Uncapitalize first character of all words in a String in Java using Apache Commons Text

Introduction

In this article we will explore the WordUtils.uncapitalize() method of Apache Commons Text library to uncapitalize a String. With Java code example we will learn how to use the WordUtils.uncapitalize() method to convert the first character of all words in a String to lowercase character.

Setup Apache Commons Text in Java project

If you are using Gradle build then add the following dependency configuration into build.gradle file.

compile group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-text', version: '1.9'

Or add the following dependency XML tag to pom.xml file if you are using Maven build.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
    <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
    <version>1.9</version>
</dependency>

Or download commons-text-1.9.jar file from Apache Commons Text download page at commons.apache.org

Java example code how to use org.apache.commons.text.WordUtils.uncapitalize()

import org.apache.commons.text.WordUtils;

public class WordUtilsUncapitalizeExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String result1 = WordUtils.uncapitalize("Simple Solution");
        String result2 = WordUtils.uncapitalize("SIMPLE SOLUTION");
        String result3 = WordUtils.uncapitalize("sIMPLE sOLUTION");
        String result4 = WordUtils.uncapitalize("simple solution");

        System.out.println(result1);
        System.out.println(result2);
        System.out.println(result3);
        System.out.println(result4);
    }
}

Output:

simple solution
sIMPLE sOLUTION
sIMPLE sOLUTION
simple solution

Happy Coding 😊