Refer the first post on String Tokenizer here.
Lets play with a little complicated string in this post! This will just demonstrate how you can use Tokenizer in more often encountered string parsing situations.
Lets run....
Lets play with a little complicated string in this post! This will just demonstrate how you can use Tokenizer in more often encountered string parsing situations.
Lets run....
package
org.chandan.string.tokenizer;
import
java.util.StringTokenizer;
public
class
StringTokenizerSample {
/*
* Notice that, first we need to tokenize
with respect to ';' as
* delimiter.
* Then on generated tokens, we have to again tokenize
* with '=' as delimiter.
*/
private
static
final
String SAMPLE_STRING_1=
"name=myName;address=myAddress;phone=myPhone";
private
static
final
String DELIM_EQUAL="=";
private
static
final
String DELIM_SEMICOLON=";";
public
static
void
main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("PROCESSING
STRING = ["+SAMPLE_STRING_1+"]");
System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
processString(SAMPLE_STRING_1,DELIM_SEMICOLON,DELIM_EQUAL);
System.out.println("");
System.out.println("*********************************************");
}
private
static
void
processString(String sample,String delimiter1
,String
delimiter2)
{
/*
* First tokenize whole
string with respect to first delimeter.
* Then iterate over generated tokens to perform further tokenization.
*/
StringTokenizer
stringTokenizer=new
StringTokenizer(sample,delimiter1);
System.out.println("TOTAL
NO OF MAIN TOKENS FOUND: "
+stringTokenizer.countTokens());
int
tokenCount=1;
while(stringTokenizer.hasMoreElements())
{
String
mainToken=stringTokenizer.nextElement().toString();
System.out.println("");
System.out.println("MAIN
TOKEN["+tokenCount++ +"]
-> "
+mainToken);
System.out.println(".................................");
StringTokenizer
stringTokenizer2=new
StringTokenizer(
mainToken,delimiter2);
System.out.println("");
System.out.println("TOTAL
NO OF SUB TOKENS FOUND: "
+stringTokenizer2.countTokens());
int
subTokenCount=1;
while
(stringTokenizer2.hasMoreElements())
{
System.out.println("SUB
TOKEN["+subTokenCount++ +"]
-> "
+stringTokenizer2.nextElement());
}//END
OF INNER WHILE LOOP
}//END
OF OUTER WHILE LOOP
}//END
OF METHOD
}
OUTPUT:
PROCESSING
STRING = [name=myName;address=myAddress;phone=myPhone]
----------------------------------------
TOTAL
NO OF MAIN TOKENS FOUND: 3
MAIN
TOKEN[1] -> name=myName
.................................
TOTAL
NO OF SUB TOKENS FOUND: 2
SUB
TOKEN[1] -> name
SUB
TOKEN[2] -> myName
MAIN
TOKEN[2] -> address=myAddress
.................................
TOTAL
NO OF SUB TOKENS FOUND: 2
SUB
TOKEN[1] -> address
SUB
TOKEN[2] -> myAddress
MAIN
TOKEN[3] -> phone=myPhone
.................................
TOTAL
NO OF SUB TOKENS FOUND: 2
SUB
TOKEN[1] -> phone
SUB
TOKEN[2] -> myPhone
*********************************************
If you are looking for some tutorials on parsing an xml document, then check HERE.
Happy coding :)
.
If you are looking for some tutorials on parsing an xml document, then check HERE.
Happy coding :)
.
