Mega Code Archive
Removes specified chars from a string
<![CDATA[
/*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Sapient Public License
* Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
* with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
* http://carbon.sf.net/License.html.
*
* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
* WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
* the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License.
*
* The Original Code is The Carbon Component Framework.
*
* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Sapient Corporation
*
* Copyright (C) 2003 Sapient Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
*/
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
/**
* Utilities for strings.
*
* Copyright 2002 Sapient
* @since carbon 1.0
* @author Greg Hinkle, May 2002
* @version $Revision: 1.5 $($Author: dvoet $ / $Date: 2003/05/05 21:21:24 $)
*/
public class StringUtil {
/**
* Removes specified chars from a string.
*
* @param aString the string that will be examined to remove chars
* @param unWantedCharArray the char array containing the chars
* that should be removed from a string
* @return the string after removing the specified chars
*/
public static String removeCharsFromString(String aString, char[] unWantedCharArray) {
Character character = null;
// Store unwanted chars in a hashset
Set unWantedCharSet = new HashSet();
for (int i = 0; i < unWantedCharArray.length; i++) {
character = new Character(unWantedCharArray[i]);
unWantedCharSet.add(character);
}
// Create result String buffer
StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(aString.length());
// For each character in aString, append it to the result string buffer
// if it is not in unWantedCharSet
for (int i = 0; i < aString.length(); i++) {
character = new Character(aString.charAt(i));
if (!unWantedCharSet.contains(character)) {
result.append(aString.charAt(i));
}
}
// Return result
return result.toString();
}
}
]]>