org.marre.util
Class StringUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.marre.util.StringUtil

public final class StringUtil

extends java.lang.Object

Various functions to encode and decode strings.

Author:

Markus Eriksson

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	bytesToHexString(byte[] theData) Converts a byte array to a string with hex values.
static java.lang.String	byteToHexString(byte theByte) Converts a byte to a string with hex values.
static int	findString(java.lang.String[] stringTable, java.lang.String text)
static byte[]	hexStringToBytes(java.lang.String theHexString) Converts a string of hex characters to a byte array.
static java.lang.String	intToString(int value, int nChars) Method intToString.
static java.lang.String	randString(int length) Generates a random string of the given length.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

findString

public static int findString(java.lang.String[] stringTable,
                             java.lang.String text)

Parameters:

stringTable -

text -

Returns:

bytesToHexString

public static java.lang.String bytesToHexString(byte[] theData)

Converts a byte array to a string with hex values.

Parameters:

theData - Data to convert

Returns:

the encoded string

byteToHexString

public static java.lang.String byteToHexString(byte theByte)

Converts a byte to a string with hex values.

Parameters:

theByte - Byte to convert

Returns:

the encoded string

hexStringToBytes

public static byte[] hexStringToBytes(java.lang.String theHexString)

Converts a string of hex characters to a byte array.

Parameters:

theHexString - The hex string to read

Returns:

the resulting byte array

intToString

public static java.lang.String intToString(int value,
                                           int nChars)

Method intToString. Converst an integer to nChars characters

Parameters:

value - Integer value

nChars - Number of chars to represent the "value"

Returns:

String The string representing "value"

randString

public static java.lang.String randString(int length)

Generates a random string of the given length. "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890"

Parameters:

length -

Returns:

A random string