/*
* 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("");
}
}