BeanUtils (Groovy 3.0.13)

java.lang.Object

org.apache.groovy.util.BeanUtils

public class BeanUtils
extends Object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static String`	`capitalize(String property)`	This is the complement the behavior of the decapitalize(string) method.
`static String`	`decapitalize(String property)`	Returns a new String which is the same as the original except the first letter will be lowercase except for some special cases as per JavaBean handling.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details
- decapitalize
  
  public static String decapitalize(String property)
  
  Returns a new String which is the same as the original except the first letter will be lowercase except for some special cases as per JavaBean handling. In particular, if the first two letters are both uppercase, e.g. URL, then no change of case occurs. Originally inspired by the method with the same name in java.lang.Introspector. See also: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4052840/most-efficient-way-to-make-the-first-character-of-a-string-lower-case/4052914
  
  Parameters:
  
  property - a string representing the name of a JavaBean-like property
  
  Returns:
  
  the decapitalized string
- capitalize
  
  public static String capitalize(String property)
  
  This is the complement the behavior of the decapitalize(string) method. We handle names that begin with an initial lowerCase followed by upperCase with special JavaBean behavior (which is to make no change). See GROOVY-3211.
  
  Parameters:
  
  property - the property name to capitalize
  
  Returns:
  
  the name capitalized, except when we don't