org.rakeshv.tex
Class TransformTextFile

java.lang.Object
  org.rakeshv.tex.TransformTextFile

public final class TransformTextFile
extends java.lang.Object

This class provides static methods that do very common transformations to ASCII text files that are converted to LATEX.

Field Summary

private static com.stevesoft.pat.Regex[]	accentRegex Regular expressions to convert words to accentuated words.
private static com.stevesoft.pat.Regex[]	dateRegex Regular expressions that are used to transform unformatted dates to TeX and HTML.
private static com.stevesoft.pat.Regex[]	miscRegex Regular expression to change miscellaneous things
private static com.stevesoft.pat.Regex[]	spellingRegex Regular expressions that change American spelling to English

Constructor Summary

private

TransformTextFile() Default constructor.

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	accentConversions(java.lang.String contents) Make words accentuated.
static java.lang.String	americanToEnglish(java.lang.String contents) Convert American spelling to English.
static java.lang.String	convertDates(java.lang.String contents) Convert dates to formatted date.
static java.lang.String	convertText(java.lang.String contents) Convenience method that invokes all the methods.
static java.lang.String	miscConversions(java.lang.String contents) Make various other transformations to the text.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

dateRegex

private static com.stevesoft.pat.Regex[] dateRegex

Regular expressions that are used to transform unformatted dates to TeX and HTML.

spellingRegex

private static com.stevesoft.pat.Regex[] spellingRegex

Regular expressions that change American spelling to English

miscRegex

private static com.stevesoft.pat.Regex[] miscRegex

Regular expression to change miscellaneous things

accentRegex

private static com.stevesoft.pat.Regex[] accentRegex

Regular expressions to convert words to accentuated words.

Constructor Detail

TransformTextFile

private TransformTextFile()

Default constructor. This is made private to prevent instantiation.

Method Detail

convertText

public static final java.lang.String convertText(java.lang.String contents)

Convenience method that invokes all the methods.

Parameters:

contents - - The input String object that is to be processed.

Returns:

String - The transformed String object.

convertDates

public static final java.lang.String convertDates(java.lang.String contents)

Convert dates to formatted date. Special code is used for generating proper HTML formatted dates.

Parameters:

contents - - The document that is being processed. document.

Returns:

String - The document after adding the part tags.

americanToEnglish

public static final java.lang.String americanToEnglish(java.lang.String contents)

Convert American spelling to English.

Parameters:

contents - - The String object that is to be converted

Returns:

String - The converted String object

miscConversions

public static final java.lang.String miscConversions(java.lang.String contents)

Make various other transformations to the text. Examples are converting double quotes, handling titles ....

Parameters:

contents - - The String object that is to be converted

Returns:

String - The converted String object

accentConversions

public static final java.lang.String accentConversions(java.lang.String contents)

Make words accentuated. Examples are converting facade, fete ....

Parameters:

contents - - The String object that is to be converted

Returns:

String - The converted String object