FlowableExpressionStringUtils (Flowable Work 3.5.0)

java.lang.Object
- com.flowable.platform.expressions.FlowableExpressionStringUtils

```
public class FlowableExpressionStringUtils
extends Object
```
Expression Bean Name: flwStringUtils Provides utilities to work with strings. For more formatting-centric functions, see FlowableExpressionFormatUtils.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description

FlowableExpressionStringUtils()

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`FlowableExpressionStringUtils()`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`String`	`capitalize(String text)` Capitalizes a text, i.e.
`String`	`carriageReturn()` Returns a carriage return character (\r)
`boolean`	`contains(String text, String otherText)` Checks if a strings contains another string.
`boolean`	`containsIgnoreCase(String text, String otherText)` Checks if a strings contains another string ignoring the case.
`boolean`	`equals(String text, String otherText)` Checks if two strings are the same.
`boolean`	`equalsIgnoreCase(String text, String otherText)` Checks if two strings are the same without taking capitalization into account.
`String`	`escapeHtml(String text)` Escapes the characters in a `String` using HTML entities.
`boolean`	`hasText(String text)` Checks whether a string contains text (is not null, empty)
`String`	`join(Collection<String> collection, String delimiter)` Concatenates all entries of a list or collection to a single string.
`boolean`	`matches(String text, String regularExpression)` Checks whether a text matches a regular expression.
`String`	`newline()` Returns a newline/linefeed character (\n)
`List<String>`	`split(String text, String delimiter)` Splits a text into a collection with a given delimiter.
`String`	`substring(String text, int from, int to)` Gets all text between a character range.
`String`	`substringFrom(String text, int from)` Gets all text behind a certain character.
`String`	`toLowerCase(String text)` Turns all letters of a text to lowercase.
`String`	`toUpperCase(String text)` Turns all letters of a text to uppercase.
`String`	`trimWhitespace(String text)` Deletes all whitespaces from a text
`String`	`unescapeHtml(String text)` Unescapes a `String` containing entity escapes to a string containing the actual Unicode characters corresponding to the escapes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - FlowableExpressionStringUtils
```
public FlowableExpressionStringUtils()
```
- Method Detail
  - toUpperCase
```
public String toUpperCase(String text)
```
    Turns all letters of a text to uppercase.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The text to be converted to uppercase
    
    Returns:
    
    The text, converted to uppercase
  - toLowerCase
```
public String toLowerCase(String text)
```
    Turns all letters of a text to lowercase.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The text to be converted to lowercase
    
    Returns:
    
    The text, converted to lowercase
  - capitalize
```
public String capitalize(String text)
```
    Capitalizes a text, i.e. sets the first letter to uppercase.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The text to be capitalized
    
    Returns:
    
    The capitalized text
  - trimWhitespace
```
public String trimWhitespace(String text)
```
    Deletes all whitespaces from a text
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The text to be trimmed
    
    Returns:
    
    The trimmed text
  - hasText
```
public boolean hasText(String text)
```
    Checks whether a string contains text (is not null, empty)
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The text to be checked
    
    Returns:
    
    Whether or not the text contains any text
  - contains
```
public boolean contains(String text,
                        String otherText)
```
    Checks if a strings contains another string.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The text to be checked
    
    otherText - The text that should be contained within the first text
    
    Returns:
    
    Whether or not otherText is part of text.
  - containsIgnoreCase
```
public boolean containsIgnoreCase(String text,
                                  String otherText)
```
    Checks if a strings contains another string ignoring the case.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The text to be checked
    
    otherText - The text that should be contained within the first text
    
    Returns:
    
    Whether or not otherText is part of text.
  - matches
```
public boolean matches(String text,
                       String regularExpression)
```
    Checks whether a text matches a regular expression. Example: #{flwStringUtils.matches('CHF 1000', 'CHF \d*'))} = true Example: #{flwStringUtils.matches('EUR 1000', 'CHF \d*'))} = false
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The text to check
    
    regularExpression - The regular expression to check the text against
    
    Returns:
    
    Whether or not the text matches the regular expression
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(String text,
                      String otherText)
```
    Checks if two strings are the same. Consider using == instead.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The first text
    
    otherText - The second text
    
    Returns:
    
    Whether or not the two texts are equal.
  - equalsIgnoreCase
```
public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(String text,
                                String otherText)
```
    Checks if two strings are the same without taking capitalization into account.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The first text
    
    otherText - The second text
    
    Returns:
    
    Whether or not the two texts are equal.
  - substring
```
public String substring(String text,
                        int from,
                        int to)
```
    Gets all text between a character range.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The original text
    
    from - The offset from the start beginning at 0
    
    to - The offset from the end beginning at 0
    
    Returns:
    
    The string between from and to
  - substringFrom
```
public String substringFrom(String text,
                            int from)
```
    Gets all text behind a certain character. Please note that the parameter is zero-based. Example: #{flwStringUtils.substringFrom("hello", 0) = "hello" Example: #{flwStringUtils.substringFrom("hello", 1) = "ello"
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The original text
    
    from - The character offset beginning at 0
    
    Returns:
    
    The string set off by from
  - split
```
public List<String> split(String text,
                          String delimiter)
```
    Splits a text into a collection with a given delimiter. The delimiter can be a single character, e.g. a semicolon or a regular expression. If there is no delimiter available, a list with a single element will be returned.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The text to be split
    
    delimiter - The splitter to be used
    
    Returns:
    
    A list
  - join
```
public String join(Collection<String> collection,
                   String delimiter)
```
    Concatenates all entries of a list or collection to a single string. Example: #{flwStringUtils.join(customers, ', '}}
    
    Parameters:
    
    collection - A collection, list or any other iterable object
    
    delimiter - The separator between the entries, e.g. ", " or " and "
    
    Returns:
    
    Joined String
  - newline
```
public String newline()
```
    Returns a newline/linefeed character (\n)
    
    Returns:
    
    Newline character
  - carriageReturn
```
public String carriageReturn()
```
    Returns a carriage return character (\r)
    
    Returns:
    
    Carriage return character
  - unescapeHtml
```
public String unescapeHtml(String text)
```
    Unescapes a String containing entity escapes to a string containing the actual Unicode characters corresponding to the escapes. For instance, in a text containing the character '™' would be unescaped to '™'.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The text to be unescaped
    
    Returns:
    
    The unescaped text
  - escapeHtml
```
public String escapeHtml(String text)
```
    Escapes the characters in a String using HTML entities. For instance, in a text containing the character '™' would be escaped to '™'.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The text to be escaped
    
    Returns:
    
    The escaped text

Class FlowableExpressionStringUtils

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

FlowableExpressionStringUtils

Method Detail

toUpperCase

toLowerCase

capitalize

trimWhitespace

hasText

contains

containsIgnoreCase

matches

equals

equalsIgnoreCase

substring

substringFrom

split

join

newline

carriageReturn

unescapeHtml

escapeHtml