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1   /*
2    * Copyright (C) 2010 The Guava Authors
3    *
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  
17  package com.google.common.base;
18  
19  import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
20  import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
21  
22  import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
23  import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
24  
25  import java.util.Formatter;
26  
27  import javax.annotation.Nullable;
28  
29  /**
30   * Static utility methods pertaining to {@code String} or {@code CharSequence}
31   * instances.
32   *
33   * @author Kevin Bourrillion
34   * @since 3.0
35   */
36  @GwtCompatible
37  public final class Strings {
38    private Strings() {}
39  
40    /**
41     * Returns the given string if it is non-null; the empty string otherwise.
42     *
43     * @param string the string to test and possibly return
44     * @return {@code string} itself if it is non-null; {@code ""} if it is null
45     */
46    public static String nullToEmpty(@Nullable String string) {
47      return (string == null) ? "" : string;
48    }
49  
50    /**
51     * Returns the given string if it is nonempty; {@code null} otherwise.
52     *
53     * @param string the string to test and possibly return
54     * @return {@code string} itself if it is nonempty; {@code null} if it is
55     *     empty or null
56     */
57    @Nullable
58    public static String emptyToNull(@Nullable String string) {
59      return isNullOrEmpty(string) ? null : string;
60    }
61  
62    /**
63     * Returns {@code true} if the given string is null or is the empty string.
64     *
65     * <p>Consider normalizing your string references with {@link #nullToEmpty}.
66     * If you do, you can use {@link String#isEmpty()} instead of this
67     * method, and you won't need special null-safe forms of methods like {@link
68     * String#toUpperCase} either. Or, if you'd like to normalize "in the other
69     * direction," converting empty strings to {@code null}, you can use {@link
70     * #emptyToNull}.
71     *
72     * @param string a string reference to check
73     * @return {@code true} if the string is null or is the empty string
74     */
75    public static boolean isNullOrEmpty(@Nullable String string) {
76      return string == null || string.length() == 0; // string.isEmpty() in Java 6
77    }
78  
79    /**
80     * Returns a string, of length at least {@code minLength}, consisting of
81     * {@code string} prepended with as many copies of {@code padChar} as are
82     * necessary to reach that length. For example,
83     *
84     * <ul>
85     * <li>{@code padStart("7", 3, '0')} returns {@code "007"}
86     * <li>{@code padStart("2010", 3, '0')} returns {@code "2010"}
87     * </ul>
88     *
89     * <p>See {@link Formatter} for a richer set of formatting capabilities.
90     *
91     * @param string the string which should appear at the end of the result
92     * @param minLength the minimum length the resulting string must have. Can be
93     *     zero or negative, in which case the input string is always returned.
94     * @param padChar the character to insert at the beginning of the result until
95     *     the minimum length is reached
96     * @return the padded string
97     */
98    public static String padStart(String string, int minLength, char padChar) {
99      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 }