Utils.java

/**
 * @author ishaikh
 *
 */
package com.transformuk.bdt.tld;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;

/**
 * Utility class with common methods to be used by front end
 * @author iqbal
 *
 */
public class Utils {
	
	private static final String REGEX = "\\<.*?\\>";

	public static boolean contains(String[] list, String value) {
			
		List<String> elementList = Arrays.asList(list);
	    return elementList.contains(value);
	}
	
	public static String stripHtml(String input) {
		
	    return input.replaceAll(REGEX, "");
	}
	
	public static String abbreviate(String input, int numberofChar) {
		
	    return StringUtils.abbreviate(input, numberofChar);
	}

}