Capitlize each word in a string (journal titles, etc)

    
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public class Utils {

  /**
   * Capitlize each word in a string (journal titles, etc)
   * 
   * @param text
   *          Text to inspect
   * @return Capitalized text
   */
  public static String capitalize(String text) {
    StringBuilder resultText;
    char previousC;

    resultText = new StringBuilder();
    previousC = '.';

    for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) {
      char c = text.charAt(i);

      if (Character.isLetter(c) && !Character.isLetter(previousC)) {
        resultText.append(Character.toUpperCase(c));
      } else {
        resultText.append(c);
      }
      previousC = c;
    }
    return resultText.toString();
  }
}

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