Class ComboUtils

java.lang.Object

org.deltava.util.ComboUtils

public class ComboUtils
extends Object

A utility class to generate combobox lists.

Since:

1.0

Version:

11.0

Author:

Luke

See Also:

• ComboAlias

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static List<ComboAlias>	fromArray(String... names)	Create a list of ComboAlias objects from an array of Strings.
static List<ComboAlias>	fromArray(String[] names, Object[] values)	Create a list of ComboAlias objects from an array of names and aliases.
static List<ComboAlias>	fromList(Collection<?> names)	Create a list of ComboAlias objects from a List of objects.
static List<ComboAlias>	fromMap(Map<String,Object> names)	Create a list of ComboAlias objects from a Map.
static ComboAlias	fromString(String name)	Create a ComboAlias from a String.
static ComboAlias	fromString(String name, String alias)	Create a ComboAlias from a name invalid input: '&' alias pair.
static List<ComboAlias>	properCase(Enum<?>... names)	Create a list of ComboAlias objects from an array of Enumerations, propercasing the name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

fromArray

public static List<ComboAlias> fromArray(String... names)

Create a list of ComboAlias objects from an array of Strings. The name/alias will be the same.

Parameters:

names - a variable number of Strings

Returns:

a List of ComboAlias objects

See Also:

• fromList(Collection)

properCase

public static List<ComboAlias> properCase(Enum<?>... names)

Create a list of ComboAlias objects from an array of Enumerations, propercasing the name.

Parameters:

names - a variable number of enums

Returns:

a List of ComboAlias objects

fromString

public static ComboAlias fromString(String name)

Create a ComboAlias from a String. The name/alias will be the same.

Parameters:

name - the String

Returns:

a ComboAlias object

fromString

public static ComboAlias fromString(String name,
 String alias)

Create a ComboAlias from a name invalid input: '&' alias pair.

Parameters:

name - the name

alias - the alias

Returns:

a ComboAlias object

fromList

public static List<ComboAlias> fromList(Collection<?> names)

Create a list of ComboAlias objects from a List of objects. The name/alias will be the same.

Parameters:

names - a List of names

Returns:

a List of ComboAlias objects

fromMap

public static List<ComboAlias> fromMap(Map<String,Object> names)

Create a list of ComboAlias objects from a Map. The keys will be the name, the values the aliases. The aliases need not be Strings; the toString() method will be called on them to get a String representation.

Parameters:

names - a Map of name/value pairs

Returns:

a List of ComboAlias Objects

See Also:

• fromArray(String[], Object[])
• Object.toString()

fromArray

public static List<ComboAlias> fromArray(String[] names,
 Object[] values)

Create a list of ComboAlias objects from an array of names and aliases. The aliases need not be Strings. The toString() method will be called on them to get a String representation.

Parameters:

names - an array of names

values - an array of aliases.

Returns:

a List of ComboAlias objects

Throws:

ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if names.length != values.length