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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2012-2013 smartics, Kronseder & Reiner GmbH
3    *
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  package de.smartics.properties.spi.core.metadata.projectdoc;
17  
18  import java.io.Serializable;
19  
20  /**
21   * Helper to parse projectdoc annotations.
22   */
23  public final class AnnotationHelper implements Serializable
24  {
25    // ********************************* Fields *********************************
26  
27    // --- constants ------------------------------------------------------------
28  
29    /**
30     * The class version identifier.
31     */
32    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
33  
34    // --- members --------------------------------------------------------------
35  
36    // ****************************** Initializer *******************************
37  
38    // ****************************** Constructors ******************************
39  
40    /**
41     * Default constructor.
42     */
43    public AnnotationHelper()
44    {
45    }
46  
47    // ****************************** Inner Classes *****************************
48  
49    // ********************************* Methods ********************************
50  
51    // --- init -----------------------------------------------------------------
52  
53    // --- get&set --------------------------------------------------------------
54  
55    // --- business -------------------------------------------------------------
56  
57    /**
58     * Helper to normalize an annotation value.
59     *
60     * @param object the information to normalize.
61     * @return the normalized string.
62     */
63    public String normalizeString(final Object object)
64    {
65      final String value = String.valueOf(object).trim();
66      final int lastIndex = value.length() - 1;
67      if (value.startsWith("\"") && lastIndex > 0)
68      {
69        return value.substring(1, lastIndex);
70      }
71      return value;
72    }
73  
74    // --- object basics --------------------------------------------------------
75  
76  }