Uncapitalizes a String changing the first letter to title case as * per {@link Character#toLowerCase(char)}. No other letters are changed.
* *For a word based algorithm, see {@link WordUtils#uncapitalize(String)}.
* A null
input String returns null
.
* StringUtils.uncapitalize(null) = null * StringUtils.uncapitalize("") = "" * StringUtils.uncapitalize("Cat") = "cat" * StringUtils.uncapitalize("CAT") = "cAT" ** * @param str the String to uncapitalize, may be null * @return the uncapitalized String,
null
if null String input
* @see WordUtils#uncapitalize(String)
* @see #capitalize(String)
* @since 2.0
*/
public static String uncapitalize(String str) {
int strLen;
if (str == null || (strLen = str.length()) == 0) {
return str;
}
return new StringBuffer(strLen)
.append(Character.toLowerCase(str.charAt(0)))
.append(str.substring(1))
.toString();
}
}