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Table 14-2 Object Operations

Return Type Name Description

Boolean < (Object) Less than.

Boolean != (Object) Not equal to.

Boolean >= (Object) Greater than or equal to.

Boolean <= (Object) Less than or equal to.

Boolean > (Object) Greater than.

Integer compareTo Compares this object with the specified object for order.

(Object) Returns a negative integer, a zero, or a positive integer

when this object is less than, equal to, or greater than the
specified object, respectively.

Boolean == (Object) Equality.

String toString () Returns the String representation of this object. (Calls

Java's toString() method.)

The super type of String is Object .

Table 14-3 String Properties

Type Name Description

Integer length The length of this String

Table 14-4 String Operations

Return Type Name Description

String toUpperCase () Converts all the characters in this String to uppercase

using the rules of the default locale (from Java).

String toLowerCase () Converts all the characters in this String to lowercase

using the rules of the default locale (from Java).

List split (String) Splits this String around matches of the given regular

expression (from Java 1.4).

String trim () Returns a copy of the String, with leading and trailing

whitespace omitted (from Java 1.4).

String + (Object) Concatenates two strings.