Java name parse library?

Question

I\'m searching for a library similar in functionality to the Perl Lingua::EN::NameParse module. Essentially, I\'d like to parse strings like \'Mr. Bob R. Smith\' into prefix

Answer 1

Personally, I would opt for regular expressions. Here's a good intro. They're fast, concise and always do what you want.

If you want to stay within the boundaries of the java sdk, use String tokenizers.

A bit more low-level is JavaCC, a java based parser generator. Here's a link to a tutorial.

An alternative to javaCC is ANTLR, which I've personally had good experiences with.