/* * Static String formatting and query routines. * Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Stephen Ostermiller * http://ostermiller.org/contact.pl?regarding=Java+Utilities * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * See COPYING.TXT for details. */ import java.util.HashMap;import java.util.regex.Pattern; /** * Utilities for String formatting, manipulation, and queries. * More information about this class is available from <a target="_top" href= * "http://ostermiller.org/utils/StringHelper.html">ostermiller.org</a>. * * @author Stephen Ostermiller http://ostermiller.org/contact.pl?regarding=Java+Utilities * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00 */public class StringHelper { /** * Trim any of the characters contained in the second * string from the beginning and end of the first. * * @param s String to be trimmed. * @param c list of characters to trim from s. * @return trimmed String. * @throws NullPointerException if s is null. * * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00 */ public static String trim(String s, String c){ int length = s.length(); if (c == null){ return s; } int cLength = c.length(); if (c.length() == 0){ return s; } int start = 0; int end = length; boolean found; // trim-able character found. int i; // Start from the beginning and find the // first non-trim-able character. found = false; for (i=0; !found && i<length; i++){ char ch = s.charAt(i); found = true; for…