Convert single char in String to lower case

Question

I like to \'guess\' attribute names from getter methods. So \'getSomeAttribute\' shall be converted to \'someAttribute\'.

Usually I do something like

Answer 1

Have a look at the JavaBeans API:

BeanInfo info = Introspector.getBeanInfo(bean
       .getClass(), Object.class);
for (PropertyDescriptor propertyDesc : info
       .getPropertyDescriptors()) {
  String name = propertyDesc.getName();
}

Also see decapitalize.