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Methods​

analyze​

analyze(pAnalyzeRequest): Map<any, any>

Performs the analysis for a given analyze request, containing the text and the specified pattern.

The return value is a number; its value, however does not provide an indication as to the quality of the search result.

By specifying different patterns, you can compare the results of the analyses.

Parameters​

pAnalyzeRequest
AnalyzeRequest

Request object for the text analysis, containing the required text, patterns and settings for the analysis. The request can be created via text.createAnalyzeTextRequest().

Returns​

Map<any, any>

The result of the analysis as a "score" of the patterns, sorted by score descending.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var data= "My first car was a Vauxhall Corsa 1.4. The next one was a red Corsa.";



 var patternArr = new Object();
  var ret = "";
  patternArr["plain"] = "Corsa";
  patternArr["after"] = "Corsa*";
  patternArr["all"] = "*Corsa*";



 var analysisRequest = text.createAnalyzeTextRequest();
  analysisRequest.setText(data);
  analysisRequest.setPatterns(patternArr);
  analysisRequest.setUseStopWords(false);
  analysisRequest.setAnalyzer(text.ANALYZER_TYPE_TEXT);
  analysisRequest.useDefaultOperatorOR();



 question.showMessage(text.analyze(analysisRequest));

analyzeText​

analyzeText(pText, pPatterns, pUseStopWords): Map<any, any>

Analyzes a text using the specified pattern.

The return value is a number; its value, however does not provide an indication as to the quality of the search result.

By specifying different patterns, you can compare the results of the analyses. The function uses the ANALYZER_TYPE_TEXT_CLASSIC and the default operator 'AND' for the given patterns. The call is equivalent to text.analyze(createAnalyzeTextRequest().setText(pText).setPatterns(pPatterns).setUseStopWords(pUseStopWords) .setAnalyzer(text.ANALYZER_TYPE_TEXT_CLASSIC).useDefaultOperatorAND())

Parameters​

pText
string | number | boolean

The text to be analyzed.

pPatterns
any

The search pattern (as a map with keys and values).

pUseStopWords
boolean

If 'true', stop words will be recognized. These are search terms in Lucene that will not be taken into account for the analysis.

Returns​

Map<any, any>

The result of the analysis as a "score" of the patterns, sorted by score descending.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var data= "My first car was a Vauxhall Corsa 1.4. The next one was a red Corsa.";



 var patternArr = new Object();
  var ret = "";
  patternArr["plain"] = "Corsa";
  patternArr["after"] = "Corsa*";
  patternArr["all"] = "*Corsa*";
  var useStopWords = false;



 question.showMessage(text.analyzeText(data, patternArr, useStopWords));

any2text​

any2text(pContent, pDataType): string

Extracts the text parts from an given content, using the Tika parser. For further details, please refer to the documentation of Apache Tika

Parameters​

pContent
string | number | boolean

any Content

pDataType
number

The expected type of the data. See util.DATA_*.

Returns​

string

The text part in the Content code; or 'null' if no content was passed.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var any = "<html><body><h1>Heading</h1>" + "

Paragraph

</body></html>";
  var text = text.any2text(any);
  question.showMessage(text);

createAnalyzeTextRequest​

createAnalyzeTextRequest(): AnalyzeRequest

Creates a new empty request for the text analysis. It ist required to provide valid values for the text and patterns. All other settings are optional. If not otherwise specified the request searches for stop words and uses the text.ANALYZER_TYPE_TEXT and the default operator AND.

Returns​

AnalyzeRequest

a new empty request for the text analysis.

Example​

var data= "My first car was a Vauxhall Corsa 1.4. The next one was a red Corsa.";



 // Create the patterns as a map with keys and values
  var patternArr = new Object();
  patternArr["plain"] = "Corsa";
  patternArr["after"] = "Corsa*";
  patternArr["all"] = "*Corsa*";



 // Create a new empty request object. var analysisRequest = text.createAnalyzeTextRequest();
  analysisRequest.setText(data); // Set the text will be analyzed.
  analysisRequest.setPatterns(patternArr); // Set the search pattern
  analysisRequest.setUseStopWords(true); // Specify if stop words should be filtered.
  analysisRequest.setAnalyzer(text.ANALYZER_TYPE_TEXT); // Specify the explizit type of analyzer.
  analysisRequest.useDefaultOperatorOR(); // Specify the default operator used for the patterns.



 var res = text.analyze(analysisRequest); // Perform the analysis.

decodeFirst​

decodeFirst(pEncoded): string

Retrieves the first value from a multi-string (return value from a table, return value from a list).

The result is written to a variable.

Parameters​

pEncoded
string | number | boolean

Multi-string (e.g. "; One; Two;") where the value is to be retrieved.

Returns​

string

The decoded element. If this element is empty or 'null', an empty string will be returned.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var strg = "; One; Two; Three;";
  var ret = text.decodeFirst(strg);
  question.showMessage(ret);


  **//Example 2**
  var ret = text.decodeFirst(vars.get("$comp.someListComponent"));
  question.showMessage(ret);

decodeMS​

decodeMS(pEncoded): string[]

Retrieves all values from a multi-string and returns them as an array.

Parameters​

pEncoded
string | number | boolean

Multi-string (e.g. "; One; Two;") where the value is to be retrieved.

Returns​

string[]

All elements of the multi-string, as an array (e.g. ["One", "Two"]).

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var ret = text.decodeMS(vars.get("$comp.someListComponent"));
  question.showMessage(ret[0]);

encodeMS​

encodeMS(pDecoded): string

Creates a multi-string from the array you passed.

Parameters​

pDecoded
string[]

The array to be converted (e.g. ["One", "Two"]).

Returns​

string

The multi-string (e.g. "; One; Two;"). The result can be processed, for example in list components.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var multistrg = text.encodeMS(new Array("One", "Two"));

formatDouble​

formatDouble(pDouble, pPattern, pUseClientLocale?): string

Formats a decimal number using the specified formatting pattern.

Parameters​

pDouble
string | number | boolean

The "double" value to be converted, present as a string.

pPattern
string | number | boolean

The formatting pattern to be used for formatting the number. See also "Number Formatting Patterns" in the JDito-JavaScript manual.

pUseClientLocale?
boolean

If 'true', the system gets the client's locale (language version) so that the number formatting complies with the language conventions used at the client (e.g. dot or comma used as a thousands separator).

Returns​

string

The formatted "double" value.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var formatted = text.formatDouble("10000.30", "#,##0.00", true);
  question.showMessage(formatted);
  // Here, '0' is a placeholder for a mandatory digit, '#' for an optional digit.
  // For the German locale, "formatted" will be "10.000,30"

formatLong​

formatLong(pLong, pPattern): string

Formats an integer using the specified formatting pattern.

Parameters​

pLong
string | number | boolean

The "long" value to be converted, currently existing as a string.

pPattern
string | number | boolean

The formatting pattern to be used for formatting the number. See also "Number Formatting Patterns" in the JDito-JavaScript manual.

Returns​

string

The formatted "long" value.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var formatted = text.formatLong("1000030", "#,##0");
  question.showMessage(formatted);
  // Here, '0' is a placeholder for a mandatory digit, '#' for an optional digit.
  // For the German locale, "formatted" will be "10.000.030"

hash​

hash(pValue, pAlgorithm): string

Calculates the hash value of the string you passed.

Parameters​

pValue
string | number | boolean

The value for which you want to calculate the hash value.

pAlgorithm
string | number | boolean

The hash algorithm to be used for calculating the hash value. Valid input values are MD5, SHA1, SHA256, JAVA. They can be added using text.HASH_*.

Returns​

string

The calculated hash value.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

question.showMessage(text.hash("Quak", text.HASH_SHA256));

html2text​

html2text(pHTML): string

Extracts the text parts from an HTML string.

Parameters​

pHTML
string | number | boolean

The HTML text, formatted as HTML3.

Returns​

string

The text part in the HTML code; or 'null' if no HTML code was passed.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var html = "<html><body><h1>Heading</h1>" + "

Paragraph

</body></html>";
  var text = text.html2text(html);
  question.showMessage(text);

html2textTika​

html2textTika(pHTML): string

Extracts the text parts from an HTML string, using the Tika HTML parser

Parameters​

pHTML
string | number | boolean

The HTML text, formatted as HTML3.

Returns​

string

The text part in the HTML code; or 'null' if no HTML code was passed.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var html = "<html><body><h1>Heading</h1>" + "

Paragraph

</body></html>";
  var text = text.html2textTika(html);
  question.showMessage(text);

If the String is no valid HTML document, then most likely the extraction will fail. So the use of the html and body tag is mandatory.

parseCSV​

parseCSV(pInput, pLineDelim, pFieldDelim, pFieldLimit): string[][]

Reads CSV contents and converts it to a JavaScript array.

Parameters​

pInput
string | number | boolean

The contents of the CSV file.

pLineDelim
string | number | boolean

The line separator, e.g. "CRLF".

pFieldDelim
string | number | boolean

The field separator, e.g. ";"

pFieldLimit
string | number | boolean

The field delimiter.

Returns​

string[][]

A two-dimensional JavaScript array.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var data = swing.doClientIntermediate(swing.CLIENTCMD_GETDATA, new Array("C:/test/import.csv", util.DATA_TEXT));



 var tab = text.parseCSV( data.replace(/(^\s+)|(\s+$)/g,""), '\r\n', ';', "" );
  question.showMessage(tab[0][0] + " // " + tab [1][0]);
  question.showMessage(tab[0][1] + " // " + tab [1][1]);

parseDocument​

parseDocument(pBase64): string

Retrieves the text from a Base64 document (PFD, DOC, etc.).

Parameters​

pBase64
string | number | boolean

The document as a Base64-encoded string.

Returns​

string

The text contained in the document.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var file = question.askQuestion("Which file?", question.QUESTION_FILECHOOSER, null);
  var data = swing.doClientIntermediate(swing.CLIENTCMD_GETDATA, [file, util.DATA_BINARY, null]);



 var parsed = text.parseDocument(data);
  var re = /Corsa/g;
  var arr;
  var result = [];



 while ((arr = re.exec(parsed)) !== null)
  {
  result.push(arr.index);
  }
  question.showMessage(result);

parseDouble​

parseDouble(pFormatted, pPattern, pUseClientLocale?): number

Retrieves a formatted "double" value.

Parameters​

pFormatted
string | number | boolean

The formatted "double" value to be converted, present as a string.

pPattern
string | number | boolean

The formatting pattern to be used for formatting the number. See also "Number Formatting Patterns" in the JDito-JavaScript manual.

pUseClientLocale?
boolean

If 'true', the system gets the client's locale (language version) so that the number formatting complies with the language conventions used at the client (e.g. dot or comma used as a thousands separator).

Returns​

number

The number as a "double" value.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var backToRoots = text.parseDouble("10.000,30", "#,##0.00", true);
  question.showMessage(backToRoots);
  // For the German locale, "formatted" will be "10000.3"

parseLong​

parseLong(pFormatted, pPattern): number

Retrieves a formatted "long" value.

Parameters​

pFormatted
string | number | boolean

The formatted "long" value to be converted, present as a string.

pPattern
string | number | boolean

The formatting pattern to be used for formatting the number. See also "Number Formatting Patterns" in the JDito-JavaScript manual.

Returns​

number

The number as a "long" value.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var backToRoots = text.parseLong("10.000,00", "#,##0.00");
  question.showMessage(backToRoots);
  /// For the German locale, "formatted" will be "10,000"

parseText​

parseText(pText, pEncoding): string

Reads the document you passed (e.g. HTML) and returns its text contents.

Parameters​

pText
string | number | boolean

Data from which to retrieve the text contents.

pEncoding
string | number | boolean

Encoding of the text contents; if you specify 'null', the system uses the default server encoding.

Returns​

string

The text contained in the document.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var content = text.parseText(vars.getString("$comp.html"), "UTF-8");

replaceAll​

replaceAll(pText, pReplacements): string

Replaces certain text strings in a text by others. This method is faster, by the factor of 100, than the default JavaScript .replace method.

Parameters​

pText
string | number | boolean

The text where certain text strings are to be replaced.

pReplacements
any

The string replacing the searched one (map).

Returns​

string

The text with the replaced strings.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var data = "Raider is a chocolate bar, " + "Raider is sold in packs of two.";
  var replacements = new Array();
  replacements["Raider"] = "Twix";
  var newText = text.replaceAll(data, replacements);
  question.showMessage(newText);

rtf2text​

rtf2text(pRTF): string

Extracts the text from an RTF file.

Parameters​

pRTF
string | number | boolean

the RTF text

Returns​

string

The plain text. Null, if null or a text with length 0 was given.

Throws​

AditoException

rtf2textTika​

rtf2textTika(pRTF): string

Extracts the text parts from an RTF file, using the tika RTF parser

Parameters​

pRTF
string | number | boolean

The RTF file.

Returns​

string

The text, or 'null' if the RTF does not contain any text.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var content = text.rtf2textTika("{\\rtf1 Hello! \\line {\\i This} is \\b{\\i a piece of \\i0 formatted \\b0text}. \\par \\i0 The \\b0ende. }");
  logging.show(content);

sanitize​

sanitize(pOuterHtml, pWhiteList): string

Sanitizes the given string with a default safelist containing the following tags which are suitable for inline HTML text styling: "b", "u", "i", "sub", "sup", "s", "strong", "em", "ins", "q".

Parameters​

pOuterHtml
string | number | boolean

The unsanitized HTML string

pWhiteList
string[]

A list of additional HTML tags to exclude from sanitization (e.g. "div", "p", "span"). Can also be null or an empty array.

Returns​

string

A sanitized version of the HTML string

sanitizeRichText​

sanitizeRichText(pOuterHtml, pWhiteList): string

Sanitizes the given string with a default safelist containing tags that are suitable for inline HTML text styling and an additional extensive list of allowed tags and attributes, suitable for richt HTML text. Allowed tags: "address", "article", "aside", "footer", "header", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "hgroup", "main", "nav", "section", "blockquote", "dd", "div", "dl", "dt", "figcaption", "figure", "hr", "li", "main", "ol", "p", "pre", "ul", "a", "abbr", "b", "bdi", "bdo", "br", "cite", "code", "data", "dfn", "em", "i", "kbd", "mark", "q", "rb", "rp", "rt", "rtc", "ruby", "s", "samp", "small", "span", "strong", "sub", "sup", "time", "u", "var", "wbr", "caption", "col", "colgroup", "table", "tbody", "td", "tfoot", "th", "thead", "tr", "iframe", "img", "label", "input", "b", "u", "i", "sub", "sup", "s", "strong", "em", "ins", "q" Allowed attributes: ":all", "class", "id", "style", "name", "type", "disabled", "checked", "data-oembed-url", "td", "rowspan", "colspan", "a", "href", "target", "rel", "type", "data", "download", "iframe", "src", "frameborder", "width", "height", "allow", "allowfullscreen","img", "src", "alt", "title"

Parameters​

pOuterHtml
string | number | boolean

The unsanitized HTML string

pWhiteList
string[]

A list of additional HTML tags to exclude from sanitization (e.g. "div", "p", "span"). Can also be null or an empty array.

Returns​

string

A sanitized version of the HTML string

split​

split(pText, pRegex): string[]

Splits the string at the specified position. This method works much faster than the JavaScript .split method!

Parameters​

pText
string | number | boolean

The text to be split.

pRegex
string | number | boolean

A regular expression that specifies where to split the string.

Returns​

string[]

A string [] that contains the split elements.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

// Splitting a string
  var data = "This is a long sentence! For this reason, it must be split.";
  var regex = "!";
  var data = text.split(data, regex);

strToDouble​

strToDouble(pString): number

Converts a string to a decimal number.

Parameters​

pString
string | number | boolean

The value to be converted, present as a string.

Returns​

number

The "double" value converted from the string you passed.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var res = text.strToDouble("25.8");

strToLong​

strToLong(pString): number

Converts a string to an integer.

Parameters​

pString
string | number | boolean

The value to be converted, present as a string.

Returns​

number

The "long" value converted from the string you passed.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Example​

var res = text.strToLong("313373");

text2html​

text2html(pPlainText, pConvertLinks): string

converts simple plain text to a html-text by replacing control characters, reserved characters, etc.

Parameters​

pPlainText
string | number | boolean

the plaintext that shall be converted to a simple html-text

pConvertLinks
boolean

defines if links should be automatically converted to a html-anchor (true) or not (false)

Returns​

string

plain text converted as html. html is not wrapped into any -tag or

-tag

Example​

var text = "characters like these: < or > or newlines \n will be escaped";
  var html = text.text2html(text, false);
  logging.log(html);

toCSV​

toCSV(pElements, pLineDelim, pFieldDelim, pFieldLimit): string

Creates a CSV entry from a JavaScript array.

Parameters​

pElements
string[][]

The JavaScript array from which to create the CSV entry.

pLineDelim
string | number | boolean

The line separator.

pFieldDelim
string | number | boolean

The field separator.

pFieldLimit
string | number | boolean

The field delimiter.

Returns​

string

The array as a CSV-formatted string.

Throws​

May throw an exception.

Properties​

Example​

import("lib_table4report");
  import("lib_document");



 // Example: Output data from a read-in CSV file to a new CSV file
  var data = swing.doClientIntermediate(swing.CLIENTCMD_GETDATA, new Array("C:/temp/import.csv", util.DATA_TEXT));
  var tab = text.parseCSV( data.replace(/(^\s+)|(\s+$)/g,""), '\r\n', ';', "" );



 var table = [];
  table += text.toCSV(tab, "\r\n", ";", '"');



 var fname = question.askQuestion("Please select the desired file", question.QUESTION_FILECHOOSER, "");



 if(fname != null && fname != "")
  {
  fname = fname + ".csv";
  if ( ! FileIOwithError(swing.CLIENTCMD_STOREDATA, [fname, table, util.DATA_TEXT, false]) )
  FileIOwithError(swing.CLIENTCMD_OPENFILE, new Array(fname));
  }

ANALYZER_TYPE_PLAIN​

string

Simple analyser which leaves the original text untouched as much as possible. The search is case-insensitive and special characters are converted to their ASCII counterparts. All occurring punctuation and special characters are preserved and taken into account in the search.

ANALYZER_TYPE_SIMPLE​

string

Analyzer, which dissects the text according to Lucene standards. The analyzer does not take into account English and German language features during normalisation. The search is case-insensitive and special characters are converted to their ASCII counterparts. All occurring punctuation and special characters, with a few exceptions, are ignored and cannot be searched.

ANALYZER_TYPE_TEXT​

string

Standard analyzer which decomposes the text according to the current Lucene standard. The analyzer performs a simple normalisation for English and German text elements. The search is case-insensitive and special characters are converted to their ASCII counterparts. All occurring punctuation and special characters, with a few exceptions, are ignored and cannot be searched.

ANALYZER_TYPE_TEXT_CLASSIC​

string

Classic-Analyzer, which decomposes the text according to the old 4.0 Lucene standard. The analyzer performs a simple normalisation for English and German text elements. The search is case-insensitive and special characters are converted to their ASCII counterparts. All occurring punctuation and special characters, with a few exceptions, are ignored and cannot be searched.

HASH_JAVA​

string

HashCode: JAVA

HASH_MD5​

string

HashCode: MD5

HASH_SHA1​

string

HashCode: SHA1

HASH_SHA256​

string

HashCode: SHA256