/* * Databinder: a simple bridge from Wicket to Hibernate * Copyright (C) 2006 Nathan Hamblen nathan@technically.us * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ package net.databinder.data; import java.util.regex.Pattern; /** * Foundation for objects that generate names based on string properties. * @author Nathan Hamblen */ public class Nameable { protected static Pattern spaces = Pattern.compile("\\s+"); protected static Pattern nonWords = Pattern.compile("[^-\\w]"); /** * Converts string to lowercase with spaces as hyphens and other non-word charters * removed. * @return string in all lowercase with no whitespace or other non-word characters */ public static String stringIdFor(String string) { if (string == null) return null; return nonWords.matcher(spaces.matcher(string.toLowerCase()).replaceAll("-")).replaceAll(""); } }