FormatUtils (Avoka Transact API - 21.11.0)

java.lang.Object
- com.avoka.fc.core.util.FormatUtils

```
public class FormatUtils
extends Object
```
Provides utility methods around string formatting.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

FormatUtils()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static String`	`formatHttpUrl(String url)`	Return a formatted version of a HTTP URL.
`static String`	`generateNormalizedString(String source)`	Generate a normalized version of a string according to the following rules: - the result string will contain only lower case letters, numbers and hyphens - letters in the original string will be converted to lower case - ampersand characters will be converted to the string 'and' - space and underscore characters will be converted to hyphens - after this conversion, multiple hyphens will be compacted to a single hyphen - all other non-alphanumeric characters will be omitted
`static String`	`getExportDateString()`	Get current date string format as "yyyy-MM-dd".

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - FormatUtils
```
public FormatUtils()
```
- Method Detail
  - formatHttpUrl
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public static String formatHttpUrl(String url)
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    Return a formatted version of a HTTP URL. The URL is prefixed with "http://" if no prefix is present and the URL is not null.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - the URL to be formatted
    
    Returns:
    
    a formatted version of the URL
  - generateNormalizedString
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public static String generateNormalizedString(String source)
```
    Generate a normalized version of a string according to the following rules: - the result string will contain only lower case letters, numbers and hyphens - letters in the original string will be converted to lower case - ampersand characters will be converted to the string 'and' - space and underscore characters will be converted to hyphens - after this conversion, multiple hyphens will be compacted to a single hyphen - all other non-alphanumeric characters will be omitted
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - the string to normalize
    
    Returns:
    
    a new normalized string
  - getExportDateString
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public static String getExportDateString()
```
    Get current date string format as "yyyy-MM-dd".
    
    Returns:
    
    current date string
    
    Since:
    
    5.1.0