com.cloudhopper.commons.charset

Class MobileTextUtil

java.lang.Object

com.cloudhopper.commons.charset.MobileTextUtil

public class MobileTextUtil
extends Object

Utility class for working with text used on mobile phones (primarily SMS). Helpful methods for converting unicode characters into their ascii equivalents such as smart quotes to dumb quotes.

Author:

joelauer (twitter: @jjlauer or http://twitter.com/jjlauer)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static char[][]	CHAR_TABLE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MobileTextUtil()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static int	replaceAccentedChars(StringBuilder buffer) Replace accented characters with their ascii equivalents.
static int	replaceSafeUnicodeChars(StringBuilder buffer) Replace unicode characters with their ascii equivalents, limiting replacement to "safe" characters such as smart quotes to dumb quotes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CHAR_TABLE

public static final char[][] CHAR_TABLE

Constructor Detail

MobileTextUtil

public MobileTextUtil()

Method Detail

replaceSafeUnicodeChars

public static int replaceSafeUnicodeChars(StringBuilder buffer)

Replace unicode characters with their ascii equivalents, limiting replacement to "safe" characters such as smart quotes to dumb quotes. "Safe" is subjective, but generally the agreement is that these character replacements should not change the meaning of the string in any meaninful way.

Parameters:

buffer - The buffer containing the characters to analyze and replace if necessary.

Returns:

The number of characters replaced

replaceAccentedChars

public static int replaceAccentedChars(StringBuilder buffer)

Replace accented characters with their ascii equivalents. For example, convert é to e.

NOTE: This method is not very efficient. The String will be copied twice during conversion, so you'll likely only want to run this against small strings.

Parameters:

buffer - The buffer containing the characters to analyze and replace if necessary.

Returns:

The number of characters replaced