Constructor Detail

• NameUtilities

  public NameUtilities()

Method Detail

• depluralize

  public static java.lang.String depluralize​(java.lang.String name)

  Convert potentially plural name to singular form. TODO: internationalization?

  Parameters:

  name - base name

  Returns:

  singularized name

• pluralize

  public static java.lang.String pluralize​(java.lang.String name)

  Convert singular name to plural form. TODO: internationalization?

  Parameters:

  name - base name

  Returns:

  plural name

• isPatternMatch

  public static boolean isPatternMatch​(java.lang.String name,
                                       java.lang.String pattern)

  Checks if a name matches a pattern. This method accepts one or more '*' wildcard characters in the pattern, calling itself recursively in order to handle multiple wildcards.

  Parameters:

  name -

  pattern - match pattern

  Returns:

  true if pattern matched, false if not