src/prettify/Util.java

package prettify;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.TreeMap;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

/**
 * @author Chan Wai Shing <cws1989@gmail.com>
 */
public class Util {

    public static String[] match(Pattern pattern, String string) {
        List<String> matchesList = new ArrayList<String>();

        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string);
        while (matcher.find()) {
            matchesList.add(matcher.group(0));
            for (int i = 1, iEnd = matcher.groupCount(); i <= iEnd; i++) {
                matchesList.add(matcher.group(i));
            }
        }

        return matchesList.toArray(new String[matchesList.size()]);
    }

    public static boolean test(Pattern pattern, String string) {
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string);
        return matcher.find();
    }

    public static String join(List<String> strings) {
        return join(strings.toArray(new String[strings.size()]));
    }

    public static String join(List<String> strings, String delimiter) {
        return join(strings.toArray(new String[strings.size()]), delimiter);
    }

    public static String join(String[] strings) {
        return join(strings, null);
    }

    public static String join(String[] strings, String delimiter) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (String string : strings) {
            if (delimiter != null && sb.length() != 0) {
                sb.append(delimiter);
            }
            sb.append(string);
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

    public static List<Object> removeDuplicates(List<Object> decorations) {
        // use TreeMap to remove entrys with same pos
        Map<Integer, Object> orderedMap = new TreeMap<Integer, Object>();
        for (int i = 0, iEnd = decorations.size(); i < iEnd; i++) {
            orderedMap.put((Integer) decorations.get(i), decorations.get(i + 1));
            i++;
        }

        // remove adjacent style
        List<Object> returnList = new ArrayList<Object>(orderedMap.size() + 1);
        String previousStyle = null;
        for (Integer _pos : orderedMap.keySet()) {
            if (previousStyle != null && previousStyle.equals(orderedMap.get(_pos))) {
                continue;
            }
            returnList.add(_pos);
            returnList.add(orderedMap.get(_pos));
            previousStyle = (String) orderedMap.get(_pos);
        }

        return returnList;
    }
}