echopoint.util
Class TokenizerKit

java.lang.Object
  echopoint.util.TokenizerKit

public class TokenizerKit

extends java.lang.Object

The TokenizerKit class is useful for break a String down into an array of "Token" strings. This class is more powerful than the standard java.util.StringTokenizer.

Method Summary

static java.lang.String[]	tokenize(java.lang.String str, java.lang.String delims) Tokenizes a string into an array of Strings based on the delimeters while respecting the quote characters ' and " as well defining whitespace characters 0 to 32 as delimeters.
static java.lang.String[]	tokenizeStrict(java.lang.String str, java.lang.String delims) Tokenizes a string into an array of Strings based on the delimeters while respecting the quote characters ' and " but the common whitespace characters space, tab, carriage return and newline are no longer whitespace.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

tokenize

public static java.lang.String[] tokenize(java.lang.String str,
                                          java.lang.String delims)

Tokenizes a string into an array of Strings based on the delimeters while respecting the quote characters ' and " as well defining whitespace characters 0 to 32 as delimeters.

Parameters:

str - - the string to tokenize

delims - - the string of allowable delimeter characters

Returns:

and String[] of tokens

tokenizeStrict

public static java.lang.String[] tokenizeStrict(java.lang.String str,
                                                java.lang.String delims)

Tokenizes a string into an array of Strings based on the delimeters while respecting the quote characters ' and " but the common whitespace characters space, tab, carriage return and newline are no longer whitespace.

Parameters:

str - - the string to tokenize

delims - - the string of allowable delimeter characters

Returns:

and String[] of tokens