Java String Collapse collapse(String str, String characters, String replacement)

Description

collapse

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String collapse(String str, String characters, String replacement) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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 *
 *  Copyright 2007 by Digital Solution Center, Samsung Electronics, Inc.,
 *   All rights reserved.
 *
 *  This software is the confidential and proprietary information
 *  of Samsung Electronics, Inc. ("Confidential Information").  You
 *  shall not disclose such Confidential Information and shall use
 *  it only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement
 *  you entered into with Samsung.
 *
 *
 */

public class Main {

    public static String collapse(String str, String characters, String replacement) {
        if (str == null) {
            return null;
        }

        StringBuffer newStr = new StringBuffer();

        boolean prevCharMatched = false;
        char c;
        for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
            c = str.charAt(i);
            if (characters.indexOf(c) != -1) {
                // this character is matched
                if (prevCharMatched) {
                    // apparently a string of matched chars, so don't append anything
                    // to the string
                    continue;
                }
                prevCharMatched = true;
                newStr.append(replacement);
            } else {
                prevCharMatched = false;
                newStr.append(c);
            }
        }
        return newStr.toString();
    }
}

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