Bloomreach XM Utilities

  /**
   * Map from mime type to common file extension, e.g. "application/pdf" to "pdf".
   */
  Map<String, String> MIME_TYPE_TO_EXTENSION_MAP

  /**
   * A String array with length zero.
   */
  String[] EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY
        

  /**
   * Abbreviate a text to _approximately_ some number of characters, trying to
   * find a nice word end and then appending some string (defaulting to three dots).
   */
  String abbreviateText(String text, int numberOfCharacters, String appendText)

  /**
   * Abbreviate a text to _approximately_ some number of characters, trying to
   * find a nice word end and then appending three dots.
   */
  String abbreviateText(String text, int numberOfCharacters)

  /**
   * Concatenates a collection of strings by concatenating the strings and inserting a separator in between
   * each of them. Nulls are handled automatically and there is no separator at the end of sequence.
   */
  String concat(Collection<String> strings, String separator)

  /**
   * Concatenates an array of strings by concatenating the strings and inserting a separator in between
   * each of them. Nulls are handled automatically and there is no separator at the end of sequence.
   */
  String concat(String[] strings, String separator)

  /**
   * Remove empty (length zero when trimmed) values from a list.
   */
  List<String> removeEmptyValues(List<String> values)

  /**
   * Remove empty (length zero when trimmed) values from an array.
   */
  String[] removeEmptyValues(String[] values)

  /**
   * Replaces a ${variableName} in a template with replacement value provided.
   */
  String replacePlaceHolders(String variableName, String replacementValue, String template)

  /**
   * Simplify a genuine mime type into a simple one like "pdf", "image" or an extension like "doc".
   */
  String simplifyMimeType(String mimeType)

  /**
   * Get an extension from a mime type.
   */
  String getExtensionFromMimeType(String mimeType)