* For example, the String {@code "[George:Sally:Fred]"} may * be constructed as follows: *
{@code
* StringJoiner sj = new StringJoiner(":", "[", "]");
* sj.add("George").add("Sally").add("Fred");
* String desiredString = sj.toString();
* }
*
* Prior to adding something to the {@code StringJoiner}, its
* {@code sj.toString()} method will, by default, return {@code prefix + suffix}.
* However, if the {@code setEmptyValue} method is called, the {@code emptyValue}
* supplied will be returned instead. This can be used, for example, when
* creating a string using set notation to indicate an empty set, i.e.
* "{}", where the {@code prefix} is "{", the
* {@code suffix} is "}" and nothing has been added to the
* {@code StringJoiner}.
*
* A {@code StringJoiner} may be employed to create formatted output from a * collection using lambda expressions as shown in the following example. * *
{@code
* List people = ...
* String commaSeparatedNames =
* people.map(p -> p.getName()).into(new StringJoiner(", ")).toString();
* }
*
* @author Jim Gish
* @since 1.8
*/
public final class StringJoiner {
private final String prefix;
private final String delimiter;
private final String suffix;
/*
* StringBuilder value -- at any time, the characters constructed from the
* prefix, the added element separated by the delimiter, but without the
* suffix, so that we can more easily add elements without having to jigger
* the suffix each time.
*/
private StringBuilder value;
/*
* By default, the string consisting of prefix+suffix, returned by
* toString(), or properties of value, when no elements have yet been added,
* i.e. when it is empty. This may be overridden by the user to be some
* other value including the empty String.
*/
private String emptyValue;
/**
* Constructs a {@code StringJoiner} with no characters in it, with no
* {@code prefix} or {@code suffix}, and a copy of the supplied
* {@code delimiter}.
* If no characters are added to the {@code StringJoiner} and methods
* accessing the value of it are invoked, it will not return a
* {@code prefix} or {@code suffix} (or properties thereof) in the result,
* unless {@code setEmptyValue} has first been called.
*
* @param delimiter the sequence of characters to be used between each
* element added to the {@code StringJoiner} value
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code delimiter} is {@code null}
*/
public StringJoiner(CharSequence delimiter) {
this(delimiter, "", "");
}
/**
* Constructs a {@code StringJoiner} with no characters in it using copies
* of the supplied {@code prefix}, {@code delimiter} and {@code suffix}.
* If no characters are added to the {@code StringJoiner} and methods
* accessing the string value of it are invoked, it will return the
* {@code prefix + suffix} (or properties thereof) in the result, unless
* {@code setEmptyValue} has first been called.
*
* @param delimiter the sequence of characters to be used between each
* element added to the {@code StringJoiner}
* @param prefix the sequence of characters to be used at the beginning
* @param suffix the sequence of characters to be used at the end
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code prefix}, {@code delimiter}, or
* {@code suffix} is {@code null}
*/
public StringJoiner(CharSequence delimiter, CharSequence prefix,
CharSequence suffix) {
Objects.requireNonNull(prefix, "The prefix must not be null");
Objects.requireNonNull(delimiter, "The delimiter must not be null");
Objects.requireNonNull(suffix, "The suffix must not be null");
// make defensive copies of arguments
this.prefix = prefix.toString();
this.delimiter = delimiter.toString();
this.suffix = suffix.toString();
this.emptyValue = this.prefix + this.suffix;
}
/**
* Sets the sequence of characters to be used when determining the string
* representation of this {@code StringJoiner} and no elements have been
* added yet, i.e. when it is empty. A copy of the {@code emptyValue}
* parameter is made for this purpose. Note that once an add method has been
* called, the {@code StringJoiner} is no longer considered empty, even if
* the element(s) added correspond to the empty {@code String}.
*
* @param emptyValue the characters to return as the value of an empty
* {@code StringJoiner}
* @return this {@code StringJoiner} itself so the calls may be chained
* @throws NullPointerException when the {@code emptyValue} parameter is
* {@code null}
*/
public StringJoiner setEmptyValue(CharSequence emptyValue) {
this.emptyValue = Objects.requireNonNull(emptyValue,
"The empty value must not be null").toString();
return this;
}
/**
* Returns the current value, consisting of the {@code prefix}, the values
* added so far separated by the {@code delimiter}, and the {@code suffix},
* unless no elements have been added in which case, the
* {@code prefix + suffix} or the {@code emptyValue} characters are returned
*
* @return the string representation of this {@code StringJoiner}
*/
@Override
public String toString() {
if (value == null) {
return emptyValue;
} else {
if (suffix.equals("")) {
return value.toString();
} else {
int initialLength = value.length();
String result = value.append(suffix).toString();
// reset value to pre-append initialLength
value.setLength(initialLength);
return result;
}
}
}
/**
* Add the a copy of the supplied {@code CharSequence} value as the next
* element of the {@code StringJoiner} value. If {@code newElement} is
* {@code null}, then {@code "null"} is added.
*
* @param newElement The element to add
* @return a reference to this {@code StringJoiner}
*/
public StringJoiner add(CharSequence newElement) {
prepareBuilder().append(newElement);
return this;
}
private StringBuilder prepareBuilder() {
if (value != null) {
value.append(delimiter);
} else {
value = new StringBuilder().append(prefix);
}
return value;
}
/**
* The length of the {@code StringJoiner} value, i.e. the length of
* {@code String} representation of the {@code StringJoiner}. Note that if
* no add methods have been called, then the length of the {@code String}
* representation (either {@code prefix + suffix} or {@code emptyValue})
* will be returned. The value should be equivalent to
* {@code toString().length()}.
*
* @return the length of the current value of {@code StringJoiner}
*/
public int length() {
// Remember that we never actually append the suffix unless we return
// the full (present) value or some sub-string or length of it, so that
// we can add on more if we need to.
return (value != null ? value.length() + suffix.length() :
emptyValue.length());
}
}