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33 package com.adobe.utils
37 * Class that contains static utility methods for manipulating Strings.
39 * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
40 * @playerversion Flash 9.0
43 public class StringUtil
48 * Does a case insensitive compare or two strings and returns true if
51 * @param s1 The first string to compare.
53 * @param s2 The second string to compare.
55 * @returns A boolean value indicating whether the strings' values are
56 * equal in a case sensitive compare.
58 * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
59 * @playerversion Flash 9.0
62 public static function stringsAreEqual(s1:String, s2:String,
63 caseSensitive:Boolean):Boolean
71 return (s1.toUpperCase() == s2.toUpperCase());
76 * Removes whitespace from the front and the end of the specified
79 * @param input The String whose beginning and ending whitespace will
82 * @returns A String with whitespace removed from the begining and end
84 * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
85 * @playerversion Flash 9.0
88 public static function trim(input:String):String
90 return StringUtil.ltrim(StringUtil.rtrim(input));
94 * Removes whitespace from the front of the specified string.
96 * @param input The String whose beginning whitespace will will be removed.
98 * @returns A String with whitespace removed from the begining
100 * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
101 * @playerversion Flash 9.0
104 public static function ltrim(input:String):String
106 var size:Number = input.length;
107 for(var i:Number = 0; i < size; i++)
109 if(input.charCodeAt(i) > 32)
111 return input.substring(i);
118 * Removes whitespace from the end of the specified string.
120 * @param input The String whose ending whitespace will will be removed.
122 * @returns A String with whitespace removed from the end
124 * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
125 * @playerversion Flash 9.0
128 public static function rtrim(input:String):String
130 var size:Number = input.length;
131 for(var i:Number = size; i > 0; i--)
133 if(input.charCodeAt(i - 1) > 32)
135 return input.substring(0, i);
143 * Determines whether the specified string begins with the spcified prefix.
145 * @param input The string that the prefix will be checked against.
147 * @param prefix The prefix that will be tested against the string.
149 * @returns True if the string starts with the prefix, false if it does not.
151 * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
152 * @playerversion Flash 9.0
155 public static function beginsWith(input:String, prefix:String):Boolean
157 return (prefix == input.substring(0, prefix.length));
161 * Determines whether the specified string ends with the spcified suffix.
163 * @param input The string that the suffic will be checked against.
165 * @param prefix The suffic that will be tested against the string.
167 * @returns True if the string ends with the suffix, false if it does not.
169 * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
170 * @playerversion Flash 9.0
173 public static function endsWith(input:String, suffix:String):Boolean
175 return (suffix == input.substring(input.length - suffix.length));
179 * Removes all instances of the remove string in the input string.
181 * @param input The string that will be checked for instances of remove
184 * @param remove The string that will be removed from the input string.
186 * @returns A String with the remove string removed.
188 * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
189 * @playerversion Flash 9.0
192 public static function remove(input:String, remove:String):String
194 return StringUtil.replace(input, remove, "");
198 * Replaces all instances of the replace string in the input string
199 * with the replaceWith string.
201 * @param input The string that instances of replace string will be
202 * replaces with removeWith string.
204 * @param replace The string that will be replaced by instances of
205 * the replaceWith string.
207 * @param replaceWith The string that will replace instances of replace
210 * @returns A new String with the replace string replaced with the
211 * replaceWith string.
213 * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
214 * @playerversion Flash 9.0
217 public static function replace(input:String, replace:String, replaceWith:String):String
219 //change to StringBuilder
220 var sb:String = new String();
221 var found:Boolean = false;
223 var sLen:Number = input.length;
224 var rLen:Number = replace.length;
226 for (var i:Number = 0; i < sLen; i++)
228 if(input.charAt(i) == replace.charAt(0))
231 for(var j:Number = 0; j < rLen; j++)
233 if(!(input.charAt(i + j) == replace.charAt(j)))
247 sb += input.charAt(i);
249 //TODO : if the string is not found, should we return the original
255 * Specifies whether the specified string is either non-null, or contains
256 * characters (i.e. length is greater that 0)
258 * @param s The string which is being checked for a value
260 * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
261 * @playerversion Flash 9.0
264 public static function stringHasValue(s:String):Boolean
266 //todo: this needs a unit test
267 return (s != null && s.length > 0);