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Returns a string that is equivalent to the specified string with its first character converted to uppercase
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
/* Copyright (c) 2008 Google Inc.
*
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//package com.google.gdata.util.common.base;
/**
* Some common string manipulation utilities.
*/
public class Util{
/**
* Returns a string that is equivalent to the specified string with its
* first character converted to uppercase as by {@link String#toUpperCase}.
* The returned string will have the same value as the specified string if
* its first character is non-alphabetic, if its first character is already
* uppercase, or if the specified string is of length 0.
*
* <p>For example:
* <pre>
* capitalize("foo bar").equals("Foo bar");
* capitalize("2b or not 2b").equals("2b or not 2b")
* capitalize("Foo bar").equals("Foo bar");
* capitalize("").equals("");
* </pre>
*
* @param s the string whose first character is to be uppercased
* @return a string equivalent to <tt>s</tt> with its first character
* converted to uppercase
* @throws NullPointerException if <tt>s</tt> is null
*/
public static String capitalize(String s) {
if (s.length() == 0)
return s;
char first = s.charAt(0);
char capitalized = Character.toUpperCase(first);
return (first == capitalized)
? s
: capitalized + s.substring(1);
}
}
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