org.rhq.enterprise.agent
Class StringUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.rhq.enterprise.agent.StringUtil

public class StringUtil
extends Object

Utilities that work with Strings.

Author:

John Mazzitelli

Method Summary

static String

justifyKeyValueStrings(Map<?,?> key_value_pairs) Returns a string with the given key/value pairs formatted such that the key values are justified and ordered with each pair separated with a newline.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

justifyKeyValueStrings

public static String justifyKeyValueStrings(Map<?,?> key_value_pairs)

Returns a string with the given key/value pairs formatted such that the key values are justified and ordered with each pair separated with a newline. This is useful when displaying menu items, for example, and want to show them in an orderly, formatted way. For example, if the given key value pairs are [first, This is the first], [second, This is second] and [last one, This is last], this will return a string that looks like this:

 first   : This is the first
 second  : This is the second
 last one: This is last
  

Parameters:

key_value_pairs -

Returns:

formatted string