org.datamanager.tools
Class Toolbox

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.datamanager.tools.Toolbox

public final class Toolbox

extends Object

A mish-mash of KnownSpace convenience functions.

Author:

Matt Liggett

Field Summary

static String

HELIUM_FOLDER

Constructor Summary

Toolbox()

Method Summary

static Entity	getFirstAttributeNamed(Entity base, String name) Returns the first attribute of the given Entity whose name equals the given name.
static Entity	getFirstAttributeNamedIgnoringCase(Entity base, String name) Returns the first attribute of the given Entity whose name equals the given name, ignoring case in the name.
static File	getHeliumDirectory() Returns the Helium directory, wherein we should place things like persistence files.
static void	launchURL(String urlString)
static void	launchURL(URL url) Fires the LaunchBrowserURLEvent to cause the provided url to be displayed in a browser.
static String	searchAndReplace(String content, String regexp, String replacement) Replaces regexp in content with replacement.
static String	textToPreHtml(String content) Returns the String content with new pre tags inserted and all http: or https: URLs manually hreffed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

HELIUM_FOLDER

public static String HELIUM_FOLDER

Constructor Detail

Toolbox

public Toolbox()

Method Detail

getFirstAttributeNamed

public static final Entity getFirstAttributeNamed(Entity base,
                                                  String name)
                                           throws DataManagerException

Returns the first attribute of the given Entity whose name equals the given name.

DataManagerException

getFirstAttributeNamedIgnoringCase

public static final Entity getFirstAttributeNamedIgnoringCase(Entity base,
                                                              String name)
                                                       throws DataManagerException

Returns the first attribute of the given Entity whose name equals the given name, ignoring case in the name.

DataManagerException

textToPreHtml

public static final String textToPreHtml(String content)

Returns the String content with new pre tags inserted and all http: or https: URLs manually hreffed. This should *not* be invoked on Strings that are already HTML-enated

Parameters:

content - String to be scanned/converted for URLs

Returns:

String converted into

styled HTML, with .. links inserted for all http or https URLs. FIXME: hard-coded bufferOffset constants can be hidden away with an insertIntoBuffer method that uses the to-be-added String's length to recompute the new bufferOffset.

searchAndReplace

public static final String searchAndReplace(String content,
                                            String regexp,
                                            String replacement)

Replaces regexp in content with replacement.

getHeliumDirectory

public static File getHeliumDirectory()
                               throws FileNotFoundException

Returns the Helium directory, wherein we should place things like persistence files.

FileNotFoundException

launchURL

public static void launchURL(URL url)

Fires the LaunchBrowserURLEvent to cause the provided url to be displayed in a browser.

launchURL

public static void launchURL(String urlString)