StringConverter (patterntesting-rt 2.2.20-YEARS API)

java.lang.Object
- patterntesting.runtime.util.StringConverter

```
public abstract class StringConverter
extends java.lang.Object
```
This is the base class for all converter classes which transform a string into another string. This can be a converter ignoring white spaces or a converter transforming all strings to upper case.
This class can be uses as addtional parameter for the FileTester or IOTester class in the junit package.

Since:

1.6 (03.08.2015)

Author:

oliver (boehm@javatux.de)

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static StringConverter`	`ECHO`	This converter echoes only the input string.
`static StringConverter`	`IGNORE_WHITESPACES`	Use this converter if you want to ignore white spaces.
`static StringConverter`	`LOWER_CASE`	Use this converter if you want to convert the string into lower case.
`static StringConverter`	`UPPER_CASE`	Use this converter if you want to convert the string into upper case.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

StringConverter()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`StringConverter`	`and(StringConverter... others)`	With this method you can combine several converters.
`abstract java.lang.String`	`convert(java.lang.String input)`	This is the method for conversion.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - ECHO
```
public static final StringConverter ECHO
```
    This converter echoes only the input string.
  - UPPER_CASE
```
public static final StringConverter UPPER_CASE
```
    Use this converter if you want to convert the string into upper case.
  - LOWER_CASE
```
public static final StringConverter LOWER_CASE
```
    Use this converter if you want to convert the string into lower case.
  - IGNORE_WHITESPACES
```
public static final StringConverter IGNORE_WHITESPACES
```
    Use this converter if you want to ignore white spaces.
- Constructor Detail
  - StringConverter
```
public StringConverter()
```
- Method Detail
  - convert
```
public abstract java.lang.String convert(java.lang.String input)
```
    This is the method for conversion.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the input
    
    Returns:
    
    the string
  - and
```
public final StringConverter and(StringConverter... others)
```
    With this method you can combine several converters.
    
    Parameters:
    
    others - the other converters
    
    Returns:
    
    the string converter