StringUtil.java

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package com.griefcraft.util;

import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.util.Formatter;

public class StringUtil {

    /**
     * Capitalize the first letter in a word
     *
     * @param str
     * @return
     */
    public static String capitalizeFirstLetter(String str) {
        if (str.length() == 0) {
            return str;
        } else if (str.length() == 1) {
            return str.toUpperCase();
        }

        char[] string = str.toLowerCase().toCharArray();

        // First letter - capatalize it
        string[0] = Character.toUpperCase(string[0]);

        // scan for spaces
        for (int index = 0; index < string.length; index++) {
            if (string[index] == ' ' && index != string.length) {
                // convert chars after found spaces to uppercase
                string[index + 1] = Character.toUpperCase(string[index + 1]);
            }
        }

        return new String(string);
    }

    /**
     * Encrypt a string using SHA1
     *
     * @param plaintext
     * @return
     */
    public static String encrypt(String plaintext) {
        MessageDigest md;

        try {
            md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA");
            md.update(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"));

            final byte[] raw = md.digest();
            return byteArray2Hex(raw);
        } catch (final Exception e) {

        }

        return "";
    }

    /**
     * Check if the command has the correct flag
     *
     * @param args
     * @param checkFlag
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean hasFlag(String[] args, String checkFlag) {
        String flag = args[0].toLowerCase();
        return flag.equals(checkFlag) || flag.equals("-" + checkFlag);
    }

    /**
     * Check if the command has the correct flag
     *
     * @param command
     * @param checkFlag
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean hasFlag(String command, String checkFlag) {
        return command.equals(checkFlag) || command.equals("-" + checkFlag);
    }

    /**
     * Join an array into a String, where the array values are delimited by spaces.
     *
     * @param arr
     * @return
     */
    public static String join(String[] arr) {
        return join(arr, 0);
    }

    /**
     * Join an array into a String, where the array values are delimited by spaces, starting at the given offset.
     *
     * @param arr
     * @param offset
     * @return
     */
    public static String join(String[] arr, int offset) {
        return join(arr, offset, " ");
    }

    /**
     * Join an array into a String, where the array values are delimited by the given string, starting at the given offset.
     *
     * @param arr
     * @param offset
     * @param delim
     * @return
     */
    public static String join(String[] arr, int offset, String delim) {
        String str = "";

        if (arr == null || arr.length == 0) {
            return str;
        }

        for (int i = offset; i < arr.length; i++) {
            str += arr[i] + delim;
        }

        return str.trim();
    }

    /**
     * Transform a string into one char
     *
     * @param str The string to transform
     * @param chr The char to transform all chars to (ie '*')
     * @return the transformed string
     */
    public static String transform(String str, char chr) {
        char[] charArray = str.toCharArray();

        for (int i = 0; i < charArray.length; i++) {
            charArray[i] = chr;
        }

        return new String(charArray);
    }

    /**
     * Convert a byte array to hex
     *
     * @param hash the hash to convert
     * @return the converted hash
     */
    private static String byteArray2Hex(byte[] hash) {
        Formatter formatter = new Formatter();
        for (final byte b : hash) {
            formatter.format("%02x", b);
        }
        return formatter.toString();
    }

}