/** This helper method will return the end of the next word in the buffer. */
private static int getNextWordEnd(Segment text, int startPos) {
for (char ch = text.setIndex(startPos); ch != Segment.DONE; ch = text.next()) {
if (!Character.isLetterOrDigit(ch)) {
return text.getIndex();
}
}
return text.getEndIndex();
}
/**
* Removes any spaces or tabs from the end of the segment.
*
* @param segment The segment from which to remove tailing whitespace.
* @return <code>segment</code> with trailing whitespace removed.
*/
private static Segment removeEndingWhitespace(Segment segment) {
int toTrim = 0;
char currentChar = segment.setIndex(segment.getEndIndex() - 1);
while ((currentChar == ' ' || currentChar == '\t') && currentChar != CharacterIterator.DONE) {
toTrim++;
currentChar = segment.previous();
}
String stringVal = segment.toString();
String newStringVal = stringVal.substring(0, stringVal.length() - toTrim);
return new Segment(newStringVal.toCharArray(), 0, newStringVal.length());
}
