Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { private static String changeFirstCharacterCase(String str, boolean capitalize) { if (str == null || str.length() == 0) { return str; } StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(str.length()); if (capitalize) { sb.append(Character.toUpperCase(str.charAt(0))); } else { sb.append(Character.toLowerCase(str.charAt(0))); } sb.append(str.substring(1)); return sb.toString(); } }