GriffonNameUtils (Griffon 2.12.0)

java.lang.Object
- griffon.util.GriffonNameUtils

```
public class GriffonNameUtils
extends Object
```
Contains utility methods for converting between different name types, for example from class names -> property names and vice-versa. The key aspect of this class is that it has no dependencies outside the JDK!

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`static String`	`capitalize(String str)` Capitalizes a String (makes the first char uppercase) taking care of blank strings and single character strings.
`static String`	`getClassName(String logicalName, String trailingName)` Returns the class name for the given logical name and trailing name.
`static String`	`getClassNameForLowerCaseHyphenSeparatedName(String name)` Converts foo-bar into FooBar.
`static String`	`getClassNameRepresentation(String name)` Returns the class name representation of the given name
`static String`	`getGetterName(String propertyName)` Calculate the name for a getter method to retrieve the specified property
`static String`	`getHyphenatedName(Class<?> clazz)` Retrieves the hyphenated name representation of the supplied class.
`static String`	`getHyphenatedName(String name)` Retrieves the hyphenated name representation of the given class name.
`static String`	`getLogicalName(Class<?> clazz, String trailingName)` Retrieves the logical class name of a Griffon artifact given the Griffon class and a specified trailing name
`static String`	`getLogicalName(String name, String trailingName)` Retrieves the logical name of the class without the trailing name
`static String`	`getLogicalPropertyName(String className, String trailingName)`
`static String`	`getNaturalName(String name)` Converts a property name into its natural language equivalent eg ('firstName' becomes 'First Name')
`static String`	`getPropertyName(Class<?> clazz)` Shorter version of getPropertyNameRepresentation
`static String`	`getPropertyName(String name)` Shorter version of getPropertyNameRepresentation
`static String`	`getPropertyNameForLowerCaseHyphenSeparatedName(String name)` Converts foo-bar into fooBar
`static String`	`getPropertyNameRepresentation(Class<?> targetClass)` Returns the property name equivalent for the specified class
`static String`	`getPropertyNameRepresentation(String name)` Returns the property name representation of the given name
`static String`	`getSetterName(String propertyName)` Retrieves the name of a setter for the specified property name
`static String`	`getShortName(Class<?> targetClass)` Returns the class name without the package prefix
`static String`	`getShortName(String className)` Returns the class name without the package prefix
`static boolean`	`isBlank(String str)` Determines whether a given string is `null`, empty, or only contains whitespace.
`static boolean`	`isKeyword(String str)` Finds out if the given String is a Java/Groovy keyword.
`static String`	`join(Iterable<?> self, String separator)` Concatenates the `toString()` representation of each item in this Iterable, with the given String as a separator between each item.
`static String`	`quote(String str)` Applies single or double quotes to a string if it contains whitespace characters
`static String`	`requireNonBlank(String str)` Checks that the specified String is not `blank`.
`static String`	`requireNonBlank(String str, String message)` Checks that the specified String is not `blank` and throws a customized `IllegalArgumentException` if it is.
`static String`	`uncapitalize(String str)` Uncapitalizes a String (makes the first char lowercase) taking care of blank strings and single character strings.
`static String`	`unquote(String str)` Removes single or double quotes from a String

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - isKeyword
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public static boolean isKeyword(String str)
```
    Finds out if the given String is a Java/Groovy keyword.
    
    Parameters:
    
    str - The String to test
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the given String is a keyword, false otherwise
  - capitalize
```
public static String capitalize(String str)
```
    Capitalizes a String (makes the first char uppercase) taking care of blank strings and single character strings.
    
    Parameters:
    
    str - The String to be capitalized
    
    Returns:
    
    Capitalized version of the target string if it is not blank
  - uncapitalize
```
public static String uncapitalize(String str)
```
    Uncapitalizes a String (makes the first char lowercase) taking care of blank strings and single character strings.
    
    Parameters:
    
    str - The String to be uncapitalized
    
    Returns:
    
    Uncapitalized version of the target string if it is not blank
  - getSetterName
```
public static String getSetterName(String propertyName)
```
    Retrieves the name of a setter for the specified property name
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The property name
    
    Returns:
    
    The setter equivalent
  - getGetterName
```
public static String getGetterName(String propertyName)
```
    Calculate the name for a getter method to retrieve the specified property
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The property name
    
    Returns:
    
    The name for the getter method for this property, if it were to exist, i.e. getConstraints
  - getClassName
```
public static String getClassName(String logicalName,
                                  String trailingName)
```
    Returns the class name for the given logical name and trailing name. For example "person" and "Controller" would evaluate to "PersonController"
    
    Parameters:
    
    logicalName - The logical name
    
    trailingName - The trailing name
    
    Returns:
    
    The class name
  - getClassNameRepresentation
```
public static String getClassNameRepresentation(String name)
```
    Returns the class name representation of the given name
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The name to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    The property name representation
  - getClassNameForLowerCaseHyphenSeparatedName
```
public static String getClassNameForLowerCaseHyphenSeparatedName(String name)
```
    Converts foo-bar into FooBar. Empty and null strings are returned as-is.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The lower case hyphen separated name
    
    Returns:
    
    The class name equivalent.
  - getLogicalName
```
public static String getLogicalName(Class<?> clazz,
                                    String trailingName)
```
    Retrieves the logical class name of a Griffon artifact given the Griffon class and a specified trailing name
    
    Parameters:
    
    clazz - The class
    
    trailingName - The trailing name such as "Controller" or "TagLib"
    
    Returns:
    
    The logical class name
  - getLogicalName
```
public static String getLogicalName(String name,
                                    String trailingName)
```
    Retrieves the logical name of the class without the trailing name
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The name of the class
    
    trailingName - The trailing name
    
    Returns:
    
    The logical name
  - getLogicalPropertyName
```
public static String getLogicalPropertyName(String className,
                                            String trailingName)
```
  - getPropertyName
```
public static String getPropertyName(String name)
```
    Shorter version of getPropertyNameRepresentation
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The name to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    The property name version
  - getPropertyName
```
public static String getPropertyName(Class<?> clazz)
```
    Shorter version of getPropertyNameRepresentation
    
    Parameters:
    
    clazz - The clazz to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    The property name version
  - getPropertyNameRepresentation
```
public static String getPropertyNameRepresentation(Class<?> targetClass)
```
    Returns the property name equivalent for the specified class
    
    Parameters:
    
    targetClass - The class to get the property name for
    
    Returns:
    
    A property name representation of the class name (eg. MyClass becomes myClass)
  - getPropertyNameRepresentation
```
public static String getPropertyNameRepresentation(String name)
```
    Returns the property name representation of the given name
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The name to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    The property name representation
  - getPropertyNameForLowerCaseHyphenSeparatedName
```
public static String getPropertyNameForLowerCaseHyphenSeparatedName(String name)
```
    Converts foo-bar into fooBar
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The lower case hyphen separated name
    
    Returns:
    
    The property name equivalent
  - getShortName
```
public static String getShortName(Class<?> targetClass)
```
    Returns the class name without the package prefix
    
    Parameters:
    
    targetClass - The class to get a short name for
    
    Returns:
    
    The short name of the class
  - getShortName
```
public static String getShortName(String className)
```
    Returns the class name without the package prefix
    
    Parameters:
    
    className - The class name to get a short name for
    
    Returns:
    
    The short name of the class
  - getNaturalName
```
public static String getNaturalName(String name)
```
    Converts a property name into its natural language equivalent eg ('firstName' becomes 'First Name')
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The property name to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    The converted property name
  - isBlank
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public static boolean isBlank(String str)
```
    Determines whether a given string is null, empty, or only contains whitespace. If it contains anything other than whitespace then the string is not considered to be blank and the method returns false.
    
    We could use Commons Lang for this, but we don't want GriffonNameUtils to have a dependency on any external library to minimise the number of dependencies required to bootstrap Griffon.
    
    Parameters:
    
    str - The string to test.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the string is null, or blank.
  - requireNonBlank
```
public static String requireNonBlank(String str)
```
    Checks that the specified String is not blank. This method is designed primarily for doing parameter validation in methods and constructors, as demonstrated below:
    public Foo(String str) { this.str = GriffonNameUtils.requireNonBlank(str); }
    Parameters:
    
    str - the String to check for blank
    
    Returns:
    
    str if not blank
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if str is blank
  - requireNonBlank
```
public static String requireNonBlank(String str,
                                     String message)
```
    Checks that the specified String is not blank and throws a customized IllegalArgumentException if it is. This method is designed primarily for doing parameter validation in methods and constructors with multiple parameters, as demonstrated below:
    public Foo(String str) { this.str = GriffonNameUtils.requireNonBlank(str, "str must not be null"); }
    Parameters:
    
    str - the String to check for blank
    
    message - detail message to be used in the event that a IllegalArgumentException is thrown
    
    Returns:
    
    str if not blank
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if str is blank
  - getHyphenatedName
```
public static String getHyphenatedName(Class<?> clazz)
```
    Retrieves the hyphenated name representation of the supplied class. For example MyFunkyGriffonThingy would be my-funky-griffon-thingy.
    
    Parameters:
    
    clazz - The class to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    The hyphenated name representation
  - getHyphenatedName
```
public static String getHyphenatedName(String name)
```
    Retrieves the hyphenated name representation of the given class name. For example MyFunkyGriffonThingy would be my-funky-griffon-thingy.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The class name to convert.
    
    Returns:
    
    The hyphenated name representation.
  - join
```
@Nonnull
public static String join(@Nonnull
                                   Iterable<?> self,
                                   @Nullable
                                   String separator)
```
    Concatenates the toString() representation of each item in this Iterable, with the given String as a separator between each item.
    
    Parameters:
    
    self - an Iterable of objects
    
    separator - a String separator
    
    Returns:
    
    the joined String
  - quote
```
public static String quote(String str)
```
    Applies single or double quotes to a string if it contains whitespace characters
    
    Parameters:
    
    str - the String to be surrounded by quotes
    
    Returns:
    
    a copy of the original String, surrounded by quotes
  - unquote
```
public static String unquote(String str)
```
    Removes single or double quotes from a String
    
    Parameters:
    
    str - the String from which quotes will be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    the unquoted String

Class GriffonNameUtils

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Method Detail

isKeyword

capitalize

uncapitalize

getSetterName

getGetterName

getClassName

getClassNameRepresentation

getClassNameForLowerCaseHyphenSeparatedName

getLogicalName

getLogicalName

getLogicalPropertyName

getPropertyName

getPropertyName

getPropertyNameRepresentation

getPropertyNameRepresentation

getPropertyNameForLowerCaseHyphenSeparatedName

getShortName

getShortName

getNaturalName

isBlank

requireNonBlank

requireNonBlank

getHyphenatedName

getHyphenatedName

join

quote

unquote