QueryUtilities.java

package edu.gatech.i3l.fhir.jpa.query;

import java.text.Normalizer;

public class QueryUtilities {

	public static String normalizeString(String theString) {
		char[] out = new char[theString.length()];
		theString = Normalizer.normalize(theString, Normalizer.Form.NFD);
		int j = 0;
		for (int i = 0, n = theString.length(); i < n; ++i) {
			char c = theString.charAt(i);
			if (c <= '\u007F') {
				out[j++] = c;
			}
		}
//		return new String(out).toUpperCase();
		return new String(out);
	}
}