Package edu.iu.jrsalata

Class Utility

java.lang.Object

edu.iu.jrsalata.Utility

public class Utility
extends Object

Utility class provides static methods for string manipulation and processing. This class is not meant to be instantiated.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Utility()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	cleanLine(String line)	Cleans the given line by stripping unnecessary whitespace and removing comments.
static String	lengthCheck(String symbol)	Ensures the given symbol string is exactly SymTable.MAX_LEN characters long.
static String[]	splitLine(String line)	Splits the given line into parts based on spaces after cleaning it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Utility

public Utility()

Method Details

lengthCheck

public static String lengthCheck(String symbol)

Ensures the given symbol string is exactly SymTable.MAX_LEN characters long. If the symbol is longer, it is truncated. If it is shorter, it is padded with spaces. The resulting string is converted to uppercase.

Parameters:

symbol - the input string to be checked and adjusted

Returns:

the adjusted string of length SymTable.MAX_LEN in uppercase

cleanLine

public static String cleanLine(String line)

Cleans the given line by stripping unnecessary whitespace and removing comments. If the line is empty or is just a comment, an empty string is returned.

Parameters:

line - the input string to be cleaned

Returns:

the cleaned string without comments and unnecessary whitespace

splitLine

public static String[] splitLine(String line)

Splits the given line into parts based on spaces after cleaning it. If the line is empty or is just a comment, an array with two empty strings is returned.

Parameters:

line - the input string to be split

Returns:

an array of strings split by spaces or tabs