import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
/* Copyright (c) 2008 Google Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
//package com.google.gdata.util.common.base;
/**
* Some common string manipulation utilities.
*/
public class Util{
/**
* Returns a string that is equivalent to the specified string with its
* first character converted to uppercase as by {@link String#toUpperCase}.
* The returned string will have the same value as the specified string if
* its first character is non-alphabetic, if its first character is already
* uppercase, or if the specified string is of length 0.
*
* For example:
*
* capitalize("foo bar").equals("Foo bar");
* capitalize("2b or not 2b").equals("2b or not 2b")
* capitalize("Foo bar").equals("Foo bar");
* capitalize("").equals("");
*
*
* @param s the string whose first character is to be uppercased
* @return a string equivalent to s with its first character
* converted to uppercase
* @throws NullPointerException if s is null
*/
public static String capitalize(String s) {
if (s.length() == 0)
return s;
char first = s.charAt(0);
char capitalized = Character.toUpperCase(first);
return (first == capitalized)
? s
: capitalized + s.substring(1);
}
}