Java String Capitalize capitalize(String constraint)

Description

Capitalizes a string, which means the first character will be uppercase and the other characters will be lowercase.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
constraint	a parameter

Declaration

public static String capitalize(String constraint) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from ww w  . j  a  v  a2 s. c o  m*/
$Id: StringUtils.java,v 1.2 2004-10-18 14:10:47 mvdb Exp $
    
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Capitalizes a string, which means the first character
     * will be uppercase and the other characters will be lowercase.
     * @param constraint
     */
    public static String capitalize(String constraint) {
        if (constraint == null || constraint.length() == 0) {
            return constraint;
        }
        constraint = constraint.toLowerCase();
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
        buffer.append(Character.toUpperCase(constraint.charAt(0)));
        buffer.append(constraint.substring(1));
        return buffer.toString();
    }
}

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