Utils (eXo PLF:: Social API 6.3.3-RC01 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.exoplatform.social.common.Utils

```
public class Utils
extends Object
```

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static String`	`cleanString(String str)`	Utility for cleaning space name
`static String`	`processUnifiedSearchCondition(String input)`	As the similarity is provided in the search term, we need to extract the keyword that user enter in the search form
`static String`	`removeSpecialCharacterInSpaceFilter(String input)`	Filter all invalid character (anything except word, number, space and search wildcard) from Space search conditional.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - processUnifiedSearchCondition
```
public static String processUnifiedSearchCondition(String input)
```
    As the similarity is provided in the search term, we need to extract the keyword that user enter in the search form
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the search value include the similarity
    
    Returns:
    
    the search condition after process
  - removeSpecialCharacterInSpaceFilter
```
public static String removeSpecialCharacterInSpaceFilter(String input)
```
    Filter all invalid character (anything except word, number, space and search wildcard) from Space search conditional.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - String
    
    Returns:
  - cleanString
```
public static String cleanString(String str)
```
    Utility for cleaning space name
    
    Parameters:
    
    str -
    
    Returns:
    
    cleaned string