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003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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016
017package com.google.common.base;
018
019import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
020import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
021
022import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
023import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
024
025import java.util.Formatter;
026
027import javax.annotation.Nullable;
028
029/**
030 * Static utility methods pertaining to {@code String} or {@code CharSequence}
031 * instances.
032 *
033 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
034 * @since 3.0
035 */
036@GwtCompatible
037public final class Strings {
038  private Strings() {}
039
040  /**
041   * Returns the given string if it is non-null; the empty string otherwise.
042   *
043   * @param string the string to test and possibly return
044   * @return {@code string} itself if it is non-null; {@code ""} if it is null
045   */
046  public static String nullToEmpty(@Nullable String string) {
047    return (string == null) ? "" : string;
048  }
049
050  /**
051   * Returns the given string if it is nonempty; {@code null} otherwise.
052   *
053   * @param string the string to test and possibly return
054   * @return {@code string} itself if it is nonempty; {@code null} if it is
055   *     empty or null
056   */
057  @Nullable
058  public static String emptyToNull(@Nullable String string) {
059    return isNullOrEmpty(string) ? null : string;
060  }
061
062  /**
063   * Returns {@code true} if the given string is null or is the empty string.
064   *
065   * <p>Consider normalizing your string references with {@link #nullToEmpty}.
066   * If you do, you can use {@link String#isEmpty()} instead of this
067   * method, and you won't need special null-safe forms of methods like {@link
068   * String#toUpperCase} either. Or, if you'd like to normalize "in the other
069   * direction," converting empty strings to {@code null}, you can use {@link
070   * #emptyToNull}.
071   *
072   * @param string a string reference to check
073   * @return {@code true} if the string is null or is the empty string
074   */
075  public static boolean isNullOrEmpty(@Nullable String string) {
076    return string == null || string.length() == 0; // string.isEmpty() in Java 6
077  }
078
079  /**
080   * Returns a string, of length at least {@code minLength}, consisting of
081   * {@code string} prepended with as many copies of {@code padChar} as are
082   * necessary to reach that length. For example,
083   *
084   * <ul>
085   * <li>{@code padStart("7", 3, '0')} returns {@code "007"}
086   * <li>{@code padStart("2010", 3, '0')} returns {@code "2010"}
087   * </ul>
088   *
089   * <p>See {@link Formatter} for a richer set of formatting capabilities.
090   *
091   * @param string the string which should appear at the end of the result
092   * @param minLength the minimum length the resulting string must have. Can be
093   *     zero or negative, in which case the input string is always returned.
094   * @param padChar the character to insert at the beginning of the result until
095   *     the minimum length is reached
096   * @return the padded string
097   */
098  public static String padStart(String string, int minLength, char padChar) {
099    checkNotNull(string);  // eager for GWT.
100    if (string.length() >= minLength) {
101      return string;
102    }
103    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(minLength);
104    for (int i = string.length(); i < minLength; i++) {
105      sb.append(padChar);
106    }
107    sb.append(string);
108    return sb.toString();
109  }
110
111  /**
112   * Returns a string, of length at least {@code minLength}, consisting of
113   * {@code string} appended with as many copies of {@code padChar} as are
114   * necessary to reach that length. For example,
115   *
116   * <ul>
117   * <li>{@code padEnd("4.", 5, '0')} returns {@code "4.000"}
118   * <li>{@code padEnd("2010", 3, '!')} returns {@code "2010"}
119   * </ul>
120   *
121   * <p>See {@link Formatter} for a richer set of formatting capabilities.
122   *
123   * @param string the string which should appear at the beginning of the result
124   * @param minLength the minimum length the resulting string must have. Can be
125   *     zero or negative, in which case the input string is always returned.
126   * @param padChar the character to append to the end of the result until the
127   *     minimum length is reached
128   * @return the padded string
129   */
130  public static String padEnd(String string, int minLength, char padChar) {
131    checkNotNull(string);  // eager for GWT.
132    if (string.length() >= minLength) {
133      return string;
134    }
135    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(minLength);
136    sb.append(string);
137    for (int i = string.length(); i < minLength; i++) {
138      sb.append(padChar);
139    }
140    return sb.toString();
141  }
142
143  /**
144   * Returns a string consisting of a specific number of concatenated copies of
145   * an input string. For example, {@code repeat("hey", 3)} returns the string
146   * {@code "heyheyhey"}.
147   *
148   * @param string any non-null string
149   * @param count the number of times to repeat it; a nonnegative integer
150   * @return a string containing {@code string} repeated {@code count} times
151   *     (the empty string if {@code count} is zero)
152   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code count} is negative
153   */
154  public static String repeat(String string, int count) {
155    checkNotNull(string);  // eager for GWT.
156
157    if (count <= 1) {
158      checkArgument(count >= 0, "invalid count: %s", count);
159      return (count == 0) ? "" : string;
160    }
161
162    // IF YOU MODIFY THE CODE HERE, you must update StringsRepeatBenchmark
163    final int len = string.length();
164    final long longSize = (long) len * (long) count;
165    final int size = (int) longSize;
166    if (size != longSize) {
167      throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(
168          "Required array size too large: " + longSize);
169    }
170
171    final char[] array = new char[size];
172    string.getChars(0, len, array, 0);
173    int n;
174    for (n = len; n < size - n; n <<= 1) {
175      System.arraycopy(array, 0, array, n, n);
176    }
177    System.arraycopy(array, 0, array, n, size - n);
178    return new String(array);
179  }
180
181  /**
182   * Returns the longest string {@code prefix} such that
183   * {@code a.toString().startsWith(prefix) && b.toString().startsWith(prefix)},
184   * taking care not to split surrogate pairs. If {@code a} and {@code b} have
185   * no common prefix, returns the empty string.
186   *
187   * @since 11.0
188   */
189  public static String commonPrefix(CharSequence a, CharSequence b) {
190    checkNotNull(a);
191    checkNotNull(b);
192
193    int maxPrefixLength = Math.min(a.length(), b.length());
194    int p = 0;
195    while (p < maxPrefixLength && a.charAt(p) == b.charAt(p)) {
196      p++;
197    }
198    if (validSurrogatePairAt(a, p - 1) || validSurrogatePairAt(b, p - 1)) {
199      p--;
200    }
201    return a.subSequence(0, p).toString();
202  }
203
204  /**
205   * Returns the longest string {@code suffix} such that
206   * {@code a.toString().endsWith(suffix) && b.toString().endsWith(suffix)},
207   * taking care not to split surrogate pairs. If {@code a} and {@code b} have
208   * no common suffix, returns the empty string.
209   *
210   * @since 11.0
211   */
212  public static String commonSuffix(CharSequence a, CharSequence b) {
213    checkNotNull(a);
214    checkNotNull(b);
215
216    int maxSuffixLength = Math.min(a.length(), b.length());
217    int s = 0;
218    while (s < maxSuffixLength
219        && a.charAt(a.length() - s - 1) == b.charAt(b.length() - s - 1)) {
220      s++;
221    }
222    if (validSurrogatePairAt(a, a.length() - s - 1)
223        || validSurrogatePairAt(b, b.length() - s - 1)) {
224      s--;
225    }
226    return a.subSequence(a.length() - s, a.length()).toString();
227  }
228
229  /**
230   * True when a valid surrogate pair starts at the given {@code index} in the
231   * given {@code string}. Out-of-range indexes return false.
232   */
233  @VisibleForTesting
234  static boolean validSurrogatePairAt(CharSequence string, int index) {
235    return index >= 0 && index <= (string.length() - 2)
236        && Character.isHighSurrogate(string.charAt(index))
237        && Character.isLowSurrogate(string.charAt(index + 1));
238  }
239}