Package org.dellroad.hl7

Class HL7Util

java.lang.Object

org.dellroad.hl7.HL7Util

public final class HL7Util
extends Object

Utility methods.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static int[]	find(String value, char sep)	Convenience method.
static int[]	find(String value, char sep, int start)	Convenience method.
static int[]	find(String value, char sep, int start, int end)	Find all occurrences of the separator character in the sub-string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

find

public static int[] find(String value,
                         char sep)

Convenience method. Equivalent to:

find(value, sep, 0, value.length())

Parameters:

value - string to search

sep - separator character to search for

Returns:

separator occurrences

find

public static int[] find(String value,
                         char sep,
                         int start)

Convenience method. Equivalent to:

find(value, sep, start, value.length())

Parameters:

value - string to search

sep - separator character to search for

start - starting offset in value

Returns:

separator occurrences

find

public static int[] find(String value,
                         char sep,
                         int start,
                         int end)

Find all occurrences of the separator character in the sub-string.

Parameters:

value - entire string

sep - separator character to search for

start - starting index of sub-string to search (inclusive)

end - ending index of sub-string to search (exclusive)

Returns:

indexes of all occurrences of sep, in order, plus one extra index equal to end

Throws:

StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if start is less than zero or end is greater than the length of value