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/* * MIT License * * Copyright (c) 2017 JUAN CALVOPINA M * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all * copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE * SOFTWARE. * */ package com.jcalvopinam.utils; import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Random; /** * @author juanca <juan.calvopina+dev@gmail.com> */ public class Utilities { public static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd"; private static final String DATE_MATCH_FORMAT = "\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}"; /** * If the input parameter is integer, then converts the String input to Integer output else return null * * @param input * @return */ public static Integer isInteger(String input) { Integer output = 0; if (StringUtils.isNumeric(input)) { output = Integer.parseInt(input); } return output; } /** * Convert date from String to Date object * * @param date * @return * @throws Exception */ public static Date matchDate(String date) { try { if (hasFormat(date)) { DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT); return formatter.parse(date); } } catch (ParseException pe) { pe.printStackTrace(); } return null; } /** * Check if the string has a Date format * * @param date * @return */ private static boolean hasFormat(String date) { return date.matches(DATE_MATCH_FORMAT); } /** * Gets random user names * * @return */ public static String getRandomUsers() { final String words = "Andrea:Juan:Isaac:Sandra:Michael:Annabel"; String[] wordsAsArray = words.split(":"); int index = new Random().nextInt(wordsAsArray.length); return wordsAsArray[index]; } }