package hirondelle.movies.util; /** Collected constants of very general utility. <P> All constants are immutable. */ public final class Consts { /** Newline separator. This constant is especially useful. Less experienced programmers will create new lines using '\r' and '\n' - but that is faulty, since it's not portable between operating systems. */ public static final String NEW_LINE = System.getProperty("line.separator"); public static final String FILE_SEPARATOR = System.getProperty("file.separator"); public static final String PATH_SEPARATOR = System.getProperty("path.separator"); public static final String EMPTY_STRING = ""; public static final String SPACE = " "; public static final String TAB = "\t"; // PRIVATE /** Prevent object construction. */ private Consts(){ throw new AssertionError(); } }