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/*
 * The contents of this file are subject to the Sapient Public License
 * Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * http://carbon.sf.net/License.html.
 *
 * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
 * the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License.
 *
 * The Original Code is The Carbon Component Framework.
 *
 * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Sapient Corporation
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2003 Sapient Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

/**
 * <p>Utilities for strings.</p>
 *
 *
 * Copyright 2002 Sapient
 * @since carbon 1.0
 * @author Greg Hinkle, May 2002
 * @version $Revision: 1.5 $($Author: dvoet $ / $Date: 2003/05/05 21:21:24 $)
 */
public class StringUtil {
    /**
     * <p> Converts a string to a Set. Breaks the string to characters and store
     * each character in a Set.
     *
     * @param string the string to convert
     * @return a <code>Set</code> containing all characters in the text string parameter
     */
    public static Set convertToSet(String string) {

        // Result hashset
        Set resultSet = new HashSet();

        for (int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++) {
            resultSet.add(new Character(string.charAt(i)));
        }

        // Return result
        return resultSet;
    }

    /**
     * <p> Converts a char array to a Set. Puts all characters in the array to a Set.
     *
     * @param charArray an array of <CODE>char</CODE>s
     * @return a <code>set</code> containing all characters in the char array
     */
    public static Set convertToSet(char[] charArray) {

        // Result hashset
        Set resultSet = new HashSet();

        for (int i = 0; i < charArray.length; i++) {
            resultSet.add(new Character(charArray[i]));
        }

        // Return result
        return resultSet;
    }
}