Java String Uncapitalize uncapitalize(String source)

Description

Ensure that the first character of the provided string lower case.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
source	The <code>String</code> to uncapitalize.

Return

The uncapitalized String.

Declaration

public static String uncapitalize(String source) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w  ww. j  ava  2  s  . c  om*/
 * Copyright 2001-2013 Geert Bevin (gbevin[remove] at uwyn dot com)
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Ensure that the first character of the provided string lower case.
     *
     * @param source The <code>String</code> to uncapitalize.
     * @return The uncapitalized <code>String</code>.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static String uncapitalize(String source) {
        if (source == null || source.length() == 0) {
            return source;
        }

        if (source.length() > 1 && Character.isLowerCase(source.charAt(0))) {
            return source;
        }

        char chars[] = source.toCharArray();
        chars[0] = Character.toLowerCase(chars[0]);
        return new String(chars);
    }
}

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