Globals.java

public class Globals {

	public static String getAbbreviation(String state) {
		if (state == "Alabama") return "AL";
		if (state == "Alaska") return "AK";
		if (state == "Arizona") return "AZ";
		if (state == "Arkansas") return "AR";
		if (state == "California") return "CA";
		if (state == "Colorado") return "CO";
		if (state == "Connecticut") return "CT";
		if (state == "Delaware") return "DE";
		if (state == "District of Columbia") return "DC";
		if (state == "Florida") return "FL";
		if (state == "Georgia" || state == "Georgia (U.S. state)") return "GA";
		if (state == "Guam") return "GU";
		if (state == "Hawaii") return "HI";
		if (state == "Idaho") return "ID";
		if (state == "Illinois") return "IL";
		if (state == "Indiana") return "IN";
		if (state == "Iowa") return "IA";
		if (state == "Kansas") return "KS";
		if (state == "Kentucky") return "KY";
		if (state == "Louisiana") return "LA";
		if (state == "Maine") return "ME";
		if (state == "Maryland") return "MD";
		if (state == "Massachusetts") return "MA";
		if (state == "Michigan") return "MI";
		if (state == "Minnesota") return "MN";
		if (state == "Mississippi") return "MS";
		if (state == "Missouri") return "MO";
		if (state == "Montana") return "MT";
		if (state == "Nebraska") return "NE";
		if (state == "Nevada") return "NV";
		if (state == "New Hampshire") return "NH";
		if (state == "New Jersey") return "NJ";
		if (state == "New Mexico") return "NM";
		if (state == "New York") return "NY";
		if (state == "North Carolina") return "NC";
		if (state == "North Dakota") return "ND";
		if (state == "Ohio") return "OH";
		if (state == "Oklahoma") return "OK";
		if (state == "Oregon") return "OR";
		if (state == "Pennsylvania") return "PA";
		if (state == "Puerto Rico") return "PR";
		if (state == "Rhode Island") return "RI";
		if (state == "South Carolina") return "SC";
		if (state == "South Dakota") return "SD";
		if (state == "Tennessee") return "TN";
		if (state == "Texas") return "TX";
		if (state == "U.S. Virgin Islands") return "VI";
		if (state == "Utah") return "UT";
		if (state == "Vermont") return "VT";
		if (state == "Virginia") return "VA";
		if (state == "Washington") return "WA";
		if (state == "West Virginia") return "WV";
		if (state == "Wisconsin") return "WI";
		if (state == "Wyoming") return "WY";
		return null;
	}
}