startsWith and endsWith functions in Javascript

inside script tag,

var data = "Helloo Good Morning";
startsWith
String.prototype.startsWith = function(data)
{
return (this.match("^"+data)==data)
}

eg:
data.startsWith("Helloo");
returns true
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endsWith
String.prototype.endsWith = function(data)
{
return (this.match(data+"$")==data)
}
eg:
data.endsWith("Helloo");
returns false;

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trim
String.prototype.trim = function()
{
return (this.replace(/^[\s\xA0]+/, "").replace(/[\s\xA0]+$/, ""))
}
eg:
var tm = data.trim();


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Date showing wrong in JSF outputText or with dataTable

Some times in , h:outputText with dataTable or without , java.util.Date showing wrong, means one date before the actual date is showing.
We can solve this problem using Converter.
One example :

DateConverter.java

package com.converter;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import javax.faces.convert.Converter;
import javax.faces.convert.ConverterException;
/**
* This class is is used to convert a date to dd-MMM-yyyy format
* @author jijo
*
*/
public class DateConverter implements Converter {
public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent c, Object object)
throws ConverterException {
if(object!=null && !object.toString().equals("")){
final Date date = (Date) object;
String dt=null;
if(date!=null){
SimpleDateFormat formatter=new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
dt=formatter.format(date);
return dt;
}}
return null;
}
public Object getAsObject(FacesContext arg0, UIComponent arg1, String arg2)
throws ConverterException {
return null;
}
}

In
faces-config.xml
<converter>
<converter-id>dateConvert<converter-id>
<converter-class>com.converter.DateConverter</converter-class>
</converter>



In your jsp page

<h:outputText value="#{item.onDate}" converter="dateConvert" />