uimaj-2.2.1-incubating/uimaj-cpe/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/collection/impl/cpm/utils/TypeComplianceConverterImpl.java

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package org.apache.uima.collection.impl.cpm.utils;

/**
 * Component providing conversion service. It replaces all occurances of provided String patterns
 * with provided replacement String.
 * 
 * 
 * 
 */
public class TypeComplianceConverterImpl {
  /**
   * Converts occurance of patterns in a sourceString with provided replacement String.
   * 
   * @param aSourceString -
   *          String to convert
   * @param aPattern -
   *          pattern for matching
   * @param aReplaceString -
   *          replacement String for aPattern
   * @return - converted String
   */
  public static String replace(String aSourceString, String aPattern, String aReplaceString) {
    int offset = 0;
    int e = 0;
    StringBuffer convertedString = new StringBuffer();
    // while pattern exists in the source String
    // get a start position of pattern in String
    while ((e = aSourceString.indexOf(aPattern, offset)) >= 0) {
      // copy chars until the pattern
      convertedString.append(aSourceString.substring(offset, e));
      // replace the pattern
      convertedString.append(aReplaceString);
      // Skip the lenght of the pattern
      offset = e + aPattern.length();
    }
    // copy remaining
    convertedString.append(aSourceString.substring(offset));
    return convertedString.toString();
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println(TypeComplianceConverterImpl.replace("Detag_colon_DetagContent", "_colon_",
            ":"));
    System.out.println(TypeComplianceConverterImpl.replace("Detag:DetagContent", ":", "_colon_"));
    System.out.println(TypeComplianceConverterImpl
            .replace("Detag_dash_DetagContent", "_dash_", "-"));
    System.out.println(TypeComplianceConverterImpl.replace("Detag-DetagContent", "-", "_dash_"));
  }

}