang.CharSequence find(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, Closure closure)

find

public static java.lang.String find(java.lang.String self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern)

find

public static java.lang.String find(java.lang.String self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, Closure closure)

find

public static java.lang.String find(java.lang.String self, java.lang.String regex)

Finds the first occurrence of a regular expression String within a String. If the regex doesn't match, null will be returned.

For example, if the regex doesn't match the result is null:

     assert null == "New York, NY".find(/\d{5}/)
 

If it does match, we get the matching string back:

      assert "10292" == "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(/\d{5}/)
 

If we have capture groups in our expression, we still get back the full match

      assert "10292-0098" == "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(/(\d{5})-?(\d{4})/)
 

Parameters:

self - a String

regex - the capturing regex

Returns:

a String containing the matched portion, or null if the regex doesn't match

Since:

1.6.1

find

public static java.lang.String find(java.lang.String self, java.lang.String regex, Closure closure)

Returns a (possibly empty) list of all occurrences of a regular expression (in CharSequence format) found within a CharSequence.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

regex - the capturing regex CharSequence

Returns:

a List containing all full matches of the regex within the CharSequence, an empty list will be returned if there are no matches

See Also:

findAll(String, String)

Since:

1.8.2

findAll

public static java.util.List findAll(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.CharSequence regex)

findAll

public static java.util.List findAll(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.CharSequence regex, Closure closure)

Returns a (possibly empty) list of all occurrences of a regular expression (in Pattern format) found within a CharSequence.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

pattern - the compiled regex Pattern

Returns:

a List containing all full matches of the Pattern within the CharSequence, an empty list will be returned if there are no matches

See Also:

findAll(String, java.util.regex.Pattern)

Since:

1.8.2

findAll

public static java.util.List findAll(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern)

findAll

public static java.util.List findAll(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, Closure closure)

findAll

public static java.util.List findAll(java.lang.String self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern)

findAll

public static java.util.List findAll(java.lang.String self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, Closure closure)

Finds all occurrences of a compiled regular expression Pattern within a String. Any matches are passed to the specified closure. The closure is expected to have the full match in the first parameter. If there are any capture groups, they will be placed in subsequent parameters.

If there are no matches, the closure will not be called, and an empty List will be returned.

For example, if the pattern doesn't match, it returns an empty list:

 assert [] == "foo".findAll(~/(\w*) Fish/) { match, firstWord -> return firstWord }
 

Any regular expression matches are passed to the closure, if there are no capture groups, there will be one parameter for the match:

 assert ["couldn't", "wouldn't"] == "I could not, would not, with a fox.".findAll(~/.ould/) { match -> "${match}n't"}
 

If there are capture groups, the first parameter will be the match followed by one parameter for each capture group:

 def orig = "There's a Wocket in my Pocket"
 assert ["W > Wocket", "P > Pocket"] == orig.findAll(~/(.)ocket/) { match, firstLetter -> "$firstLetter > $match" }
 

Parameters:

self - a String

pattern - the compiled regex Pattern

closure - will be passed the full match plus each of the capturing groups

Returns:

a List containing all full matches of the regex Pattern within the string, an empty list will be returned if there are no matches

Since:

1.6.1

findAll

public static java.util.List findAll(java.lang.String self, java.lang.String regex)

findAll

public static java.util.List findAll(java.lang.String self, java.lang.String regex, Closure closure)

getAt

public static java.lang.CharSequence getAt(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.util.Collection indices)

getAt

public static java.lang.CharSequence getAt(java.lang.CharSequence text, EmptyRange range)

Support the range subscript operator for CharSequence or StringBuffer with EmptyRange

Parameters:

text - a CharSequence

range - an EmptyRange

Returns:

the subsequence CharSequence

Since:

1.5.0

getAt

public static java.lang.CharSequence getAt(java.lang.CharSequence text, int index)

Support the range subscript operator for CharSequence or StringBuffer with IntRange

Parameters:

text - a CharSequence

range - an IntRange

Returns:

the subsequence CharSequence

Since:

1.0

getAt

public static java.lang.CharSequence getAt(java.lang.CharSequence text, IntRange range)

Support the range subscript operator for CharSequence

Parameters:

text - a CharSequence

range - a Range

Returns:

the subsequence CharSequence

Since:

1.0

getAt

public static java.lang.CharSequence getAt(java.lang.CharSequence text, Range range)

getAt

public static java.util.List getAt(java.util.regex.Matcher self, java.util.Collection indices)

Select a List of values from a Matcher using a Collection to identify the indices to be selected.

Parameters:

self - a Matcher

indices - a Collection of indices

Returns:

a String of the values at the given indices

Since:

1.6.0

getAt

public static java.lang.Object getAt(java.util.regex.Matcher matcher, int idx)

getAt

public static java.lang.String getAt(java.lang.String self, java.util.Collection indices)

Support the range subscript operator for String with EmptyRange

Parameters:

text - a String

range - an EmptyRange

Returns:

the resulting String

Since:

1.5.0

getAt

public static java.lang.String getAt(java.lang.String text, EmptyRange range)

Support the subscript operator for String.

Parameters:

text - a String

index - the index of the Character to get

Returns:

the Character at the given index

Since:

1.0

getAt

public static java.lang.String getAt(java.lang.String text, int index)

Support the range subscript operator for String with IntRange

Parameters:

text - a String

range - an IntRange

Returns:

the resulting String

Since:

1.0

getAt

public static java.lang.String getAt(java.lang.String text, IntRange range)

Support the range subscript operator for String

Parameters:

text - a String

range - a Range

Returns:

a substring corresponding to the Range

Since:

1.0

getAt

public static java.lang.String getAt(java.lang.String text, Range range)

getChars

public static char[] getChars(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Converts the given CharSequence into an array of characters.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

Returns:

an array of characters

See Also:

getChars(String)

Since:

1.8.2

getChars

public static char[] getChars(java.lang.String self)

Find the number of Strings matched to the given Matcher.

Parameters:

matcher - a Matcher

Returns:

int the number of Strings matched to the given matcher.

Since:

1.0

getCount

public static int getCount(java.util.regex.Matcher matcher)

hasGroup

public static boolean hasGroup(java.util.regex.Matcher matcher)

Check whether a Matcher contains a group or not.

Parameters:

matcher - a Matcher

Returns:

boolean true if matcher contains at least one group.

Since:

1.0

isAllWhitespace

public static boolean isAllWhitespace(java.lang.CharSequence self)

True if a String only contains whitespace characters.

Parameters:

self - The String to check the characters in

Returns:

true If all characters are whitespace characters

See Also:

java.lang.Character#isWhitespace(char)

Since:

1.6

isAllWhitespace

public static boolean isAllWhitespace(java.lang.String self)

Determine if a CharSequence can be parsed as a BigDecimal.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

Returns:

true if the CharSequence can be parsed

See Also:

isBigDecimal(String)

Since:

1.8.2

isBigDecimal

public static boolean isBigDecimal(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Determine if a String can be parsed into a BigDecimal.

Parameters:

self - a String

Returns:

true if the string can be parsed

Since:

1.5.0

isBigDecimal

public static boolean isBigDecimal(java.lang.String self)

isBigInteger

public static boolean isBigInteger(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Determine if a String can be parsed into a BigInteger.

Parameters:

self - a String

Returns:

true if the string can be parsed

Since:

1.5.0

isBigInteger

public static boolean isBigInteger(java.lang.String self)

isCase

public static boolean isCase(java.lang.CharSequence caseValue, java.lang.Object switchValue)

'Case' implementation for a GString, which simply calls the equivalent method for String.

Parameters:

caseValue - the case value

switchValue - the switch value

Returns:

true if the switchValue's toString() equals the caseValue

Since:

1.6.0

isCase

public static boolean isCase(GString caseValue, java.lang.Object switchValue)

isCase

public static boolean isCase(java.util.regex.Pattern caseValue, java.lang.Object switchValue)

isCase

public static boolean isCase(java.lang.String caseValue, java.lang.Object switchValue)

Determine if a CharSequence can be parsed as a Double.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

Returns:

true if the CharSequence can be parsed

See Also:

isDouble(String)

Since:

1.8.2

isDouble

public static boolean isDouble(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Determine if a String can be parsed into a Double.

Parameters:

self - a String

Returns:

true if the string can be parsed

Since:

1.5.0

isDouble

public static boolean isDouble(java.lang.String self)

isFloat

public static boolean isFloat(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Determine if a String can be parsed into a Float.

Parameters:

self - a String

Returns:

true if the string can be parsed

Since:

1.5.0

isFloat

public static boolean isFloat(java.lang.String self)

isInteger

public static boolean isInteger(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Determine if a String can be parsed into an Integer.

Parameters:

self - a String

Returns:

true if the string can be parsed

Since:

1.5.0

isInteger

public static boolean isInteger(java.lang.String self)

isLong

public static boolean isLong(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Determine if a String can be parsed into a Long.

Parameters:

self - a String

Returns:

true if the string can be parsed

Since:

1.5.0

isLong

public static boolean isLong(java.lang.String self)

isNumber

public static boolean isNumber(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Determine if a String can be parsed into a Number. Synonym for 'isBigDecimal()'.

Parameters:

self - a String

Returns:

true if the string can be parsed

See Also:

isBigDecimal(String)

Since:

1.5.0

isNumber

public static boolean isNumber(java.lang.String self)

Returns an java.util.Iterator which traverses each match.

Parameters:

matcher - a Matcher object

Returns:

an Iterator for a Matcher

See Also:

java.util.regex.Matcher#group()

Since:

1.0

iterator

public static java.util.Iterator iterator(java.util.regex.Matcher matcher)

leftShift

public static java.lang.StringBuilder leftShift(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.Object value)

Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append multiple objects as string representations to a CharSequence.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

value - an Object

Returns:

a StringBuilder built from this CharSequence

Since:

1.8.2

leftShift

public static java.lang.StringBuffer leftShift(java.lang.String self, java.lang.Object value)

leftShift

public static java.lang.StringBuffer leftShift(java.lang.StringBuffer self, java.lang.Object value)

leftShift

public static java.lang.StringBuilder leftShift(java.lang.StringBuilder self, java.lang.Object value)

matches

public static boolean matches(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern)

matches

public static boolean matches(java.lang.String self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern)

matchesPartially

public static boolean matchesPartially(java.util.regex.Matcher matcher)

Given a matcher that matches a string against a pattern, this method returns true when the string matches the pattern or if a longer string, could match the pattern. For example:

     def emailPattern = /\w+@\w+\.\w{2,}/

     def matcher = "john@doe" =~ emailPattern
     assert matcher.matchesPartially()

     matcher = "john@doe.com" =~ emailPattern
     assert matcher.matchesPartially()

     matcher = "john@@" =~ emailPattern
     assert !matcher.matchesPartially()
 

Parameters:

matcher - the Matcher

Returns:

true if more input to the String could make the matcher match the associated pattern, false otherwise.

Since:

2.0.0

minus

public static java.lang.CharSequence minus(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.Object target)

minus

public static java.lang.String minus(java.lang.String self, java.lang.Object target)

multiply

public static java.lang.CharSequence multiply(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.Number factor)

Repeat a String a certain number of times.

throws:

IllegalArgumentException if the number of repetitions is < 0

Parameters:

self - a String to be repeated

factor - the number of times the String should be repeated

Returns:

a String composed of a repetition

Since:

1.0

multiply

public static java.lang.String multiply(java.lang.String self, java.lang.Number factor)

next

public static java.lang.CharSequence next(java.lang.CharSequence self)

This method is called by the ++ operator for the class String. It increments the last character in the given string. If the character in the string is Character.MAX_VALUE a Character.MIN_VALUE will be appended. The empty string is incremented to a string consisting of the character Character.MIN_VALUE.

Parameters:

self - a String

Returns:

an incremented String

Since:

1.0

next

public static java.lang.String next(java.lang.String self)

normalize

public static java.lang.CharSequence normalize(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Return a String with linefeeds and carriage returns normalized to linefeeds.

Parameters:

self - a String object

Returns:

the normalized string

Since:

1.6.0

normalize

public static java.lang.String normalize(java.lang.String self)

padLeft

public static java.lang.CharSequence padLeft(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.Number numberOfChars)

Pad a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by numberOfChars by adding the space character to the left as many times as needed.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence object

numberOfChars - the total minimum number of characters of the resulting CharSequence

Returns:

the CharSequence padded to the left

See Also:

padLeft(CharSequence, Number, CharSequence)

Since:

1.8.2

padLeft

public static java.lang.CharSequence padLeft(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.Number numberOfChars, java.lang.CharSequence padding)

padLeft

public static java.lang.String padLeft(java.lang.String self, java.lang.Number numberOfChars)

padLeft

public static java.lang.String padLeft(java.lang.String self, java.lang.Number numberOfChars, java.lang.String padding)

Pad a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by numberOfChars by adding the space character to the right as many times as needed.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence object

numberOfChars - the total minimum number of characters of the resulting string

Returns:

the CharSequence padded to the right

See Also:

padRight(String, Number)

Since:

1.8.2

padRight

public static java.lang.CharSequence padRight(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.Number numberOfChars)

Pad a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by numberOfChars, adding the supplied padding CharSequence as many times as needed to the right.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence object

numberOfChars - the total minimum number of characters of the resulting CharSequence

padding - the characters used for padding

Returns:

the CharSequence padded to the right

See Also:

padRight(String, Number, String)

Since:

1.8.2

padRight

public static java.lang.CharSequence padRight(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.Number numberOfChars, java.lang.CharSequence padding)

padRight

public static java.lang.String padRight(java.lang.String self, java.lang.Number numberOfChars)

padRight

public static java.lang.String padRight(java.lang.String self, java.lang.Number numberOfChars, java.lang.String padding)

Appends the String representation of the given operand to this string.

Parameters:

left - a CharSequence

value - any Object

Returns:

the new CharSequence with the object appended

Since:

1.8.2

plus

public static java.lang.CharSequence plus(java.lang.CharSequence left, java.lang.Object value)

Appends a String to the string representation of this number.

Parameters:

value - a Number

right - a String

Returns:

a String

Since:

1.0

plus

public static java.lang.String plus(java.lang.Number value, java.lang.String right)

plus

public static java.lang.String plus(java.lang.String left, java.lang.Object value)

plus

public static java.lang.String plus(java.lang.StringBuffer left, java.lang.String value)

previous

public static java.lang.CharSequence previous(java.lang.CharSequence self)

previous

public static java.lang.String previous(java.lang.String self)

putAt

public static void putAt(java.lang.StringBuffer self, EmptyRange range, java.lang.Object value)

Support the range subscript operator for StringBuffer. Index values are treated as characters within the buffer.

Parameters:

self - a StringBuffer

range - a Range

value - the object that's toString() will be inserted

Since:

1.0

putAt

public static void putAt(java.lang.StringBuffer self, IntRange range, java.lang.Object value)

readLines

public static java.util.List readLines(java.lang.CharSequence self)

readLines

public static java.util.List readLines(java.lang.String self)

replaceAll

public static java.lang.CharSequence replaceAll(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.CharSequence regex, java.lang.CharSequence replacement)

replaceAll

public static java.lang.CharSequence replaceAll(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.CharSequence regex, Closure closure)

replaceAll

public static java.lang.CharSequence replaceAll(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, java.lang.CharSequence replacement)

replaceAll

public static java.lang.String replaceAll(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, Closure closure)

replaceAll

public static java.lang.String replaceAll(java.lang.String self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, Closure closure)

replaceAll

public static java.lang.String replaceAll(java.lang.String self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, java.lang.String replacement)

replaceAll

public static java.lang.String replaceAll(java.lang.String self, java.lang.String regex, Closure closure)

Replaces the first substring of this CharSequence that matches the given regular expression with the given replacement.

throws:

java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException if the regular expression's syntax is invalid

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

regex - the capturing regex

replacement - the capturing regex

Returns:

a CharSequence with replaced content

See Also:

java.lang.String#replaceAll(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

Since:

1.8.2

replaceFirst

public static java.lang.String replaceFirst(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.CharSequence regex, java.lang.CharSequence replacement)

replaceFirst

public static java.lang.String replaceFirst(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.CharSequence regex, Closure closure)

replaceFirst

public static java.lang.CharSequence replaceFirst(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, java.lang.CharSequence replacement)

replaceFirst

public static java.lang.String replaceFirst(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, Closure closure)

replaceFirst

public static java.lang.String replaceFirst(java.lang.String self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, Closure closure)

replaceFirst

public static java.lang.String replaceFirst(java.lang.String self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, java.lang.String replacement)

replaceFirst

public static java.lang.String replaceFirst(java.lang.String self, java.lang.String regex, Closure closure)

Creates a new CharSequence which is the reverse (backwards) of this string

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

Returns:

a new CharSequence with all the characters reversed.

See Also:

reverse(String)

Since:

1.8.2

reverse

public static java.lang.CharSequence reverse(java.lang.CharSequence self)

reverse

public static java.lang.String reverse(java.lang.String self)

setIndex

public static void setIndex(java.util.regex.Matcher matcher, int idx)

size

public static int size(java.lang.CharSequence text)

Provide the standard Groovy size() method for CharSequence.

Parameters:

text - a CharSequence

Returns:

the length of the CharSequence

Since:

1.8.2

size

public static long size(java.util.regex.Matcher self)

size

public static int size(java.lang.String text)

size

public static int size(java.lang.StringBuffer buffer)

split

public static java.lang.CharSequence[] split(java.lang.CharSequence self)

split

public static java.lang.String[] split(GString self)

split

public static java.lang.String[] split(java.lang.String self)

splitEachLine

public static java.lang.Object splitEachLine(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.CharSequence regex, Closure closure)

Iterates through the given CharSequence line by line, splitting each line using the given separator Pattern. The list of tokens for each line is then passed to the given closure.

throws:

java.io.IOException if an error occurs

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

pattern - the regular expression Pattern for the delimiter

closure - a closure

Returns:

the last value returned by the closure

See Also:

splitEachLine(String, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)

Since:

1.8.2

splitEachLine

public static java.lang.Object splitEachLine(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, Closure closure)

Iterates through the given String line by line, splitting each line using the given separator Pattern. The list of tokens for each line is then passed to the given closure.

throws:

java.io.IOException if an error occurs

Parameters:

self - a String

pattern - the regular expression Pattern for the delimiter

closure - a closure

Returns:

the last value returned by the closure

See Also:

java.util.regex.Pattern#split(CharSequence)

Since:

1.6.8

splitEachLine

public static java.lang.Object splitEachLine(java.lang.String self, java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, Closure closure)

splitEachLine

public static java.lang.Object splitEachLine(java.lang.String self, java.lang.String regex, Closure closure)

Strip leading spaces from every line in a CharSequence. The line with the least number of leading spaces determines the number to remove. Lines only containing whitespace are ignored when calculating the number of leading spaces to strip.

Parameters:

self - The CharSequence to strip the leading spaces from

Returns:

the stripped CharSequence

See Also:

stripIndent(String)

Since:

1.8.2

stripIndent

public static java.lang.CharSequence stripIndent(java.lang.CharSequence self)

stripIndent

public static java.lang.CharSequence stripIndent(java.lang.CharSequence self, int numChars)

stripIndent

public static java.lang.String stripIndent(java.lang.String self)

stripIndent

public static java.lang.String stripIndent(java.lang.String self, int numChars)

stripMargin

public static java.lang.CharSequence stripMargin(java.lang.CharSequence self)

stripMargin

public static java.lang.CharSequence stripMargin(java.lang.CharSequence self, char marginChar)

stripMargin

public static java.lang.String stripMargin(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.CharSequence marginChar)

stripMargin

public static java.lang.String stripMargin(java.lang.String self)

stripMargin

public static java.lang.String stripMargin(java.lang.String self, char marginChar)

stripMargin

public static java.lang.String stripMargin(java.lang.String self, java.lang.String marginChar)

take

public static java.lang.CharSequence take(java.lang.CharSequence self, int num)

Returns the longest prefix of this CharSequence where each element passed to the given closure evaluates to true.

 def text = "Groovy"
 assert text.takeWhile{ it < 'A' } == ''
 assert text.takeWhile{ it < 'Z' } == 'G'
 assert text.takeWhile{ it != 'v' } == 'Groo'
 assert text.takeWhile{ it < 'z' } == 'Groovy'
 

Parameters:

self - the original CharSequence

condition - the closure that must evaluate to true to continue taking elements

Returns:

a prefix of elements in the CharSequence where each element passed to the given closure evaluates to true

Since:

2.0.0

takeWhile

public static java.lang.CharSequence takeWhile(java.lang.CharSequence self, Closure condition)

Parse a CharSequence into a BigDecimal

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

Returns:

a BigDecimal

See Also:

toBigDecimal(String)

Since:

1.8.2

toBigDecimal

public static java.math.BigDecimal toBigDecimal(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Parse a CharSequence into a BigInteger

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

Returns:

a BigInteger

See Also:

toBigInteger(String)

Since:

1.8.2

toBigDecimal

public static java.math.BigDecimal toBigDecimal(java.lang.String self)

toBigInteger

public static java.math.BigInteger toBigInteger(java.lang.CharSequence self)

toBigInteger

public static java.math.BigInteger toBigInteger(java.lang.String self)

toBoolean

public static java.lang.Boolean toBoolean(java.lang.String self)

toCharacter

public static java.lang.Character toCharacter(java.lang.String self)

Parse a String into a Double

Parameters:

self - a String

Returns:

a Double

Since:

1.0

toDouble

public static java.lang.Double toDouble(java.lang.CharSequence self)

toDouble

public static java.lang.Double toDouble(java.lang.String self)

toFloat

public static java.lang.Float toFloat(java.lang.CharSequence self)

toFloat

public static java.lang.Float toFloat(java.lang.String self)

toInteger

public static java.lang.Integer toInteger(java.lang.CharSequence self)

toInteger

public static java.lang.Integer toInteger(java.lang.String self)

toList

public static java.util.List toList(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Parse a CharSequence into a Long

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

Returns:

a Long

See Also:

toLong(String)

Since:

1.8.2

toList

public static java.util.List toList(java.lang.String self)

Parse a String into a Long

Parameters:

self - a String

Returns:

a Long

Since:

1.0

toLong

public static java.lang.Long toLong(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Converts the given CharSequence into a Set of unique CharSequence of one character.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

Returns:

a Set of unique character CharSequence (each a 1-character CharSequence)

See Also:

toSet(String)

Since:

1.8.2

toLong

public static java.lang.Long toLong(java.lang.String self)

toSet

public static java.util.Set toSet(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Parse a CharSequence into a Short

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

Returns:

a Short

See Also:

toShort(String)

Since:

1.8.2

toSet

public static java.util.Set toSet(java.lang.String self)

Parse a String into a Short

Parameters:

self - a String

Returns:

a Short

Since:

1.5.7

toShort

public static java.lang.Short toShort(java.lang.CharSequence self)

toShort

public static java.lang.Short toShort(java.lang.String self)

tokenize

public static java.util.List tokenize(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Tokenize a CharSequence based on the given CharSequence delimiter.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

token - the delimiter

Returns:

a List of tokens

See Also:

tokenize(String, String)

Since:

1.8.2

tokenize

public static java.util.List tokenize(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.Character token)

Tokenize a String (with a whitespace as the delimiter).

Parameters:

self - a String

Returns:

a List of tokens

See Also:

java.util.StringTokenizer#StringTokenizer(String)

Since:

1.0

tokenize

public static java.util.List tokenize(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.CharSequence token)

tokenize

* @see java.util.StringTokenizer#StringTokenizer(String, String)
public static java.util.List tokenize(java.lang.String self)

tokenize

public static java.util.List tokenize(java.lang.String self, java.lang.Character token)

Converts the given CharSequence into a List of CharSequence of one character.

Parameters:

self - a CharSequence

Returns:

a List of characters (a 1-character CharSequence)

See Also:

toSet(String)

Since:

1.8.2

tokenize

}
public static java.util.List tokenize(java.lang.String self, java.lang.String token)

Converts the given String into a List of strings of one character.

Parameters:

self - a String

Returns:

a List of characters (a 1-character String)

Since:

1.0

tr

public static java.lang.CharSequence tr(java.lang.CharSequence self, java.lang.CharSequence sourceSet, java.lang.CharSequence replacementSet)

tr

public static java.lang.String tr(java.lang.String self, java.lang.String sourceSet, java.lang.String replacementSet)

Replaces sequences of whitespaces with tabs using tabStops of size 8.

Parameters:

self - A CharSequence to unexpand

Returns:

The unexpanded CharSequence

See Also:

unexpand(String)

Since:

1.8.2

unexpand

public static java.lang.CharSequence unexpand(java.lang.CharSequence self)

Replaces sequences of whitespaces with tabs using tabStops of size 8.

Parameters:

self - A String to unexpand

Returns:

The unexpanded String

See Also:

unexpand(String, int)

Since:

1.7.3

unexpand

public static java.lang.CharSequence unexpand(java.lang.CharSequence self, int tabStop)

Replaces sequences of whitespaces with tabs.

Parameters:

self - A String to unexpand

tabStop - The number of spaces a tab represents

Returns:

The unexpanded String

Since:

1.7.3

unexpand

public static java.lang.String unexpand(java.lang.String self)

unexpand

public static java.lang.String unexpand(java.lang.String self, int tabStop)

Replaces sequences of whitespaces with tabs within a line.

Parameters:

self - A line to unexpand

tabStop - The number of spaces a tab represents

Returns:

The unexpanded CharSequence

See Also:

unexpandLine(String, int)

Since:

1.8.2

unexpandLine

public static java.lang.CharSequence unexpandLine(java.lang.CharSequence self, int tabStop)

Replaces sequences of whitespaces with tabs within a line.

Parameters:

self - A line to unexpand

tabStop - The number of spaces a tab represents

Returns:

The unexpanded String

Since:

1.7.3

unexpandLine

public static java.lang.String unexpandLine(java.lang.String self, int tabStop)

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