Changeset 7574

Timestamp:

2004-06-09T11:57:51+12:00 (20 years ago)

Author:

mdewsnip

Message:

Removed a couple of dead functions, and deprecated stripNL (it makes a mess of Unicode strings).

File:

• trunk/gli/src/org/greenstone/gatherer/util/Utility.java (modified) (3 diffs)

trunk/gli/src/org/greenstone/gatherer/util/Utility.java

@@ -890 +890 @@
     return original;
     }
+
+
     /** Method to strip new lines and extra spaces from a string. Used to restore text that has been mangled into width formatted blocks by the DOM parser.
      * @param raw_str The <strong>Strong</strong> containing the mangled text.
      * @return A <strong>String</strong> with new lines and extra spaces removed.
+     * @deprecated This function makes a mess of Unicode strings.
      */
     static public String stripNL(String raw_str) {
@@ -919 +922 @@
     return new String(finish);
     }
-    /** Trims the string text to the length specified removing end characters and adding if necessary.
-     * @param text A <strong>String</strong> which you wish to ensure is shorter than length.
-     * @param length An <i>int</i> specifying the strings maximum length after which its trimmed.
-     * @return The trimmed <strong>String</strong>.
-     */
-    public static String trim(String text, int length) {
-    if(text.length() > length) {
-        text = text.substring(0, length);
-        text = text + "...";
-    }
-    return text;
-    }
+
 
     static public String trimCenter(String text, int length) {
@@ -942 +934 @@
     return text;
     }
-    /** This method checks to see what registered file system root directorys are mounted, and returns only accessible ones. The exception is removable media drives (in particular floppy-disk drives) which will throw all sorts of error if we test them here. Instead they are assumed to be always accessible, but a test is conducted at the time you attempt to map them to test for actual accessibility (then at least the errors are thrown after the user tries to initiate the mapping of the drive which has no disk in it).
-     * @param roots A <strong>File[]</strong> containing all of the file system roots registered on this system.
-     * @return A filtered <strong>File[]</strong> containing only those drives that are accessible and/or are floppy-disk media drives.
-     */
-    /* private static File[] validateDrives(File roots[]) {
-    Vector valid = new Vector();
-    for(int i = 0; i < roots.length; i++) {
-        String name = roots[i].getAbsolutePath();
-        name = name.toLowerCase();
-        if(!name.startsWith("a:") && !name.startsWith("b:")) {
-        valid.add(roots[i]);
-        }
-    }
-    roots = new File[valid.size()];
-    for(int i = 0; i < roots.length; i++) {
-        roots[i] = (File)valid.get(i);
-    }
-    return roots;
-    } */
 }