Gets the String that is nested in between two instances of the same String.
import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; /** * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You 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. */ /** * <p>Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are * <code>null</code> safe.</p> * * @see java.lang.String * @author <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/">Apache Jakarta Turbine</a> * @author <a href="mailto:jon@latchkey.com">Jon S. Stevens</a> * @author Daniel L. Rall * @author <a href="mailto:gcoladonato@yahoo.com">Greg Coladonato</a> * @author <a href="mailto:ed@apache.org">Ed Korthof</a> * @author <a href="mailto:rand_mcneely@yahoo.com">Rand McNeely</a> * @author Stephen Colebourne * @author <a href="mailto:fredrik@westermarck.com">Fredrik Westermarck</a> * @author Holger Krauth * @author <a href="mailto:alex@purpletech.com">Alexander Day Chaffee</a> * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a> * @author Arun Mammen Thomas * @author Gary Gregory * @author Phil Steitz * @author Al Chou * @author Michael Davey * @author Reuben Sivan * @author Chris Hyzer * @author Scott Johnson * @since 1.0 * @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $ */ public class Main { // Substring between //----------------------------------------------------------------------- /** * <p>Gets the String that is nested in between two instances of the * same String.</p> * * <p>A <code>null</code> input String returns <code>null</code>. * A <code>null</code> tag returns <code>null</code>.</p> * * <pre> * StringUtils.substringBetween(null, *) = null * StringUtils.substringBetween("", "") = "" * StringUtils.substringBetween("", "tag") = null * StringUtils.substringBetween("tagabctag", null) = null * StringUtils.substringBetween("tagabctag", "") = "" * StringUtils.substringBetween("tagabctag", "tag") = "abc" * </pre> * * @param str the String containing the substring, may be null * @param tag the String before and after the substring, may be null * @return the substring, <code>null</code> if no match * @since 2.0 */ public static String substringBetween(String str, String tag) { return substringBetween(str, tag, tag); } /** * <p>Gets the String that is nested in between two Strings. * Only the first match is returned.</p> * * <p>A <code>null</code> input String returns <code>null</code>. * A <code>null</code> open/close returns <code>null</code> (no match). * An empty ("") open and close returns an empty string.</p> * * <pre> * StringUtils.substringBetween("wx[b]yz", "[", "]") = "b" * StringUtils.substringBetween(null, *, *) = null * StringUtils.substringBetween(*, null, *) = null * StringUtils.substringBetween(*, *, null) = null * StringUtils.substringBetween("", "", "") = "" * StringUtils.substringBetween("", "", "]") = null * StringUtils.substringBetween("", "[", "]") = null * StringUtils.substringBetween("yabcz", "", "") = "" * StringUtils.substringBetween("yabcz", "y", "z") = "abc" * StringUtils.substringBetween("yabczyabcz", "y", "z") = "abc" * </pre> * * @param str the String containing the substring, may be null * @param open the String before the substring, may be null * @param close the String after the substring, may be null * @return the substring, <code>null</code> if no match * @since 2.0 */ public static String substringBetween(String str, String open, String close) { if (str == null || open == null || close == null) { return null; } int start = str.indexOf(open); if (start != -1) { int end = str.indexOf(close, start + open.length()); if (end != -1) { return str.substring(start + open.length(), end); } } return null; } // Empty checks //----------------------------------------------------------------------- /** * <p>Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.</p> * * <pre> * StringUtils.isEmpty(null) = true * StringUtils.isEmpty("") = true * StringUtils.isEmpty(" ") = false * StringUtils.isEmpty("bob") = false * StringUtils.isEmpty(" bob ") = false * </pre> * * <p>NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0. * It no longer trims the String. * That functionality is available in isBlank().</p> * * @param str the String to check, may be null * @return <code>true</code> if the String is empty or null */ public static boolean isEmpty(String str) { return str == null || str.length() == 0; } }