String format is (not json format)：
a="0PN5J17HBGZHT7JJ3X82", b="frJIUN8DYpKDtOLCwo/yzg="
I want convert this string to a HashMap:
key a with value 0PN5J17HBGZHT7JJ3X82
key b with value frJIUN8DYpKDtOLCwo/yzg=
Is there a convenient way? Thanks
What I've tried:
Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
String s = "a=\"00PN5J17HBGZHT7JJ3X82\",b=\"frJIUN8DYpKDtOLCwo/yzg=\"";
String []tmp = StringUtils.split(s,',');
for (String v : tmp) {
String[] t = StringUtils.split(v,'=');
map.put(t[0], t[1]);
}
I get this result:
key a with value "0PN5J17HBGZHT7JJ3X82"
key b with value "frJIUN8DYpKDtOLCwo/yzg
for key a, the start and end double quotation marks(") is unwanted; for key b, the start double quotation marks(") is unwanted and the last equals sign(=) is missing.
Sorry for my poor english.
Probably you don't care that it's a HashMap, just a Map, so this will do it, since Properties implements Map:
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.util.*;
public class Strings {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String input = "a=\"0PN5J17HBGZHT7JJ3X82\", b=\"frJIUN8DYpKDtOLCwo/yzg=\"";
String propertiesFormat = input.replaceAll(",", "\n");
Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.load(new StringReader(propertiesFormat));
System.out.println(properties);
}
}
Output:
{b="frJIUN8DYpKDtOLCwo/yzg=", a="0PN5J17HBGZHT7JJ3X82"}
If you absolutely need a HashMap, you can construct one with the Properties object as input: new HashMap(properties).
Added few changes in Ryan's code
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String input = "a=\"0PN5J17HBGZHT7JJ3X82\", b=\"frJIUN8DYpKDtOLCwo/yzg=\"";
input=input.replaceAll("\"", "");
String propertiesFormat = input.replaceAll(",", "\n");
Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.load(new StringReader(propertiesFormat));
Set<Entry<Object, Object>> entrySet = properties.entrySet();
HashMap<String,String > map = new HashMap<String, String>();
for (Iterator<Entry<Object, Object>> it = entrySet.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
Entry<Object,Object> entry = it.next();
map.put((String)entry.getKey(), (String)entry.getValue());
}
System.out.println(map);
}
Split the String on the Basis of commas (",") and then with with ("=")
String s = "Comma Separated String";
HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
String[] arr = s.split(",");
String[] arStr = arr.split("=");
map.put(arr[0], arr[1]);
You can also use the regex as below.
Map<String,String> data = new HashMap<String,String>();
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("[\\{\\}\\=\\, ]++");
String[] split = p.split(text);
for ( int i=0; i+2 <= split.length; i+=2 ){
data.put( split[i], split[i+1] );
}
return data;
Does anyone have, or know of, a java class that I can use to manipulate query strings?
Essentially I'd like a class that I can simply give a query string to and then delete, add and modify query string KVP's.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT
In response to a comment made to this question, the query string will look something like this;
N=123+456+112&Ntt=koala&D=abc
So I'd like to pass this class the query string and say something like;
String[] N = queryStringClass.getParameter("N");
and then maybe
queryStringClass.setParameter("N", N);
and maybe queryStringClass.removeParameter("N");
Or something to that effect.
SOmething like this
public static Map<String, String> getQueryMap(String query)
{
String[] params = query.split("&");
Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
for (String param : params)
{
String name = param.split("=")[0];
String value = param.split("=")[1];
map.put(name, value);
}
return map;
}
To iterate the map simply:
String query = url.getQuery();
Map<String, String> map = getQueryMap(query);
Set<String> keys = map.keySet();
for (String key : keys)
{
System.out.println("Name=" + key);
System.out.println("Value=" + map.get(key));
}
You can also use Google Guava's Splitter.
String queryString = "variableA=89&variableB=100";
Map<String,String> queryParameters = Splitter
.on("&")
.withKeyValueSeparator("=")
.split(queryString);
System.out.println(queryParameters.get("variableA"));
prints out
89
This I think is a very readable alternative to parsing it yourself.
Edit: As #raulk pointed out, this solution does not account for escaped characters. However, this may not be an issue because before you URL-Decode, the query string is guaranteed to not have any escaped characters that conflict with '=' and '&'. You can use this to your advantage in the following way.
Say that you must decode the following query string:
a=%26%23%25!)%23(%40!&b=%23%24(%40)%24%40%40))%24%23%5E*%26
which is URL encoded, then you are guaranteed that the '&' and '=' are specifically used for separating pairs and key from value, respectively, at which point you can use the Guava splitter to get:
a = %26%23%25!)%23(%40!
b = %23%24(%40)%24%40%40))%24%23%5E*%26
Once you have obtained the key-value pairs, then you can URL decode them separately.
a = &#%!)#(#!
b = #$(#)$##))$#^*&
That should cover all cases.
If you are using J2EE, you can use ServletRequest.getParameterValues().
Otherwise, I don't think Java has any common classes for query string handling. Writing your own shouldn't be too hard, though there are certain tricky edge cases, such as realizing that technically the same key may appear more than once in the query string.
One implementation might look like:
import java.util.*;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.URLDecoder;
public class QueryParams {
private static class KVP {
final String key;
final String value;
KVP (String key, String value) {
this.key = key;
this.value = value;
}
}
List<KVP> query = new ArrayList<KVP>();
public QueryParams(String queryString) {
parse(queryString);
}
public QueryParams() {
}
public void addParam(String key, String value) {
if (key == null || value == null)
throw new NullPointerException("null parameter key or value");
query.add(new KVP(key, value));
}
private void parse(String queryString) {
for (String pair : queryString.split("&")) {
int eq = pair.indexOf("=");
if (eq < 0) {
// key with no value
addParam(URLDecoder.decode(pair), "");
} else {
// key=value
String key = URLDecoder.decode(pair.substring(0, eq));
String value = URLDecoder.decode(pair.substring(eq + 1));
query.add(new KVP(key, value));
}
}
}
public String toQueryString() {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (KVP kvp : query) {
if (sb.length() > 0) {
sb.append('&');
}
sb.append(URLEncoder.encode(kvp.key));
if (!kvp.value.equals("")) {
sb.append('=');
sb.append(URLEncoder.encode(kvp.value));
}
}
return sb.toString();
}
public String getParameter(String key) {
for (KVP kvp : query) {
if (kvp.key.equals(key)) {
return kvp.value;
}
}
return null;
}
public List<String> getParameterValues(String key) {
List<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
for (KVP kvp : query) {
if (kvp.key.equals(key)) {
list.add(kvp.value);
}
}
return list;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
QueryParams qp = new QueryParams("k1=v1&k2&k3=v3&k1=v4&k1&k5=hello+%22world");
System.out.println("getParameter:");
String[] keys = new String[] { "k1", "k2", "k3", "k5" };
for (String key : keys) {
System.out.println(key + ": " + qp.getParameter(key));
}
System.out.println("getParameters(k1): " + qp.getParameterValues("k1"));
}
}
Another way is to use apache http-components. It's a bit hacky, but at least you leverage all the parsing corner cases:
List<NameValuePair> params =
URLEncodedUtils.parse("http://example.com/?" + queryString, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
That'll give you a List of NameValuePair objects that should be easy to work with.
You can create a util method and use regular expression to parse it. A pattern like "[;&]" should suffice.
In Python, when formatting string, I can fill placeholders by name rather than by position, like that:
print "There's an incorrect value '%(value)s' in column # %(column)d" % \
{ 'value': x, 'column': y }
I wonder if that is possible in Java (hopefully, without external libraries)?
StrSubstitutor of jakarta commons lang is a light weight way of doing this provided your values are already formatted correctly.
http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/javadocs/api-3.1/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/StrSubstitutor.html
Map<String, String> values = new HashMap<String, String>();
values.put("value", x);
values.put("column", y);
StrSubstitutor sub = new StrSubstitutor(values, "%(", ")");
String result = sub.replace("There's an incorrect value '%(value)' in column # %(column)");
The above results in:
"There's an incorrect value '1' in column # 2"
When using Maven you can add this dependency to your pom.xml:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
<version>3.4</version>
</dependency>
not quite, but you can use MessageFormat to reference one value multiple times:
MessageFormat.format("There's an incorrect value \"{0}\" in column # {1}", x, y);
The above can be done with String.format() as well, but I find messageFormat syntax cleaner if you need to build complex expressions, plus you dont need to care about the type of the object you are putting into the string
Another example of Apache Common StringSubstitutor for simple named placeholder.
String template = "Welcome to {theWorld}. My name is {myName}.";
Map<String, String> values = new HashMap<>();
values.put("theWorld", "Stackoverflow");
values.put("myName", "Thanos");
String message = StringSubstitutor.replace(template, values, "{", "}");
System.out.println(message);
// Welcome to Stackoverflow. My name is Thanos.
You can use StringTemplate library, it offers what you want and much more.
import org.antlr.stringtemplate.*;
final StringTemplate hello = new StringTemplate("Hello, $name$");
hello.setAttribute("name", "World");
System.out.println(hello.toString());
public static String format(String format, Map<String, Object> values) {
StringBuilder formatter = new StringBuilder(format);
List<Object> valueList = new ArrayList<Object>();
Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile("\\$\\{(\\w+)}").matcher(format);
while (matcher.find()) {
String key = matcher.group(1);
String formatKey = String.format("${%s}", key);
int index = formatter.indexOf(formatKey);
if (index != -1) {
formatter.replace(index, index + formatKey.length(), "%s");
valueList.add(values.get(key));
}
}
return String.format(formatter.toString(), valueList.toArray());
}
Example:
String format = "My name is ${1}. ${0} ${1}.";
Map<String, Object> values = new HashMap<String, Object>();
values.put("0", "James");
values.put("1", "Bond");
System.out.println(format(format, values)); // My name is Bond. James Bond.
Thanks for all your help! Using all your clues, I've written routine to do exactly what I want -- python-like string formatting using dictionary. Since I'm Java newbie, any hints are appreciated.
public static String dictFormat(String format, Hashtable<String, Object> values) {
StringBuilder convFormat = new StringBuilder(format);
Enumeration<String> keys = values.keys();
ArrayList valueList = new ArrayList();
int currentPos = 1;
while (keys.hasMoreElements()) {
String key = keys.nextElement(),
formatKey = "%(" + key + ")",
formatPos = "%" + Integer.toString(currentPos) + "$";
int index = -1;
while ((index = convFormat.indexOf(formatKey, index)) != -1) {
convFormat.replace(index, index + formatKey.length(), formatPos);
index += formatPos.length();
}
valueList.add(values.get(key));
++currentPos;
}
return String.format(convFormat.toString(), valueList.toArray());
}
This is an old thread, but just for the record, you could also use Java 8 style, like this:
public static String replaceParams(Map<String, String> hashMap, String template) {
return hashMap.entrySet().stream().reduce(template, (s, e) -> s.replace("%(" + e.getKey() + ")", e.getValue()),
(s, s2) -> s);
}
Usage:
public static void main(String[] args) {
final HashMap<String, String> hashMap = new HashMap<String, String>() {
{
put("foo", "foo1");
put("bar", "bar1");
put("car", "BMW");
put("truck", "MAN");
}
};
String res = replaceParams(hashMap, "This is '%(foo)' and '%(foo)', but also '%(bar)' '%(bar)' indeed.");
System.out.println(res);
System.out.println(replaceParams(hashMap, "This is '%(car)' and '%(foo)', but also '%(bar)' '%(bar)' indeed."));
System.out.println(replaceParams(hashMap, "This is '%(car)' and '%(truck)', but also '%(foo)' '%(bar)' + '%(truck)' indeed."));
}
The output will be:
This is 'foo1' and 'foo1', but also 'bar1' 'bar1' indeed.
This is 'BMW' and 'foo1', but also 'bar1' 'bar1' indeed.
This is 'BMW' and 'MAN', but also 'foo1' 'bar1' + 'MAN' indeed.
Apache Commons StringSubstitutor can be used. Note that StrSubstitutor is deprecated.
import org.apache.commons.text.StringSubstitutor;
// ...
Map<String, String> values = new HashMap<>();
values.put("animal", "quick brown fox");
values.put("target", "lazy dog");
StringSubstitutor sub = new StringSubstitutor(values);
String result = sub.replace("The ${animal} jumped over the ${target}.");
// "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
This class supports providing default values for variables.
String result = sub.replace("The number is ${undefined.property:-42}.");
// "The number is 42."
To use recursive variable replacement, call setEnableSubstitutionInVariables(true);.
Map<String, String> values = new HashMap<>();
values.put("b", "c");
values.put("ac", "Test");
StringSubstitutor sub = new StringSubstitutor(values);
sub.setEnableSubstitutionInVariables(true);
String result = sub.replace("${a${b}}");
// "Test"
I am the author of a small library that does exactly what you want:
Student student = new Student("Andrei", 30, "Male");
String studStr = template("#{id}\tName: #{st.getName}, Age: #{st.getAge}, Gender: #{st.getGender}")
.arg("id", 10)
.arg("st", student)
.format();
System.out.println(studStr);
Or you can chain the arguments:
String result = template("#{x} + #{y} = #{z}")
.args("x", 5, "y", 10, "z", 15)
.format();
System.out.println(result);
// Output: "5 + 10 = 15"
There is nothing built into Java at the moment of writing this. I would suggest writing your own implementation. My preference is for a simple fluent builder interface instead of creating a map and passing it to function -- you end up with a nice contiguous chunk of code, for example:
String result = new TemplatedStringBuilder("My name is {{name}} and I from {{town}}")
.replace("name", "John Doe")
.replace("town", "Sydney")
.finish();
Here is a simple implementation:
class TemplatedStringBuilder {
private final static String TEMPLATE_START_TOKEN = "{{";
private final static String TEMPLATE_CLOSE_TOKEN = "}}";
private final String template;
private final Map<String, String> parameters = new HashMap<>();
public TemplatedStringBuilder(String template) {
if (template == null) throw new NullPointerException();
this.template = template;
}
public TemplatedStringBuilder replace(String key, String value){
parameters.put(key, value);
return this;
}
public String finish(){
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
int startIndex = 0;
while (startIndex < template.length()){
int openIndex = template.indexOf(TEMPLATE_START_TOKEN, startIndex);
if (openIndex < 0){
result.append(template.substring(startIndex));
break;
}
int closeIndex = template.indexOf(TEMPLATE_CLOSE_TOKEN, openIndex);
if(closeIndex < 0){
result.append(template.substring(startIndex));
break;
}
String key = template.substring(openIndex + TEMPLATE_START_TOKEN.length(), closeIndex);
if (!parameters.containsKey(key)) throw new RuntimeException("missing value for key: " + key);
result.append(template.substring(startIndex, openIndex));
result.append(parameters.get(key));
startIndex = closeIndex + TEMPLATE_CLOSE_TOKEN.length();
}
return result.toString();
}
}
Apache Commons Lang's replaceEach method may come in handy dependeding on your specific needs. You can easily use it to replace placeholders by name with this single method call:
StringUtils.replaceEach("There's an incorrect value '%(value)' in column # %(column)",
new String[] { "%(value)", "%(column)" }, new String[] { x, y });
Given some input text, this will replace all occurrences of the placeholders in the first string array with the corresponding values in the second one.
You should have a look at the official ICU4J library. It provides a MessageFormat class similar to the one available with the JDK but this former supports named placeholders.
Unlike other solutions provided on this page. ICU4j is part of the ICU project that is maintained by IBM and regularly updated. In addition, it supports advanced use cases such as pluralization and much more.
Here is a code example:
MessageFormat messageFormat =
new MessageFormat("Publication written by {author}.");
Map<String, String> args = Map.of("author", "John Doe");
System.out.println(messageFormat.format(args));
As of 2022 the up-to-date solution is Apache Commons Text StringSubstitutor
From the doc:
// Build map
Map<String, String> valuesMap = new HashMap<>();
valuesMap.put("animal", "quick brown fox");
valuesMap.put("target", "lazy dog");
String templateString = "The ${animal} jumped over the ${target} ${undefined.number:-1234567890} times.";
// Build StringSubstitutor
StringSubstitutor sub = new StringSubstitutor(valuesMap);
// Replace
String resolvedString = sub.replace(templateString)
;
You could have something like this on a string helper class
/**
* An interpreter for strings with named placeholders.
*
* For example given the string "hello %(myName)" and the map <code>
* <p>Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();</p>
* <p>map.put("myName", "world");</p>
* </code>
*
* the call {#code format("hello %(myName)", map)} returns "hello world"
*
* It replaces every occurrence of a named placeholder with its given value
* in the map. If there is a named place holder which is not found in the
* map then the string will retain that placeholder. Likewise, if there is
* an entry in the map that does not have its respective placeholder, it is
* ignored.
*
* #param str
* string to format
* #param values
* to replace
* #return formatted string
*/
public static String format(String str, Map<String, Object> values) {
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(str);
for (Entry<String, Object> entry : values.entrySet()) {
int start;
String pattern = "%(" + entry.getKey() + ")";
String value = entry.getValue().toString();
// Replace every occurence of %(key) with value
while ((start = builder.indexOf(pattern)) != -1) {
builder.replace(start, start + pattern.length(), value);
}
}
return builder.toString();
}
Based on the answer I created MapBuilder class:
public class MapBuilder {
public static Map<String, Object> build(Object... data) {
Map<String, Object> result = new LinkedHashMap<>();
if (data.length % 2 != 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Odd number of arguments");
}
String key = null;
Integer step = -1;
for (Object value : data) {
step++;
switch (step % 2) {
case 0:
if (value == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Null key value");
}
key = (String) value;
continue;
case 1:
result.put(key, value);
break;
}
}
return result;
}
}
then I created class StringFormat for String formatting:
public final class StringFormat {
public static String format(String format, Object... args) {
Map<String, Object> values = MapBuilder.build(args);
for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : values.entrySet()) {
String key = entry.getKey();
Object value = entry.getValue();
format = format.replace("$" + key, value.toString());
}
return format;
}
}
which you could use like that:
String bookingDate = StringFormat.format("From $startDate to $endDate"),
"$startDate", formattedStartDate,
"$endDate", formattedEndDate
);
I created also a util/helper class (using jdk 8) which can format a string an replaces occurrences of variables.
For this purpose I used the Matchers "appendReplacement" method which does all the substitution and loops only over the affected parts of a format string.
The helper class isn't currently well javadoc documented. I will changes this in the future ;)
Anyway I commented the most important lines (I hope).
public class FormatHelper {
//Prefix and suffix for the enclosing variable name in the format string.
//Replace the default values with any you need.
public static final String DEFAULT_PREFIX = "${";
public static final String DEFAULT_SUFFIX = "}";
//Define dynamic function what happens if a key is not found.
//Replace the defualt exception with any "unchecked" exception type you need or any other behavior.
public static final BiFunction<String, String, String> DEFAULT_NO_KEY_FUNCTION =
(fullMatch, variableName) -> {
throw new RuntimeException(String.format("Key: %s for variable %s not found.",
variableName,
fullMatch));
};
private final Pattern variablePattern;
private final Map<String, String> values;
private final BiFunction<String, String, String> noKeyFunction;
private final String prefix;
private final String suffix;
public FormatHelper(Map<String, String> values) {
this(DEFAULT_NO_KEY_FUNCTION, values);
}
public FormatHelper(
BiFunction<String, String, String> noKeyFunction, Map<String, String> values) {
this(DEFAULT_PREFIX, DEFAULT_SUFFIX, noKeyFunction, values);
}
public FormatHelper(String prefix, String suffix, Map<String, String> values) {
this(prefix, suffix, DEFAULT_NO_KEY_FUNCTION, values);
}
public FormatHelper(
String prefix,
String suffix,
BiFunction<String, String, String> noKeyFunction,
Map<String, String> values) {
this.prefix = prefix;
this.suffix = suffix;
this.values = values;
this.noKeyFunction = noKeyFunction;
//Create the Pattern and quote the prefix and suffix so that the regex don't interpret special chars.
//The variable name is a "\w+" in an extra capture group.
variablePattern = Pattern.compile(Pattern.quote(prefix) + "(\\w+)" + Pattern.quote(suffix));
}
public static String format(CharSequence format, Map<String, String> values) {
return new FormatHelper(values).format(format);
}
public static String format(
CharSequence format,
BiFunction<String, String, String> noKeyFunction,
Map<String, String> values) {
return new FormatHelper(noKeyFunction, values).format(format);
}
public static String format(
String prefix, String suffix, CharSequence format, Map<String, String> values) {
return new FormatHelper(prefix, suffix, values).format(format);
}
public static String format(
String prefix,
String suffix,
BiFunction<String, String, String> noKeyFunction,
CharSequence format,
Map<String, String> values) {
return new FormatHelper(prefix, suffix, noKeyFunction, values).format(format);
}
public String format(CharSequence format) {
//Create matcher based on the init pattern for variable names.
Matcher matcher = variablePattern.matcher(format);
//This buffer will hold all parts of the formatted finished string.
StringBuffer formatBuffer = new StringBuffer();
//loop while the matcher finds another variable (prefix -> name <- suffix) match
while (matcher.find()) {
//The root capture group with the full match e.g ${variableName}
String fullMatch = matcher.group();
//The capture group for the variable name resulting from "(\w+)" e.g. variableName
String variableName = matcher.group(1);
//Get the value in our Map so the Key is the used variable name in our "format" string. The associated value will replace the variable.
//If key is missing (absent) call the noKeyFunction with parameters "fullMatch" and "variableName" else return the value.
String value = values.computeIfAbsent(variableName, key -> noKeyFunction.apply(fullMatch, key));
//Escape the Map value because the "appendReplacement" method interprets the $ and \ as special chars.
String escapedValue = Matcher.quoteReplacement(value);
//The "appendReplacement" method replaces the current "full" match (e.g. ${variableName}) with the value from the "values" Map.
//The replaced part of the "format" string is appended to the StringBuffer "formatBuffer".
matcher.appendReplacement(formatBuffer, escapedValue);
}
//The "appendTail" method appends the last part of the "format" String which has no regex match.
//That means if e.g. our "format" string has no matches the whole untouched "format" string is appended to the StringBuffer "formatBuffer".
//Further more the method return the buffer.
return matcher.appendTail(formatBuffer)
.toString();
}
public String getPrefix() {
return prefix;
}
public String getSuffix() {
return suffix;
}
public Map<String, String> getValues() {
return values;
}
}
You can create a class instance for a specific Map with values (or suffix prefix or noKeyFunction)
like:
Map<String, String> values = new HashMap<>();
values.put("firstName", "Peter");
values.put("lastName", "Parker");
FormatHelper formatHelper = new FormatHelper(values);
formatHelper.format("${firstName} ${lastName} is Spiderman!");
// Result: "Peter Parker is Spiderman!"
// Next format:
formatHelper.format("Does ${firstName} ${lastName} works as photographer?");
//Result: "Does Peter Parker works as photographer?"
Further more you can define what happens if a key in the values Map is missing (works in both ways e.g. wrong variable name in format string or missing key in Map).
The default behavior is an thrown unchecked exception (unchecked because I use the default jdk8 Function which cant handle checked exceptions) like:
Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();
map.put("firstName", "Peter");
map.put("lastName", "Parker");
FormatHelper formatHelper = new FormatHelper(map);
formatHelper.format("${missingName} ${lastName} is Spiderman!");
//Result: RuntimeException: Key: missingName for variable ${missingName} not found.
You can define a custom behavior in the constructor call like:
Map<String, String> values = new HashMap<>();
values.put("firstName", "Peter");
values.put("lastName", "Parker");
FormatHelper formatHelper = new FormatHelper(fullMatch, variableName) -> variableName.equals("missingName") ? "John": "SOMETHING_WRONG", values);
formatHelper.format("${missingName} ${lastName} is Spiderman!");
// Result: "John Parker is Spiderman!"
or delegate it back to the default no key behavior:
...
FormatHelper formatHelper = new FormatHelper((fullMatch, variableName) -> variableName.equals("missingName") ? "John" :
FormatHelper.DEFAULT_NO_KEY_FUNCTION.apply(fullMatch,
variableName), map);
...
For better handling there are also static method representations like:
Map<String, String> values = new HashMap<>();
values.put("firstName", "Peter");
values.put("lastName", "Parker");
FormatHelper.format("${firstName} ${lastName} is Spiderman!", map);
// Result: "Peter Parker is Spiderman!"
There is Java Plugin to use string interpolation in Java (like in Kotlin, JavaScript). Supports Java 8, 9, 10, 11… https://github.com/antkorwin/better-strings
Using variables in string literals:
int a = 3;
int b = 4;
System.out.println("${a} + ${b} = ${a+b}");
Using expressions:
int a = 3;
int b = 4;
System.out.println("pow = ${a * a}");
System.out.println("flag = ${a > b ? true : false}");
Using functions:
#Test
void functionCall() {
System.out.println("fact(5) = ${factorial(5)}");
}
long factorial(int n) {
long fact = 1;
for (int i = 2; i <= n; i++) {
fact = fact * i;
}
return fact;
}
For more info, please read the project README.
The quick answer is no, unfortunately. However, you can come pretty close to a reasonable syntaks:
"""
You are $compliment!
"""
.replace('$compliment', 'awesome');
It's more readable and predictable than String.format, at least!
My answer is to:
a) use StringBuilder when possible
b) keep (in any form: integer is the best, speciall char like dollar macro etc) position of "placeholder" and then use StringBuilder.insert() (few versions of arguments).
Using external libraries seems overkill and I belive degrade performance significant, when StringBuilder is converted to String internally.
Try Freemarker, templating library.
I tried in just a quick way
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String rowString = "replace the value ${var1} with ${var2}";
Map<String,String> mappedValues = new HashMap<>();
mappedValues.put("var1", "Value 1");
mappedValues.put("var2", "Value 2");
System.out.println(replaceOccurence(rowString, mappedValues));
}
private static String replaceOccurence(String baseStr ,Map<String,String> mappedValues)
{
for(String key :mappedValues.keySet())
{
baseStr = baseStr.replace("${"+key+"}", mappedValues.get(key));
}
return baseStr;
}
I ended up with the next solution:
Create class TemplateSubstitutor with method substitute() and use it to format output
Then create a string template and fill it with values
import java.util.*;
public class MyClass {
public static void main(String args[]) {
String template = "WRR = {WRR}, SRR = {SRR}\n" +
"char_F1 = {char_F1}, word_F1 = {word_F1}\n";
Map<String, Object> values = new HashMap<>();
values.put("WRR", 99.9);
values.put("SRR", 99.8);
values.put("char_F1", 80);
values.put("word_F1", 70);
String message = TemplateSubstitutor.substitute(values, template);
System.out.println(message);
}
}
class TemplateSubstitutor {
public static String substitute(Map<String, Object> map, String input_str) {
String output_str = input_str;
for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : map.entrySet()) {
String key = entry.getKey();
Object value = entry.getValue();
output_str = output_str.replace("{" + key + "}", String.valueOf(value));
}
return output_str;
}
}
https://dzone.com/articles/java-string-format-examples String.format(inputString, [listOfParams]) would be the easiest way. Placeholders in string can be defined by order. For more details check the provided link.