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package org.apache.commons.betwixt.strategy;

import java.beans.Introspector;

/** 
 * <p>A name mapper which converts types to a decapitalized String.</p>
 *
 * <p>This conversion decapitalizes in the standard java beans way 
 * (as per <code>java.beans.Introspector</code>).
 * This means that the first letter only will be decapitalized except 
 * for the case where the first and second characters are both upper case.
 * When both are upper case, then the name will be left alown.</p>
 * 
 * <p>So a bean type of <code>Foo</code> will be converted to the element name <code>"foo"</code.
 * <code>FooBar</code> will be converted to <code>"fooBar"</code>.
 * But <code>URL</code> will remain as <code>"URL"</code>.</p>
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.6 $
 */
public class DecapitalizeNameMapper implements NameMapper {

    /**
     * Decapitalize first letter unless both are upper case.
     * (As per standard java beans behaviour.)
     * 
     * @param typeName the string to convert 
     * @return decapitalized name as per <code>java.beans.Introspector</code>
     */
    public String mapTypeToElementName(String typeName) {
        return Introspector.decapitalize( typeName );
    }
}