Package com.xero.api

Class StringUtil

java.lang.Object

com.xero.api.StringUtil

public class StringUtil
extends Object

StringUtil has helper methods for String and Date conversions

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
StringUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	containsIgnoreCase(String[] array, String value)	Check if the given array contains the given value (with case-insensitive comparison).
org.threeten.bp.LocalDate	convertStringToDate(String date)	Convert string to date
org.threeten.bp.LocalDateTime	convertStringToLocalDateTime(String date)	Convert string to datetime
org.threeten.bp.OffsetDateTime	convertStringToOffsetDateTime(String date)	Convert string to datetime
static String	join(String[] array, String separator)	Join an array of strings with the given separator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

StringUtil

public StringUtil()

Method Details

containsIgnoreCase

public static boolean containsIgnoreCase(String[] array,
 String value)

Check if the given array contains the given value (with case-insensitive comparison).

Parameters:

array - The array

value - The value to search

Returns:

true if the array contains the value

join

public static String join(String[] array,
 String separator)

Join an array of strings with the given separator.

Note: This might be replaced by utility method from commons-lang or guava someday if one of those libraries is added as dependency.

Parameters:

array - The array of strings

separator - The separator

Returns:

the resulting string

convertStringToDate

public org.threeten.bp.LocalDate convertStringToDate(String date)
                                              throws IOException

Convert string to date

Parameters:

date - String is a date in MS DateFormat

Returns:

LocalDate a standard date

Throws:

IOException - thown if string pattern matching and formatting fails

convertStringToOffsetDateTime

public org.threeten.bp.OffsetDateTime convertStringToOffsetDateTime(String date)
                                                             throws IOException

Convert string to datetime

Parameters:

date - String is a date in MS DateFormat

Returns:

OffsetDateTime an offset date time set to UTC

Throws:

IOException - thown if string pattern matching and formatting fails

convertStringToLocalDateTime

public org.threeten.bp.LocalDateTime convertStringToLocalDateTime(String date)
                                                           throws IOException

Convert string to datetime

Parameters:

date - String is a date in MS DateFormat

Returns:

LocalDateTime an local date time

Throws:

IOException - thown if string pattern matching and formatting fails