An NSString category that brings a Java-like string manipulation API to Objective-C
Nothing fancy here, just add the sources to your project and go.
To use this code, you must do two things:
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#import "NSString+JavaAPI.h". -
Pretend that you're coding in Java.
This category is not as powerful as the full-fledged Java string processing API. In particular, split() only operates on string literals and does not support passing a regular-expression as in Java.
Additionally, various methods from the Java String API that are less commonly used and/or that have close syntactic and semantic relatives in the standard NSString API are not included in this category.
Why create a Java-like String API for Objective-C?
Because having worked with both Java Strings and NSString's I found the latter to be lacking in some areas. For example, it should not be necessary to say [str stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]] when all I want to do is trim leading and trailing whitespace.
Saying [str trim] is simpler and more intuitive and less likely to leave you with carpal-tunnel.
Why should I use this library?
Use this library if you've got experience with Java and find yourself occasionally frustrated by the more obtuse and/or verbose aspects of the standard NSString API.
Why should I NOT use this library?
Don't use this library if you've never worked with Java, or if you're just plain happy with the standard NSString API's.
What are your license terms?
Use this code if you want, otherwise don't. That's it.