处理文本对Java应用来说应该算是家常便饭了，在1.4出现之前，Java自身提供的API非常有限，如String、StringTokenizer、StringBuffer，操作也比较单一。无非就是查找substring、分解、合并等等。到1.4的出现可以说Java的文字处理上了一个台阶，因为它支持regular expression了。这可是个重量级而方便的东东啊，缺点是太复杂，学习起来有一定难度。相较而言，Jakarta Commons提供的StringUtils和WordUtils至今还维持着那种简洁而强大的美，使用起来也很顺手。来看一个例子：
package sean.study.jakarta.commons.lang;
import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
public class StringUtilsAndWordUtilsUsage {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// data setup
String str1 = "";
String str2 = " ";
String str3 = "\t";
String str4 = null;
String str5 = "123";
String str6 = "ABCDEFG";
String str7 = "It feels good to use Jakarta Commons.\r\n";
// check for empty strings
System.out.println("==============================");
System.out.println("Is str1 blank? " + StringUtils.isBlank(str1));
System.out.println("Is str2 blank? " + StringUtils.isBlank(str2));
System.out.println("Is str3 blank? " + StringUtils.isBlank(str3));
System.out.println("Is str4 blank? " + StringUtils.isBlank(str4));
// check for numerics
System.out.println("==============================");
System.out.println("Is str5 numeric? " + StringUtils.isNumeric(str5));
System.out.println("Is str6 numeric? " + StringUtils.isNumeric(str6));
// reverse strings / whole words
System.out.println("==============================");
System.out.println("str6: " + str6);
System.out.println("str6 reversed: " + StringUtils.reverse(str6));
System.out.println("str7: " + str7);
String str8 = StringUtils.chomp(str7);
str8 = StringUtils.reverseDelimited(str8, ' ');
System.out.println("str7 reversed whole words : \r\n" + str8);
// build header (useful to print log messages that are easy to locate)
System.out.println("==============================");
System.out.println("print header:");
String padding = StringUtils.repeat("=", 50);
String msg = StringUtils.center(" Customised Header ", 50, "%");
Object[] raw = new Object[]{padding, msg, padding};
String header = StringUtils.join(raw, "\r\n");
System.out.println(header);
}
}
输出的结果如下：
==============================
Is str1 blank? true
Is str2 blank? true
Is str3 blank? true
Is str4 blank? true
==============================
Is str5 numeric? true
Is str6 numeric? false
==============================
str6: ABCDEFG
str6 reversed: GFEDCBA
str7: It feels good to use Jakarta Commons.
str7 reversed whole words :
Commons. Jakarta use to good feels It
==============================
print header:
==================================================
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Customised Header %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
==================================================
从代码中我们可以大致了解到这个StringUtils类简单而强大的处理能力，从检查空串（对null的情况处理很得体），到分割子串，到生成格式化的字符串，使用都很简洁，也很直截了当。