How can I add another string to stringbuilder?

Question

I have this part of code which I don't understand correctly. I know that it builds a string out of values from the database. I think it's only the title:

private String createSearchFieldContent(Report report) {
  return createSearchFieldContent(report.getTitle(), report.getDescription());
}

private String createSearchFieldContent(OverrideableStringValue title,
                                        OverrideableStringValue description) {

  StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(getValue(title));
  if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(getValue(description))) {
    builder.append(" ").append(getValue(description));
  }
  String searchTerm = StringUtils.replaceAll(builder.toString(), "\n", " ");
  return unaccent(searchTerm);
}

I have another value which I'd like to add to the searchTerm. It's stored in report.getOwner(). How is it possible that I can build a new searchTerm which includes the title, description and owner?

Thanks!

I think it's only the title - the description if not blank will also be appended. Add a new parameter to your method and follow the same logic as for description — Scary Wombat
– Scary Wombat, Commented Nov 19, 2019 at 8:32

Runtime Terror - BS · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-20 05:05:24Z

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Try below code :

private String createSearchFieldContent(Report report) {
  return createSearchFieldContent(report.getTitle(), report.getDescription(), report.getOwner());
}

private String createSearchFieldContent(OverrideableStringValue title,
                                        OverrideableStringValue description, OverrideableStringValue owner) {

  StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(getValue(title));
  if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(getValue(description))) {
    builder.append(" ").append(getValue(description));
  }
  if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(getValue(owner))) {
    builder.append(" ").append(getValue(owner));
  }
  String searchTerm = StringUtils.replaceAll(builder.toString(), "\n", " ");
  return unaccent(searchTerm);
}

In the above code, we are passing the owner attribute to the createSearchFieldContent method like the other two, then the owner attribute is appended to string builder object just like description.

edited Nov 20, 2019 at 5:05

answered Nov 19, 2019 at 8:35

Runtime Terror - BS

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macintosh Over a year ago

Thx, woks for me!

Scary Wombat Over a year ago

@bhanu Code only answers are frowned upon. Please explain what you are doing.

Quadrivics · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-19 08:36:27Z

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You can assign new data to searchTerm:

searchTerm = StringUtils.replaceAll(builder.toString(), "\n", " ")

becomes

String part2 = "something you want to add"; 
searchTerm = searchTerm + part2;

Or you could use the StringBuilder to append new data to

builder.append("new data")
builder.append("newer data")

This gets added to the StringBuilder which is incorporated in the string value of searchTerm.

answered Nov 19, 2019 at 8:36

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jhamon Over a year ago

why not follow the same logic used for description?

Quadrivics Over a year ago

That is also a good option, it depends on personal preference i guess. If there are NullPointerExceptions you should indeed check for value or nulls like they do in the description logic.

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