| String operation - trim function [message #60005] |
Fri, 01 August 2008 10:09  |
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Originally posted by: taus.proceedinnovation.com
Hi,
I am trying to write Audits in a EMF/GMF context and looking for a
function to trim leading blanks from a String. Is there such a function
available?
I tried to work with def: but could not get it to run in my environment.
Even the most simple version "def: trim(s:String): String = s" did
produce an error saying Invalid OCL. Can you pls tell me what I am doing
wrong here.
Walter
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| Re: String operation - trim function [message #60076 is a reply to message #60005] |
Fri, 01 August 2008 13:24  |
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Originally posted by: cdamus.zeligsoft.com
Hi, Walter,
The OCL Standard Library does not define a String operation that does a
trim.
I don't think that you can define operations in-line in a GMF Audit
specification.
I don't know how GMF allows you to extend the OCL environment; best to
ask on the GMF newsgroup about that. However, if you can specify
additional operations using OCL, then something like this may work:
context String
def: at(i : Integer) : String =
self.substring(i, i)
def: trimmed : String =
let whitespace : Set(String) = Set{' ', '\t', '\n'},
range : Sequence(Integer) = Sequence{1..self.size()},
rrange : Sequence(Integer) = range->sortBy(e| -e),
start : Integer = range->any(i|whitespace->excludes(self.at(i))),
end : Integer = rrange->any(i|whitespace->excludes(self.at(i))) in
if start <> null then
if end <> null then
self.substring(start, end)
else
self.substring(start, self.size())
endif
else
if end <> null then
self.substring(1, end)
else
self
endif
endif
Otherwise, you could follow the example of using Java to define a
regular-expression-matching operation on the String type in the OCL
Developer Guide. Look for it under the "Advanced" heading in the
Programmer's Guide, in a "Customizing the Environment" topic.
HTH,
Christian
Walter Taus wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to write Audits in a EMF/GMF context and looking for a
> function to trim leading blanks from a String. Is there such a function
> available?
> I tried to work with def: but could not get it to run in my environment.
> Even the most simple version "def: trim(s:String): String = s" did
> produce an error saying Invalid OCL. Can you pls tell me what I am doing
> wrong here.
>
> Walter
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