StringUtils.java

package test_util;


public abstract class StringUtils {

	// http://apache.mirrors.tds.net//commons/lang/source/commons-lang3-3.1-src.tar.gz
    // StringUtils.
	
	/**
     * The empty String {@code ""}.
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public static final String EMPTY = "";
	
	/**
     * <p>Joins the elements of the provided array into a single String
     * containing the provided list of elements.</p>
     *
     * <p>No delimiter is added before or after the list.
     * A {@code null} separator is the same as an empty String ("").
     * Null objects or empty strings within the array are represented by
     * empty strings.</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * StringUtils.join(null, *)                = null
     * StringUtils.join([], *)                  = ""
     * StringUtils.join([null], *)              = ""
     * StringUtils.join(["a", "b", "c"], "--")  = "a--b--c"
     * StringUtils.join(["a", "b", "c"], null)  = "abc"
     * StringUtils.join(["a", "b", "c"], "")    = "abc"
     * StringUtils.join([null, "", "a"], ',')   = ",,a"
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param array  the array of values to join together, may be null
     * @param separator  the separator character to use, null treated as ""
     * @return the joined String, {@code null} if null array input
     */
    public static String join(Object[] array, String separator) {
        if (array == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return join(array, separator, 0, array.length);
    }
	
	  /**
     * <p>Joins the elements of the provided array into a single String
     * containing the provided list of elements.</p>
     *
     * <p>No delimiter is added before or after the list.
     * A {@code null} separator is the same as an empty String ("").
     * Null objects or empty strings within the array are represented by
     * empty strings.</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * StringUtils.join(null, *)                = null
     * StringUtils.join([], *)                  = ""
     * StringUtils.join([null], *)              = ""
     * StringUtils.join(["a", "b", "c"], "--")  = "a--b--c"
     * StringUtils.join(["a", "b", "c"], null)  = "abc"
     * StringUtils.join(["a", "b", "c"], "")    = "abc"
     * StringUtils.join([null, "", "a"], ',')   = ",,a"
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param array  the array of values to join together, may be null
     * @param separator  the separator character to use, null treated as ""
     * @param startIndex the first index to start joining from.  It is
     * an error to pass in an end index past the end of the array
     * @param endIndex the index to stop joining from (exclusive). It is
     * an error to pass in an end index past the end of the array
     * @return the joined String, {@code null} if null array input
     */
    public static String join(Object[] array, String separator, int startIndex, int endIndex) {
        if (array == null) {
            return null;
        }
        if (separator == null) {
            separator = EMPTY;
        }

        // endIndex - startIndex > 0:   Len = NofStrings *(len(firstString) + len(separator))
        //           (Assuming that all Strings are roughly equally long)
        int noOfItems = endIndex - startIndex;
        if (noOfItems <= 0) {
            return EMPTY;
        }

        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(noOfItems * 16);

        for (int i = startIndex; i < endIndex; i++) {
            if (i > startIndex) {
                buf.append(separator);
            }
            if (array[i] != null) {
                buf.append(array[i]);
            }
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }

}