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/**
 * The utillib library.
 * More information is available at http://www.jinchess.com/.
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Alexander Maryanovsky.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * The utillib library is free software; you can redistribute
 * it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * The utillib library is distributed in the hope that it will
 * be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with utillib library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

import java.util.StringTokenizer;

/**
 * A utility class which provides many useful text manipulation methods.
 */

public class TextUtilities {

    /**
     * Pads the beginning of the given String with the given character until it's
     * <code>length</code> characters long. If the given String's size is already
     * <code>length</code> or larger, the given string is returned as is.
     */

    public static String padStart(String s, char c, int length) {
        if (s.length() >= length)
            return s;

        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(s);
        for (int i = s.length(); i < length; i++)
            buf.insert(0, c);

        return buf.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Pads the end of the given String with the given character until it's
     * <code>length</code> characters long. If the given String's size is already
     * <code>length</code> or larger, the given string is returned as is.
     */

    public static String padEnd(String s, char c, int length) {
        if (s.length() >= length)
            return s;

        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(s);
        for (int i = s.length(); i < length; i++)
            buf.append(c);

        return buf.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Pads the given String on both sides equally (if possible) with the given 
     * character until it's <code>length</code> characters long. If the given 
     * String's size is already <code>length</code> or larger, the given 
     * string is returned as is.
     */

    public static String padSides(String s, char c, int length) {
        if (s.length() >= length)
            return s;

        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(s);
        for (int i = s.length(); i < length - 1; i += 2) {
            buf.insert(0, c);
            buf.append(c);
        }

        if (buf.length() < length)
            buf.insert(0, c);

        return buf.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Trims the specified string on the right only.
     */

    public static String trimRight(String s) {
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(s);
        int length = buf.length();
        while (Character.isWhitespace(buf.charAt(length - 1)))
            buf.setLength(--length);

        return buf.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Trims the specified string on the left only.
     */

    public static String trimLeft(String s) {
        int i = 0;
        while (Character.isWhitespace(s.charAt(i)))
            i++;

        return s.substring(i);
    }

    /**
     * <P>Returns a substring of the given StringBuffer's string which consists of
     * the characters from the beginning of it until the first occurrence of the
     * given delimiter string or if the delimiter doesn't occur, until the end
     * of the string. The StringBuffer is modified so it no longer contains those
     * characters or the delimiter.
     * <P>Examples:
     * <UL>
     *   <LI>nextToken(new StringBuffer("abcdefgh"), "de") returns "abc" and
     *       the StringBuffer is modified to represent the string "fgh".
     *   <LI>nextToken(new StringBuffer("abcdefgh"), "a") returns an empty string
     *       and the StringBuffer is modified to represent the string "bcdefgh".
     *   <LI>nextToken(new StringBuffer("abcdefgh"), "k") returns "abcdefgh" and
     *       the StringBuffer is modified to represent an empty string.
     * </UL>
     */

    public static String nextToken(StringBuffer buf, String delimiter) {
        String bufStr = buf.toString();
        int delimIndex = bufStr.indexOf(delimiter);

        if (delimIndex == -1) {
            buf.setLength(0);
            return bufStr;
        }

        String str = bufStr.substring(0, delimIndex);
        buf.reverse();
        buf.setLength(buf.length() - delimIndex - delimiter.length());
        buf.reverse();

        return str;
    }

    /**
     * Returns an array of the tokens produced by the specified string with the
     * specified delimiter characters.
     */

    public static String[] getTokens(String text, String delimiters) {
        StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(text, delimiters);
        String[] tokens = new String[tokenizer.countTokens()];
        for (int i = 0; i < tokens.length; i++)
            tokens[i] = tokenizer.nextToken();

        return tokens;
    }

    /**
     * Parses the specified list of integers delimited by the specified
     * delimiters.
     */

    public static int[] parseIntList(String text, String delimiters) {
        StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(text, delimiters);
        int[] tokens = new int[tokenizer.countTokens()];
        for (int i = 0; i < tokens.length; i++)
            tokens[i] = Integer.parseInt(tokenizer.nextToken());

        return tokens;
    }

    /**
     * Translates the specified resource name into the context of the specified
     * class. Basically, this method returns the name of the resource you need to
     * use when loading via a classloader, if via the specified class you would
     * load it simply with <code>Class.getResource(resourceName)</code>.
     */

    public static String translateResource(Class c, String resourceName) {
        String path = c.getName();
        int dotIndex = path.lastIndexOf('.');
        if (dotIndex != -1) {
            path = path.substring(0, dotIndex);
            path = path.replace('.', '/') + '/' + resourceName;
        } else
            return resourceName;

        return path;
    }

    /**
     * Breaks the specified text into lines no longer than the specified length,
     * without breaking words. The breaking is done by inserting newlines at
     * appropriate locations. Note that if there are words longer than
     * <code>maxLength</code>, they will not be broken.
     */

    public static String breakIntoLines(String text, int maxLength) {
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(text);
        text = text + " "; // Fake an extra space at the end to simplify the algorithm 

        int lastNewline = -1; // The index of the last newline
        int lastSpace = -1; // The index of the last space
        int curSpace; // The index of the current space

        while ((curSpace = text.indexOf(' ', lastSpace + 1)) != -1) {
            if ((curSpace - lastNewline - 1 > maxLength) && (lastSpace > lastNewline)) {
                // lastSpace == lastNewline means the current word is longer than maxLength
                buf.setCharAt(lastSpace, '\n');
                lastNewline = lastSpace;
            }

            lastSpace = curSpace;
        }

        return buf.toString();
    }

}