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/* * Copyright 2012 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. */ package com.trenako.utility; import java.text.Normalizer; import java.text.Normalizer.Form; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; import java.util.regex.Pattern; import org.springframework.util.Assert; /** * It converts a string to a "slug". * * @see <a href="http://www.codecodex.com/wiki/Generate_a_url_slug#Java">Original implementation</a> */ public class Slug { private static final Pattern NONLATIN = Pattern.compile("[^\\w-]"); private static final Pattern WHITESPACE = Pattern.compile("[\\s]"); private Slug() { } /** * Encodes the provided String as {@code slug}. * * @param input the String to be encoded * @return the slug */ public static String encode(String input) { Assert.notNull(input, "The input string must be not null"); String nowhitespace = WHITESPACE.matcher(input).replaceAll("-"); String normalized = Normalizer.normalize(nowhitespace, Form.NFD); String slug = NONLATIN.matcher(normalized).replaceAll(""); return slug.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH); } /** * Encodes the provided Date as {@code slug}. * * @param date the date to be encoded * @return the slug */ public static String encode(Date date) { SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); return new StringBuilder(sdf.format(date)).toString(); } public static String encodeFull(Date date) { SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd_hh-mm-ss"); return new StringBuilder(sdf.format(date)).toString(); } }