/**
* Takes the contents of the text area and breaks them into an array with an entry for each line
* in the text area. Blank lines are removed but no other processing is performed.
*
* @return The lines found in text area. Blank lines are removed. Null is returned if the text
* area is empty.
*/
public String[] getStrings() {
String field_contents = text_area.getText();
if (field_contents == null) return null;
if (field_contents.equals("")) return null;
String[] search_strings =
mckay.utilities.staticlibraries.StringMethods.breakIntoTokens(field_contents, "\n");
if (search_strings.length == 0) return null;
return search_strings;
}
/**
* Takes the contents of the text area and breaks them into an array with an entry for each line
* in the text area. Blank lines are removed, duplicate entries are removed and the remaining
* lines are sorted alphabetically.
*
* @return The processed contents of the text area. Null is returned if text_area is empty.
*/
public String[] getProcessedStrings() {
// Get the contents of text_area with blank lines removed
String[] uncleaned_strings = getStrings();
if (uncleaned_strings != null) {
// Remove duplicate strings
String[] duplicate_removed_strings =
mckay.utilities.staticlibraries.StringMethods.removeDoubles(uncleaned_strings);
// Alphabetically sort the strings
String[] sorted_strings =
mckay.utilities.staticlibraries.SortingMethods.sortArray(duplicate_removed_strings);
// Return the results
return sorted_strings;
} else return null;
}