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Added in API level 24

StringJoiner

public final class StringJoiner
extends Object

java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.util.StringJoiner


StringJoiner is used to construct a sequence of characters separated by a delimiter and optionally starting with a supplied prefix and ending with a supplied suffix.

Prior to adding something to the StringJoiner, its sj.toString() method will, by default, return prefix + suffix. However, if the setEmptyValue method is called, the emptyValue supplied will be returned instead. This can be used, for example, when creating a string using set notation to indicate an empty set, i.e. "{}", where the prefix is "{", the suffix is "}" and nothing has been added to the StringJoiner.

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Summary

Public constructors

StringJoiner(CharSequence delimiter)

Constructs a StringJoiner with no characters in it, with no prefix or suffix, and a copy of the supplied delimiter.

StringJoiner(CharSequence delimiter, CharSequence prefix, CharSequence suffix)

Constructs a StringJoiner with no characters in it using copies of the supplied prefix, delimiter and suffix.

Public methods

StringJoiner add(CharSequence newElement)

Adds a copy of the given CharSequence value as the next element of the StringJoiner value.

int length()

Returns the length of the String representation of this StringJoiner.

StringJoiner merge(StringJoiner other)

Adds the contents of the given StringJoiner without prefix and suffix as the next element if it is non-empty.

StringJoiner setEmptyValue(CharSequence emptyValue)

Sets the sequence of characters to be used when determining the string representation of this StringJoiner and no elements have been added yet, that is, when it is empty.

String toString()

Returns the current value, consisting of the prefix, the values added so far separated by the delimiter, and the suffix, unless no elements have been added in which case, the prefix + suffix or the emptyValue characters are returned

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Object

Public constructors

StringJoiner

Added in API level 24
StringJoiner (CharSequence delimiter)

Constructs a StringJoiner with no characters in it, with no prefix or suffix, and a copy of the supplied delimiter. If no characters are added to the StringJoiner and methods accessing the value of it are invoked, it will not return a prefix or suffix (or properties thereof) in the result, unless setEmptyValue has first been called.

Parameters
delimiter CharSequence: the sequence of characters to be used between each element added to the StringJoiner value
Throws
NullPointerException if delimiter is null

StringJoiner

Added in API level 24
StringJoiner (CharSequence delimiter, 
                CharSequence prefix, 
                CharSequence suffix)

Constructs a StringJoiner with no characters in it using copies of the supplied prefix, delimiter and suffix. If no characters are added to the StringJoiner and methods accessing the string value of it are invoked, it will return the prefix + suffix (or properties thereof) in the result, unless setEmptyValue has first been called.

Parameters
delimiter CharSequence: the sequence of characters to be used between each element added to the StringJoiner
prefix CharSequence: the sequence of characters to be used at the beginning
suffix CharSequence: the sequence of characters to be used at the end
Throws
NullPointerException if prefix, delimiter, or suffix is null

Public methods

add

Added in API level 24
StringJoiner add (CharSequence newElement)

Adds a copy of the given CharSequence value as the next element of the StringJoiner value. If newElement is null, then "null" is added.

Parameters
newElement CharSequence: The element to add
Returns
StringJoiner a reference to this StringJoiner

length

Added in API level 24
int length ()

Returns the length of the String representation of this StringJoiner. Note that if no add methods have been called, then the length of the String representation (either prefix + suffix or emptyValue) will be returned. The value should be equivalent to toString().length().

Returns
int the length of the current value of StringJoiner

merge

Added in API level 24
StringJoiner merge (StringJoiner other)

Adds the contents of the given StringJoiner without prefix and suffix as the next element if it is non-empty. If the given StringJoiner is empty, the call has no effect.

A StringJoiner is empty if add() has never been called, and if merge() has never been called with a non-empty StringJoiner argument.

If the other StringJoiner is using a different delimiter, then elements from the other StringJoiner are concatenated with that delimiter and the result is appended to this StringJoiner as a single element.

Parameters
other StringJoiner: The StringJoiner whose contents should be merged into this one
Returns
StringJoiner This StringJoiner
Throws
NullPointerException if the other StringJoiner is null

setEmptyValue

Added in API level 24
StringJoiner setEmptyValue (CharSequence emptyValue)

Sets the sequence of characters to be used when determining the string representation of this StringJoiner and no elements have been added yet, that is, when it is empty. A copy of the emptyValue parameter is made for this purpose. Note that once an add method has been called, the StringJoiner is no longer considered empty, even if the element(s) added correspond to the empty String.

Parameters
emptyValue CharSequence: the characters to return as the value of an empty StringJoiner
Returns
StringJoiner this StringJoiner itself so the calls may be chained
Throws
NullPointerException when the emptyValue parameter is null

toString

Added in API level 24
String toString ()

Returns the current value, consisting of the prefix, the values added so far separated by the delimiter, and the suffix, unless no elements have been added in which case, the prefix + suffix or the emptyValue characters are returned

Returns
String the string representation of this StringJoiner

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