Package com.axelor.common

Class Inflector

java.lang.Object
com.axelor.common.Inflector
public final class Inflector extends Object
The Inflector provides various methods to transform words to plural, singular, titles, class names, table names etc.

  • Method Details

    • getInstance

      public static Inflector getInstance()

    • pluralize

      public String pluralize(String word)
      Returns the plural form of the word in the given string. 
       inflection.pluralize("post"); // "posts"
 inflection.pluralize("child"); // "children"
 inflection.pluralize("octopus"); // "octopi"
 inflection.pluralize("sheep"); // "sheep"
      Parameters:
      word - the string to pluralize
      Returns:
      pluralized string

    • singularize

      public String singularize(String word)
      Returns the singular form of the word in the given string. 
       inflection.singularize("posts"); // "post"
 inflection.singularize("children"); // "child"
 inflection.singularize("octopi"); // "octopus"
 inflection.singularize("sheep"); // "sheep"
      Parameters:
      word - the string to singularize
      Returns:
      singularized string

    • camelize

      public String camelize(String word, boolean lower)
      Convert the given word to camel case. 
       inflection.camelcase("address_book", false); // "AddressBook"
 inflection.camelcase("address-book", true); // "addressBook"
 inflection.camelcase("Address book", false); // "AddressBook"
      Parameters:
      word - the word to convert
      lower - whether to create lower camel case
      Returns:
      camel case string

    • camelize

      public String camelize(String word)
      Convert the given word to camel case. 
       inflection.camelcase("address_book"); // "AddressBook"
 inflection.camelcase("address-book"); // "AddressBook"
 inflection.camelcase("Address book"); // "AddressBook"
      Parameters:
      word - the word to convert
      Returns:
      camel case string

    • underscore

      public String underscore(String camelCase)
      Convert the given string to underscored, lowercase form. 
       inflection.underscore("AddressBook"); // "address_book"
 inflection.underscore("address-book"); // "address_book"
 inflection.underscore("Address book"); // "address_book"
      Parameters:
      camelCase - the string to convert
      Returns:
      converted string

    • humanize

      public String humanize(String word)
      Convert the given word to human readable form. 
       inflection.humanize("contact_id"); // "Contact"
 inflection.humanize("address_list"); // "Addresses"
 inflection.humanize("_id"); // "Id"
      Parameters:
      word - the string to convert
      Returns:
      converted string

    • titleize

      public String titleize(String word)
      Convert the given string to nicer looking title string. 
       inflection.titleize("address_book"); // "Address Book"
 inflection.titleize("My address_book"); // "My Address Book"
      Parameters:
      word - the string to convert
      Returns:
      converted string

    • tableize

      public String tableize(String camelCase)
      Convert the given word to table name. 
       inflection.tableize("AddressBook"); // "address_books"
 inflection.tableize("Contact"); // "contacts"
      Parameters:
      camelCase - the string to convert
      Returns:
      converted string

    • classify

      public String classify(String text)
      Convert the given word to class name. 
       inflection.tableize("address_books"); // "AddressBook"
 inflection.tableize("contacts"); // "Contact"
      Parameters:
      text - the string to convert
      Returns:
      converted string

    • dasherize

      public String dasherize(String word)
      Convert the give word to dasherized form. 
       inflection.tableize("address_books"); // "address-book"
 inflection.tableize("AddressBook"); // "address-book"
      Parameters:
      word - the string to convert
      Returns:
      converted string

    • capitalize

      public String capitalize(String word)
      Capitalize the given string.
      Parameters:
      word - the string to convert
      Returns:
      converted string

    • ordinalize

      public String ordinalize(int number)
      Return ordinal suffixed string for the given number. 
       inflection.ordinalize(1); // "1st"
 inflection.ordinalize(2); // "2nd"
 inflection.ordinalize(3); // "3rd"
 inflection.ordinalize(100); // "100th"
 inflection.ordinalize(103); // "103rd"
 inflection.ordinalize(10013); // "10013th"
      Parameters:
      number - the number to suffix
      Returns:
      the converted string

    • ellipsize

      public String ellipsize(String text, int length)
      Shorten the given text upto the length by appending three ellipses.
      Parameters:
      text - text to shorten
      length - desired length
      Returns:
      shortened text

    • simplify

      public String simplify(String text)
      Simplify the text to its unaccented version.

      It uses Normalizer.normalize(CharSequence, java.text.Normalizer.Form) with Normalizer.Form.NFD normalization and then replaces accented characters with their equivalent unaccented characters.

      Parameters:
      text - the text to normalize
      Returns:
      normalized text