# Package PIRL.Strings

The PIRL Strings package provides character string manipulation capabilities.

See: Description

Class Summary
Class | Description
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String_Buffer | A String_Buffer is a wrapper for the StringBuffer class.
String_Buffer_Reader | A String_Buffer_Reader provides methods to manipulate a character stream as if it were a String_Buffer by backing it with a Reader to provide the characters for the String_Buffer.
String_Utilities | The String_Utilities are a collection of static functions that operate on String objects to provide various commonly used operations.
strip_DEBUG | strip_DEBUG is a filter utility to remove "DEBUG" sections from source code files.
Words | The Words class provides a mechanism to treat a String as a sequence of delimited words.

## Package PIRL.Strings Description

The PIRL Strings package provides character string manipulation capabilities. The String_Buffer class provides a wrapper around the basic, and final, StringBuffer class so the latter can be extended. It also contains a collection of convenient search and replace methods. The String_Buffer_Reader is an extension that provides a virtual String_Buffer backed by the contents of a reader.