completed lab

src/main/java/io/zipcoder/ItemParser.java

 package io.zipcoder;
 
+import com.sun.xml.internal.fastinfoset.util.CharArray;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
         return response;
     }
 
-    public String correctCase(){
-        return "";
-    }
+    public String toLowerCase(String str){
+
+            StringBuilder inputLineT = new StringBuilder(str);
+
+            for(int i = 0 ; i < inputLineT.length() ; i++)
+            {
+                if(inputLineT.charAt(i) >= 65 && inputLineT.charAt(i) <=91)
+                {
+                    inputLineT.setCharAt(i, (char)(inputLineT.charAt(i)+32));
+                }
+            }
+            return inputLineT.toString();
+        }
+
 
     public Item parseStringIntoItem(String rawItem) throws ItemParseException{
-            ArrayList<String> properties = findKeyValuePairsInRawItemData(rawItem);
-        Pattern patternAlpha = Pattern.compile("(?<=:).*");
+            ArrayList<String> properties = findKeyValuePairsInRawItemData(toLowerCase(toLowerCase(rawItem)));
+        Pattern patternAlpha = Pattern.compile("(?<=:)[^\\s].*");
         Pattern patternDate = Pattern.compile("\\d/\\d\\d/\\d\\d\\d\\d");
         Pattern patternDouble = Pattern.compile("\\d.\\d\\d");
         Matcher mName = patternAlpha.matcher(properties.get(0));
         Matcher mPrice = patternDouble.matcher(properties.get(1));
         Matcher mDescription = patternAlpha.matcher(properties.get(2));
         Matcher mExpiration = patternDate.matcher(properties.get(3));
+        int exceptionCount=0;
 
-try {
 
     if (mName.find() && mDescription.find() && mPrice.find() && mExpiration.find()) {
         String name = mName.group();
         String type = mDescription.group();
         String expiration = mExpiration.group();
         return new Item(name, price, type, expiration);
-    }
-    } catch( ItemParseException e ){
-        log.log(Level.WARNING, "invalid");
+    } else {
+        throw new ItemParseException(); }
     }
 
-        return null;
-    }
+
 
     public ArrayList<String> findKeyValuePairsInRawItemData(String rawItem){
         String stringPattern = "[;|^!%@*]";

src/main/java/io/zipcoder/Main.java

         return result;
     }
 
-    public static void main(String[] args) throws ItemParseException{
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
         String output = (new Main()).readRawDataToString();
         ItemParser parser = new ItemParser();
         ArrayList<String> items = parser.parseRawDataIntoStringArray(output);
+        int exceptionCount = 1;
         for (String item : items) {
-           try{
-            Item itemObj = parser.parseStringIntoItem(item);
-           System.out.println(itemObj.toString());}
-           catch (NullPointerException e){
-               log.log(Level.WARNING, "null pointer");
-               continue;
-           }
+try {
+    Item itemObj = parser.parseStringIntoItem(item);
+    System.out.println(itemObj.toString());
+} catch (ItemParseException e){
+    log.log(Level.INFO, "Bad item, exception count: " + exceptionCount++);
+    continue;
+}
+            }
         }
+
       //  System.out.println(output);
         // TODO: parse the data in output into items, and display to console.
     }
-}
+

src/test/java/io/zipcoder/ItemParserTest.java

 
     private String rawSingleItemIrregularSeperatorSample = "naMe:MiLK;price:3.23;type:Food^expiration:1/11/2016##";
 
-    private String rawBrokenSingleItem =    "naMe:Milk;price:3.23;type:Food;expiration:1/25/2016##";
+    private String rawBrokenSingleItem =    "naMe:Milk;price:3.23;type:;expiration:1/25/2016##";
 
     private String rawMultipleItems = "naMe:Milk;price:3.23;type:Food;expiration:1/25/2016##"
                                       +"naME:BreaD;price:1.23;type:Food;expiration:1/02/2016##"