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package org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind;

Internal utility to help when dealing with data object property names.
Author:
Phillip Webb, Madhura Bhave
See Also:
DataObjectBinder
Since:
2.2.3/**
 * Internal utility to help when dealing with data object property names.
 *
 * @author Phillip Webb
 * @author Madhura Bhave
 * @since 2.2.3
 * @see DataObjectBinder
 */
public abstract class DataObjectPropertyName {

	private DataObjectPropertyName() {
	}

	
Return the specified Java Bean property name in dashed form.
Params:
name – the source name
Returns:
the dashed from/**
	 * Return the specified Java Bean property name in dashed form.
	 * @param name the source name
	 * @return the dashed from
	 */
	public static String toDashedForm(String name) {
		StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
		String replaced = name.replace('_', '-');
		for (int i = 0; i < replaced.length(); i++) {
			char ch = replaced.charAt(i);
			if (Character.isUpperCase(ch) && result.length() > 0 && result.charAt(result.length() - 1) != '-') {
				result.append('-');
			}
			result.append(Character.toLowerCase(ch));
		}
		return result.toString();
	}

}