JAL-1705 javadoc added only

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / util / StringUtils.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/util/StringUtils.java b/src/jalview/util/StringUtils.java
index ad1c0f7..6044655 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/util/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/jalview/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
 package jalview.util;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public class StringUtils
@@ -252,72 +250,6 @@ public class StringUtils
   }
   
   /**
-   * Parses the input line to a map of name / value(s) pairs. For example the
-   * line <br>
-   * Notes=Fe-S;Method=manual curation; source = Pfam; Notes = Metal <br>
-   * if parsed with delimiter=";" and separators {' ', '='} <br>
-   * would return a map with { Notes={Fe=S, Metal}, Method={manual curation},
-   * source={Pfam}} <br>
-   * Note the name/value strings are trimmed of leading / trailing spaces; the
-   * first separator encountered is used
-   * 
-   * @param line
-   * @param delimiter
-   *          the major delimiter between name-value pairs
-   * @param separators
-   *          one or more separators used between name and value
-   * @return the name-values map (which may be empty but never null)
-   */
-  public static Map<String, List<String>> parseNameValuePairs(String line,
-          String delimiter, char[] separators)
-  {
-    Map<String, List<String>> map = new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
-    if (line == null || line.trim().length() == 0)
-    {
-      return map;
-    }
-
-    for (String pair : line.trim().split(delimiter))
-    {
-      pair = pair.trim();
-      if (pair.length() == 0)
-      {
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      int sepPos = -1;
-      for (char sep : separators)
-      {
-        int pos = pair.indexOf(sep);
-        if (pos > -1 && (sepPos == -1 || pos < sepPos))
-        {
-          sepPos = pos;
-        }
-      }
-
-      if (sepPos == -1)
-      {
-        // no name=value detected
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      String key = pair.substring(0, sepPos).trim();
-      String value = pair.substring(sepPos + 1).trim();
-      if (value.length() > 0)
-      {
-        List<String> vals = map.get(key);
-        if (vals == null)
-        {
-          vals = new ArrayList<String>();
-          map.put(key, vals);
-        }
-        vals.add(value);
-      }
-    }
-    return map;
-  }
-
-  /**
    * Converts a list to a string with a delimiter before each term except the
    * first. Returns an empty string given a null or zero-length argument. This
    * can be replaced with StringJoiner in Java 8.