com.google.appengine.api.search.query
Class ParserUtils

java.lang.Object
  com.google.appengine.api.search.query.ParserUtils

public class ParserUtils
extends java.lang.Object

A helper class that holds various, state-less utility functions used by the query parser.

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	normalizePhrase(java.lang.String phrase) Normalizes the phrase text.
static java.lang.String	trimLast(java.lang.String text) Removes the last character from the given text

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

trimLast

public static java.lang.String trimLast(java.lang.String text)

Removes the last character from the given text

normalizePhrase

public static java.lang.String normalizePhrase(java.lang.String phrase)

Normalizes the phrase text. It strips external quote characters. Replaces white space with a single space character. Converts escape sequences to Java characters.

Parameters:

phrase - the phrase to be normalized

Returns:

the phrase with characters and white space normalized