ebgeo.maprequest
Class StringUtils

java.lang.Object
  ebgeo.maprequest.StringUtils

public class StringUtils

extends Object

Various String utility methods.

Method Summary

static String

formatStringForDateTime(String input, Locale locale) Format a string searching for special character combinations, and replacing them with appropriately formatted date/time symbols for a specified locale.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

formatStringForDateTime

public static String formatStringForDateTime(String input,
                                             Locale locale)

Format a string searching for special character combinations, and replacing them with appropriately formatted date/time symbols for a specified locale. This method works in a similar way to strftime() under Un*x systems. Recognised symbols:

Symbol	Replace with
%Y	Current year with century as a decimal number
%%	%

Parameters:

input - The input string containing the special character combinations.

locale - The locale to use when formatting date/time symbols.

Returns:

Returns the input string with the special character combinations replaced by formatted date/time symbols.