org.biojavax
Class DocRefAuthor.Tools

java.lang.Object
  org.biojavax.DocRefAuthor.Tools

Enclosing interface:

DocRefAuthor

public static class DocRefAuthor.Tools
extends Object

Useful tools for working with authors.

Method Summary

static String	generateAuthorString(List authors, boolean useAnd) Takes a set of authors and creates a comma-separated string.
static List	parseAuthorString(String authors) Takes a list of authors and returns a set of DocRefAuthor objects.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

parseAuthorString

public static List parseAuthorString(String authors)

Takes a list of authors and returns a set of DocRefAuthor objects.

Parameters:

authors - a comma-separated list of authors

Returns:

set of DocRefAuthor objects.

generateAuthorString

public static String generateAuthorString(List authors,
                                          boolean useAnd)

Takes a set of authors and creates a comma-separated string. For the final comma, it replaces it with the word "and".

Parameters:

authors - set of authors

useAnd - whether or not to do the and thing, otherwise use all commas.

Returns:

a comma-separated string with the word "and" in place of the final comma.