/**
* Converts a java.util.Map<String, String> into a String array of
* (key,value,key,value,key,value...etc)<br>
* If you supply values for exclusionPatterns, they will be treated as regular expressions and
* each one will be matched against every key.<br>
* If any of the patterns match, the key (and its value) will be left out of the resulting array.
* <br>
* Supplying an empty string ("") will cause everything to be excluded.<br>
* If you want to include everything in the map, do not supply any exclusion patterns.<br>
*
* @param properties The map of strings to strings to convert
* @param exclusionPatterns A list of patterns or keys to ignore
* @return The resulting string array. It will have an even length.
*/
public static String[] getStringArray(
Map<String, String> properties, String... exclusionPatterns) {
Vector<String> items = new Vector<String>();
if (properties == null) {
return new String[0];
}
for (String key : properties.keySet()) {
boolean notIncluded = false;
for (String p : exclusionPatterns) {
if (Regex.stringToMatcher(p, key).find()) {
notIncluded = true;
}
}
if (notIncluded == false) {
items.add(key);
items.add(StringFunctions.ifNull(properties.get(key)));
}
}
return items.toArray(new String[0]);
}
