Java String Capitalize capitalize(String str, char... delimiters)

Description

Capitalizes all the delimiter separated words in a String.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
str	the String to capitalize, may be null
delimiters	set of characters to determine capitalization, null means whitespace

Return

capitalized String, null if null String input

Declaration

public static String capitalize(String str, char... delimiters) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * <p>Capitalizes all the delimiter separated words in a String.
     * Only the first letter of each word is changed. To convert the 
     * rest of each word to lowercase at the same time, 
     * use {@link #capitalizeFully(String, char[])}.</p>
     *
     * <p>The delimiters represent a set of characters understood to separate words.
     * The first string character and the first non-delimiter character after a
     * delimiter will be capitalized. </p>
     *
     * <p>A <code>null</code> input String returns <code>null</code>.
     * Capitalization uses the Unicode title case, normally equivalent to
     * upper case.</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * WordUtils.capitalize(null, *)            = null
     * WordUtils.capitalize("", *)              = ""
     * WordUtils.capitalize(*, new char[0])     = *
     * WordUtils.capitalize("i am fine", null)  = "I Am Fine"
     * WordUtils.capitalize("i aM.fine", {'.'}) = "I aM.Fine"
     * </pre>
     * 
     * @param str  the String to capitalize, may be null
     * @param delimiters  set of characters to determine capitalization, null means whitespace
     * @return capitalized String, <code>null</code> if null String input
     * @see #uncapitalize(String)
     * @see #capitalizeFully(String)
     * @since 2.1
     */
    public static String capitalize(String str, char... delimiters) {
        int delimLen = delimiters == null ? -1 : delimiters.length;
        char[] buffer = str.toCharArray();
        boolean capitalizeNext = true;
        for (int i = 0; i < buffer.length; i++) {
            char ch = buffer[i];
            if (isDelimiter(ch, delimiters)) {
                capitalizeNext = true;
            } else if (capitalizeNext) {
                buffer[i] = Character.toTitleCase(ch);
                capitalizeNext = false;
            }
        }
        return new String(buffer);
    }

    /**
     * Is the character a delimiter.
     *
     * @param ch  the character to check
     * @param delimiters  the delimiters
     * @return true if it is a delimiter
     */
    private static boolean isDelimiter(char ch, char[] delimiters) {
        if (delimiters == null) {
            return Character.isWhitespace(ch);
        }
        for (char delimiter : delimiters) {
            if (ch == delimiter) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
}

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