com.univocity.parsers.common
Class ArgumentUtils

java.lang.Object
  com.univocity.parsers.common.ArgumentUtils

public class ArgumentUtils
extends Object

An utility class for validating inputs.

Author:

uniVocity Software Pty Ltd - parsers@univocity.com

Field Summary

static String[]

EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY An empty String array.

Constructor Summary

ArgumentUtils()

Method Summary

static Object[]	findMissingElements(Object[] array, Collection<?> elements) Searches for elements in a given array and returns the elements not found.
static Object[]	findMissingElements(Object[] array, Object[] elements) Searches for elements in a given array and returns the elements not found.
static int[]	indexesOf(Object[] array, Object element) Returns the indexes of an element in a given array.
static int	indexOf(Object[] array, Object element) Returns the index of an element in a given array.
static int	indexOf(String[] array, String element, FieldSelector fieldSelector) Returns the index of a header, when headers are selected using a FieldSelector.
static Reader	newReader(File file) Creates a Reader for a given a file
static Reader	newReader(File file, Charset encoding) Creates a Reader for a given a file
static Reader	newReader(File file, String encoding) Creates a Reader for a given a file
static Reader	newReader(InputStream input) Creates a Reader from an input stream
static Reader	newReader(InputStream input, Charset encoding) Creates a Reader from an input stream
static Reader	newReader(InputStream input, String encoding) Creates a Reader from an input stream
static Writer	newWriter(File file) Creates a Writer from a file
static Writer	newWriter(File file, Charset encoding) Creates a Writer from a file
static Writer	newWriter(File file, String encoding) Creates a Writer from a file
static Writer	newWriter(OutputStream output) Creates a Writer from an output stream
static Writer	newWriter(OutputStream output, Charset encoding) Creates a Writer from an output stream
static Writer	newWriter(OutputStream output, String encoding) Creates a Writer from an output stream
static <T> void	noNulls(String argDescription, T... args) Throws an IllegalArgumentException if the given array is null,empty, or contains null values
static void	normalize(Collection<String> strings) Normalizes the Strings in a given array by trimming all elements and converting them to lower case.
static String	normalize(String string) Normalizes a given String by trimming whitespaces and converting it to lower case.
static String[]	normalize(String[] strings) Normalizes the Strings in a given array by trimming all elements and converting them to lower case.
static <T> void	notEmpty(String argDescription, T... args) Throws an IllegalArgumentException if the given array is null or empty.
static String	restrictContent(int length, CharSequence content)
static String	restrictContent(int length, Object content)
static void	throwUnchecked(Throwable error) Allows rethrowing a checked exception instead of wrapping it into a runtime exception.
static String[]	toArray(List<Enum> enums) Converts a list of enumerations to an array of their Enum.toString() representation
static byte[]	toByteArray(int... ints) Converts a sequence of int numbers into a byte array.
static char[]	toCharArray(Collection<Character> characters) Converts any collection of Character into a char array.
static int[]	toIntArray(Collection<Integer> ints) Converts any collection of Integer into an int array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY

public static final String[] EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY

An empty String array.

Constructor Detail

ArgumentUtils

public ArgumentUtils()

Method Detail

notEmpty

public static <T> void notEmpty(String argDescription,
                                T... args)

Throws an IllegalArgumentException if the given array is null or empty.

Type Parameters:

T - Type of arguments to be validated

Parameters:

argDescription - the description of the elements

args - the elements to be validated.

noNulls

public static <T> void noNulls(String argDescription,
                               T... args)

Throws an IllegalArgumentException if the given array is null,empty, or contains null values

Type Parameters:

T - Type of arguments to be validated

Parameters:

argDescription - the description of the elements

args - the elements to be validated.

indexOf

public static int indexOf(String[] array,
                          String element,
                          FieldSelector fieldSelector)

Returns the index of a header, when headers are selected using a FieldSelector.

Parameters:

array - the element array

element - the element to be looked for in the array.

fieldSelector - a field selector that indicates which elements of the given array are selected.

Returns:

the index of the given element in the array, or -1 if the element could not be found.

indexesOf

public static int[] indexesOf(Object[] array,
                              Object element)

Returns the indexes of an element in a given array.

Parameters:

array - the element array

element - the element to be looked for in the array.

Returns:

the indexes of the given element in the array, or an empty array if no element could be found

indexOf

public static int indexOf(Object[] array,
                          Object element)

Returns the index of an element in a given array.

Parameters:

array - the element array

element - the element to be looked for in the array.

Returns:

the index of the given element in the array, or -1 if the element could not be found.

findMissingElements

public static Object[] findMissingElements(Object[] array,
                                           Collection<?> elements)

Searches for elements in a given array and returns the elements not found.

Parameters:

array - An array with elements

elements - the elements to be found

Returns:

the elements not found in the array.

findMissingElements

public static Object[] findMissingElements(Object[] array,
                                           Object[] elements)

Searches for elements in a given array and returns the elements not found.

Parameters:

array - An array with elements

elements - the elements to be found

Returns:

the elements not found in the array.

normalize

public static String[] normalize(String[] strings)

Normalizes the Strings in a given array by trimming all elements and converting them to lower case.

Parameters:

strings - a String array with elements to be normalized.

Returns:

the normalized version of the original string array.

normalize

public static String normalize(String string)

Normalizes a given String by trimming whitespaces and converting it to lower case.

Parameters:

string - a String to be normalized.

Returns:

the normalized version of the original String.

normalize

public static void normalize(Collection<String> strings)

Normalizes the Strings in a given array by trimming all elements and converting them to lower case.

Parameters:

strings - a String collection with elements to be normalized. The original contents of the collection will be modified.

newWriter

public static Writer newWriter(OutputStream output)

Creates a Writer from an output stream

Parameters:

output - the output stream

Returns:

Writer wrapping the given output stream

newWriter

public static Writer newWriter(OutputStream output,
                               String encoding)

Creates a Writer from an output stream

Parameters:

output - the output stream

encoding - the encoding to use when writing to the output stream

Returns:

Writer wrapping the given output stream

newWriter

public static Writer newWriter(OutputStream output,
                               Charset encoding)

Creates a Writer from an output stream

Parameters:

output - the output stream

encoding - the encoding to use when writing to the output stream

Returns:

Writer wrapping the given output stream

newWriter

public static Writer newWriter(File file)

Creates a Writer from a file

Parameters:

file - the file to be written

Returns:

Writer for the given file

newWriter

public static Writer newWriter(File file,
                               String encoding)

Creates a Writer from a file

Parameters:

file - the file to be written

encoding - the encoding to use when writing to the file

Returns:

Writer for the given file

newWriter

public static Writer newWriter(File file,
                               Charset encoding)

Creates a Writer from a file

Parameters:

file - the file to be written

encoding - the encoding to use when writing to the file

Returns:

Writer for the given file

newReader

public static Reader newReader(InputStream input)

Creates a Reader from an input stream

Parameters:

input - the input stream

Returns:

a Reader wrapping the given input stream

newReader

public static Reader newReader(InputStream input,
                               String encoding)

Creates a Reader from an input stream

Parameters:

input - the input stream

encoding - the encoding to use when reading from the input stream

Returns:

a Reader wrapping the given input stream

newReader

public static Reader newReader(InputStream input,
                               Charset encoding)

Creates a Reader from an input stream

Parameters:

input - the input stream

encoding - the encoding to use when reading from the input stream

Returns:

a Reader wrapping the given input stream

newReader

public static Reader newReader(File file)

Creates a Reader for a given a file

Parameters:

file - the file to be read

Returns:

a Reader for reading the given file

newReader

public static Reader newReader(File file,
                               String encoding)

Creates a Reader for a given a file

Parameters:

file - the file to be read

encoding - the encoding to be used when reading from the file

Returns:

a Reader for reading the given file

newReader

public static Reader newReader(File file,
                               Charset encoding)

Creates a Reader for a given a file

Parameters:

file - the file to be read

encoding - the encoding to be used when reading from the file

Returns:

a Reader for reading the given file

toArray

public static String[] toArray(List<Enum> enums)

Converts a list of enumerations to an array of their Enum.toString() representation

Parameters:

enums - a list of enumerations to convert

Returns:

an array of String with the values produced by each element's Enum.toString() method.

toIntArray

public static int[] toIntArray(Collection<Integer> ints)

Converts any collection of Integer into an int array.

Parameters:

ints - a collection of (boxed) integers.

Returns:

a primitive int array with the unboxed integer values.

toCharArray

public static char[] toCharArray(Collection<Character> characters)

Converts any collection of Character into a char array.

Parameters:

characters - a collection of (boxed) characters.

Returns:

a primitive char array with the unboxed character values.

restrictContent

public static String restrictContent(int length,
                                     CharSequence content)

restrictContent

public static String restrictContent(int length,
                                     Object content)

throwUnchecked

public static void throwUnchecked(Throwable error)

Allows rethrowing a checked exception instead of wrapping it into a runtime exception. For internal use only as this generally causes more trouble than it solves (your exception-specific catch statement may not catch this error - make sure you are catching a Throwable)

Parameters:

error - the (potentially checked) exception to the thrown.

toByteArray

public static byte[] toByteArray(int... ints)

Converts a sequence of int numbers into a byte array.

Parameters:

ints - the integers to be cast to by

Returns:

the resulting byte array.