Here you can find the source of uncapitalize(String string)
static String uncapitalize(String string)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from ww w . j ava2 s . c o m*/ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you 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. */ public class Main { static String uncapitalize(String string) { return prepare(string, false); } private static String prepare(String string, boolean capitalize) { int len; if (string == null || (len = string.length()) == 0) { return string; } final char firstChar = string.charAt(0); final char newChar = capitalize ? Character.toTitleCase(firstChar) : Character.toLowerCase(firstChar); if (firstChar == newChar) { // already capitalized return string; } char[] newChars = new char[len]; newChars[0] = newChar; string.getChars(1, len, newChars, 1); return String.valueOf(newChars); } }