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Returns the first substring that is enclosed by the specified delimiters.

     
/*
 *  SSHTools - Java SSH2 API
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Lee David Painter and Contributors.
 *
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 *
 *  Brett Smith
 *  Richard Pernavas
 *  Erwin Bolwidt
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 */
//package com.sshtools.daemon.util;



/**
 * The sole instance of this class provides several convienience methods for
 * string manipulation such as substring replacement or character repetition.
 *
 * @author Manfred Duchrow
 * @version 2.0
 */
public class Util{
    /**
   * Returns the first substring that is enclosed by the specified
   * delimiters.   <br>
   * The delimiters are not included in the return string.
   *
   * <p>
   * Example:<br> getDelimitedSubstring( "This {placeholder} belongs to me",
   * "{", "}" ) --> returns "placeholder"
   * </p>
   *
   * @param text The input string that contains the delimited part
   * @param startDelimiter The start delimiter of the substring
   * @param endDelimiter The end delimiter of the substring
   *
   * @return The substring or an empty string, if no delimiters are found.
   */
      public String getDelimitedSubstring(String text, String startDelimiter,
          String endDelimiter) {
          int start;
          int stop;
          String subStr = "";

          if ((text != null) && (startDelimiter != null) &&
                  (endDelimiter != null)) {
              start = text.indexOf(startDelimiter);

              if (start >= 0) {
                  stop = text.indexOf(endDelimiter, start + 1);

                  if (stop > start) {
                      subStr = text.substring(start + 1, stop);
                  }
              }
          }

          return subStr;
      }
}








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