5.7.1.1.1. String functions

The following table shows the build-in functions in the expression language of the Code Composer related to Strings.

Name	Description
allLower	Converts all characters in a String to lower case.
allUpper	Converts all characters in a String to upper case.
camelCaseToTitleFormat	Converts String from camel case to title format
camelToAllUpperUnderscore	Converts String from camel case to all upper case with underscores
camelToKebabCase	Converts String from camel case to kebab case
camelToSnakeCase	Converts String camel case to snake case.
firstLower	Converts the first character in a String to lower case.
firstUpper	Converts the first character in a String to upper case.

5.7.1.1.1.1. allLower

The following table shows the documentation of the allLower function.

Table 5.52 allLower

Category	expression language/functions/build-in functions/String functions
Signature	allLower(String text) : String
Description	Converts all characters in a String to lower case
Arguments	text: String to be converted to all lower case
Returns	argument String converted to all lower case
Exceptions	none
Example	allLower(“appName”) returns “appname”
Usage	in code instructions (.xml) in snippets (.ftl) ${allLower(${object.name})} metafactory.allLower(modelObject.name)

5.7.1.1.1.2. allUpper

The following table shows the documentation of the allUpper function.

Table 5.53 allUpper

Category	expression language/functions/build-in functions/String functions
Signature	allUpper(String text) : String
Description	Converts all characters in a String to upper case
Arguments	text: String to be converted to all upper case
Returns	argument String converted to all upper case
Exceptions	none
Example	allUpper(“appName”) returns “APPNAME”
Usage	in code instructions (.xml) in snippets (.ftl) ${allUpper(${object.name})} metafactory.allUpper(modelObject.name)

5.7.1.1.1.3. camelCaseToTitleFormat

The following table shows the documentation of the camelCaseToTitleFormat function.

Table 5.54 camelCaseToTitleFormat

Category	expression language/functions/build-in functions/String functions
Signature	camelCaseToTitleFormat(String text) : String
Description	convert string from camel case to title format The first word of the title and subtitle are uppercased, and major words have the first letter of the word capitalized. Example: Average Number of Donuts
Arguments	text: string in camel case to be converted to title format
Returns	argument string in camel case converted to title format
Exceptions	none
Example	camelCaseToTitleFormat(“appName”) returns “App Name”.
Usage	in code instructions (.xml) in snippets (.ftl) ${camelCaseToTitleFormat(${object.name})} metafactory.camelCaseToTitleFormat(modelObject.name)

5.7.1.1.1.4. camelToAllUpperUnderscore

The following table shows the documentation of the camelToAllUpperUnderscore function.

Table 5.55 camelToAllUpperUnderscore

Category	expression language/functions/build-in functions/String functions
Signature	camelToAllUpperUnderscore(String text) : String
Description	convert string from camel case to all upper case with underscores Example: AVERAGE_NUMBER_OF_DONUTS
Arguments	text: string in camel case to be converted to all upper case with underscores
Returns	argument string in camel case converted to all upper case with underscores
Exceptions	none
Example	camelToAllUpperUnderscore(“firstItem”) returns “FIRST_ITEM”.
Usage	in code instructions (.xml) in snippets (.ftl) ${camelToAllUpperUnderscore(${object.name})} metafactory.camelToAllUpperUnderscore(modelObject.name)

5.7.1.1.1.5. camelToKebabCase

The following table shows the documentation of the camelToKebabCase function.

Table 5.56 camelToKebabCase

Category	expression language/functions/build-in functions/String functions
Signature	camelToKebabCase(String text) : String
Description	Converts String from camel case to kebab case. In kebab case all parts of a name are in lower case and connected by hyphens. Example: average-number-of-donuts
Arguments	text: String in camel case to be converted to kebab case
Returns	argument string converted to kebab case
Exceptions	none
Example	camelToKebabCase(“appName”) returns “app-name”
Usage	in code instructions (.xml) in snippets (.ftl) ${camelToKebabCase(${object.name})} metafactory.camelToKebabCase(modelObject.name)

5.7.1.1.1.6. camelToSnakeCase

The following table shows the documentation of the camelToSnakeCase function.

Table 5.57 camelToSnakeCase

Category	expression language/functions/build-in functions/String functions
Signature	camelToSnakeCase(String text) : String
Description	Converts String from camel case to snake case. In snake case all parts of a name are in lower case and connected by underscores. Example: average_number_of_donuts
Arguments	text: string in camel case to be converted to snake case
Returns	argument string in camel case converted to snake case.
Exceptions	none
Example	camelToSnakeCase(“appName”) returns “app_name”
Usage	in code instructions (.xml) in snippets (.ftl) ${camelToSnakeCase(${object.name})} metafactory.allLower(modelObject.name)

5.7.1.1.1.7. firstLower

The following table shows the documentation of the firstLower function.

Table 5.58 firstLower

Category	expression language/functions/build-in functions/String functions
Signature	firstLower(String text) : String
Description	Converts the first character of a String to lower case.
Arguments	text : String of which first character needs to be converted to lower case
Returns	argument String with first character converted to lower case
Exceptions	none
Example	firstLower(“AppName”) returns “appName”
Usage	in code instructions (.xml) in snippets (.ftl) ${firstLower(${object.name})} metafactory.firstLower(modelObject.name)

5.7.1.1.1.8. firstUpper

The following table shows the documentation of the firstUpper function.

Table 5.59 firstUpper

Category	expression language/functions/build-in functions/String functions
Signature	firstUpper(String text) : String
Description	Converts the first character in a String to upper case..
Arguments	text: String of which first character needs to be converted to upper case
Returns	argument String with first character converted to upper case
Exceptions	none
Example	firstUpper(“appName”) returns “AppName”
Usage	in code instructions (.xml) in snippets (.ftl) ${firstUpper(${object.name})} metafactory.firstUpper(modelObject.name)