string-utils

Where can I access StringUtils.replaceEach()?


The answer to Java escape HTML shows StringUtils.replaceEach() which runs similar to multiple StringUtils.replace()s, but accepting arrays of Strings instead of having to do each replace individually.

For example:

str = StringUtils.replace(str, "&", "&");
str = StringUtils.replace(str, "\"", """);
str = StringUtils.replace(str, "<", "&lt;");
str = StringUtils.replace(str, ">", "&gt;");

...becomes...

str = StringUtils.replaceEach(str,
    new String[]{"&", "\"", "<", ">"},
    new String[]{"&amp;", "&quot;", "&lt;", "&gt;"})

Much cleaner.

Where can I access StringUtils.replace()?

I have tried importing the following, to no avail:

  1. org.springframework.util.StringUtils
  2. org.apache.soap.util.StringUtils
  3. org.apache.axis.utils.StringUtils
  4. com.ibm.wsdl.util.StringUtils

They each have .replace(), of course.


Solution

  • It believe you are looking for: org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils

    You can find more about it here:

    http://commons.apache.org/lang/api-3.1/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.html

    And download the .jar here:

    http://commons.apache.org/lang/