/* * Copyright (C) 2010 Google Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.google.android.mail.common.base; import static com.google.android.mail.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument; import static com.google.android.mail.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull; import java.util.Formatter; /** * Static utility methods pertaining to {@code String} or {@code CharSequence} * instances. * * @author Kevin Bourrillion * @since 3 */ public final class Strings { private Strings() {} /** * Returns the given string if it is non-null; the empty string otherwise. * * @param string the string to test and possibly return * @return {@code string} itself if it is non-null; {@code ""} if it is null */ public static String nullToEmpty(String string) { return (string == null) ? "" : string; } /** * Returns the given string if it is nonempty; {@code null} otherwise. * * @param string the string to test and possibly return * @return {@code string} itself if it is nonempty; {@code null} if it is * empty or null */ public static String emptyToNull(String string) { return isNullOrEmpty(string) ? null : string; } /** * Returns {@code true} if the given string is null or is the empty string. * *

Consider normalizing your string references with {@link #nullToEmpty}. * If you do, you can use {@link String#isEmpty()} instead of this * method, and you won't need special null-safe forms of methods like {@link * String#toUpperCase} either. Or, if you'd like to normalize "in the other * direction," converting empty strings to {@code null}, you can use {@link * #emptyToNull}. * * @param string a string reference to check * @return {@code true} if the string is null or is the empty string */ public static boolean isNullOrEmpty(String string) { return string == null || string.length() == 0; // string.isEmpty() in Java 6 } /** * Returns a string, of length at least {@code minLength}, consisting of * {@code string} prepended with as many copies of {@code padChar} as are * necessary to reach that length. For example, * *

* *

See {@link Formatter} for a richer set of formatting capabilities. * * @param string the string which should appear at the end of the result * @param minLength the minimum length the resulting string must have. Can be * zero or negative, in which case the input string is always returned. * @param padChar the character to insert at the beginning of the result until * the minimum length is reached * @return the padded string */ public static String padStart(String string, int minLength, char padChar) { checkNotNull(string); // eager for GWT. if (string.length() >= minLength) { return string; } StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(minLength); for (int i = string.length(); i < minLength; i++) { sb.append(padChar); } sb.append(string); return sb.toString(); } /** * Returns a string, of length at least {@code minLength}, consisting of * {@code string} appended with as many copies of {@code padChar} as are * necessary to reach that length. For example, * *

* *

See {@link Formatter} for a richer set of formatting capabilities. * * @param string the string which should appear at the beginning of the result * @param minLength the minimum length the resulting string must have. Can be * zero or negative, in which case the input string is always returned. * @param padChar the character to append to the end of the result until the * minimum length is reached * @return the padded string */ public static String padEnd(String string, int minLength, char padChar) { checkNotNull(string); // eager for GWT. if (string.length() >= minLength) { return string; } StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(minLength); sb.append(string); for (int i = string.length(); i < minLength; i++) { sb.append(padChar); } return sb.toString(); } /** * Returns a string consisting of a specific number of concatenated copies of * an input string. For example, {@code repeat("hey", 3)} returns the string * {@code "heyheyhey"}. * * @param string any non-null string * @param count the number of times to repeat it; a nonnegative integer * @return a string containing {@code string} repeated {@code count} times * (the empty string if {@code count} is zero) * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code count} is negative */ public static String repeat(String string, int count) { checkNotNull(string); // eager for GWT. checkArgument(count >= 0, "invalid count: %s", count); // If this multiplication overflows, a NegativeArraySizeException or // OutOfMemoryError is not far behind StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(string.length() * count); for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) { builder.append(string); } return builder.toString(); } }