字符串中汉字转拼音（去掉空格以及*）

package util;

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;

import net.sourceforge.pinyin4j.PinyinHelper;
import net.sourceforge.pinyin4j.format.HanyuPinyinCaseType;
import net.sourceforge.pinyin4j.format.HanyuPinyinOutputFormat;
import net.sourceforge.pinyin4j.format.HanyuPinyinToneType;
import net.sourceforge.pinyin4j.format.exception.BadHanyuPinyinOutputFormatCombination;

public class ChineseCharactersToPhoneticUtil {

    /**
     * 获取字符串拼音的第一个字母
     * 
     * @param chinese
     * @return
     */
    public static String ToFirstChar(String chinese) {
        String pinyinStr = "";
        char[] newChar = chinese.toCharArray(); // 转为单个字符
        HanyuPinyinOutputFormat defaultFormat = new HanyuPinyinOutputFormat();
        defaultFormat.setCaseType(HanyuPinyinCaseType.LOWERCASE);
        defaultFormat.setToneType(HanyuPinyinToneType.WITHOUT_TONE);
        for (int i = 0; i < newChar.length; i++) {
            if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(getChineseCharacters(String.valueOf(newChar[i])))) {
                try {
                    pinyinStr += PinyinHelper.toHanyuPinyinStringArray(newChar[i], 
                    defaultFormat)[0].charAt(0);
                } catch (BadHanyuPinyinOutputFormatCombination e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            } else {
                pinyinStr += newChar[i];
            }
        }
        pinyinStr = pinyinStr.replace("*", "").replace(" ", "");
        return pinyinStr;
    }

    /**
     * 汉字转为拼音
     * 
     * @param chinese
     * @return
     */
    public static String ToPinyin(String chinese) {
        String pinyinStr = "";
        char[] newChar = chinese.toCharArray();
        HanyuPinyinOutputFormat defaultFormat = new HanyuPinyinOutputFormat();
        defaultFormat.setCaseType(HanyuPinyinCaseType.LOWERCASE);
        defaultFormat.setToneType(HanyuPinyinToneType.WITHOUT_TONE);
        for (int i = 0; i < newChar.length; i++) {
            if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(getChineseCharacters(String.valueOf(newChar[i])))) {
                try {
                    pinyinStr += PinyinHelper.toHanyuPinyinStringArray(newChar[i], 
                    defaultFormat)[0];
                } catch (BadHanyuPinyinOutputFormatCombination e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            } else {
                pinyinStr += newChar[i];
            }
        }
        return pinyinStr;
    }

    public static String getChineseCharacters(String paramValue) {
        String regex = "([\u4e00-\u9fa5]+)";
        String str = "";
        Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile(regex).matcher(paramValue);
        while (matcher.find()) {
            str += matcher.group(0);
        }
        return str;
    }

}