[LANG-1059] Capitalize javadoc is incorrect

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.3.2
• Fix Version/s: 3.5
• Component/s: lang.*
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Colin Casey
• Created: 03/Nov/14 12:39
• Updated: 19/Oct/16 07:00
• Resolved: 12/Jun/15 17:08

Description

The below also applies to uncapitalize.

Currently the javadocs say:

Capitalizes a String changing the first letter to title case as per Character.toTitleCase(char). No other letters are changed.

A more accurate description would be:

Capitalizes a String changing the first character to title case as per Character.toTitleCase(char). No other letters are changed.

capitalize("'word'") is an example where the current docs are false (note single-quote is first character but not first letter and nothing gets capitalized)

This may in fact be a bug if the current docs are correct.

Issue Links

• is related to: LANG-1142 StringUtils#capitalize: Javadoc says toTitleCase; code uses toUpperCase