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/**
 * Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
 * <code>null</code> safe.

 *
 * @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 {

  // IndexOfAny strings
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Find the first index of any of a set of potential substrings.
   *
   * A <code>null</code> String will return <code>-1</code>.
   * A <code>null</code> or zero length search array will return <code>-1</code>.
   * A <code>null</code> search array entry will be ignored, but a search
   * array containing "" will return <code>0</code> if <code>str</code> is not
   * null. This method uses {@link String#indexOf(String)}.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.indexOfAny(null, *)                     = -1
   * StringUtils.indexOfAny(*, null)                     = -1
   * StringUtils.indexOfAny(*, [])                       = -1
   * StringUtils.indexOfAny("zzabyycdxx", ["ab","cd"])   = 2
   * StringUtils.indexOfAny("zzabyycdxx", ["cd","ab"])   = 2
   * StringUtils.indexOfAny("zzabyycdxx", ["mn","op"])   = -1
   * StringUtils.indexOfAny("zzabyycdxx", ["zab","aby"]) = 1
   * StringUtils.indexOfAny("zzabyycdxx", [""])          = 0
   * StringUtils.indexOfAny("", [""])                    = 0
   * StringUtils.indexOfAny("", ["a"])                   = -1
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the String to check, may be null
   * @param searchStrs  the Strings to search for, may be null
   * @return the first index of any of the searchStrs in str, -1 if no match
   */
  public static int indexOfAny(String str, String[] searchStrs) {
      if ((str == null) || (searchStrs == null)) {
          return -1;
      }
      int sz = searchStrs.length;

      // String's can't have a MAX_VALUEth index.
      int ret = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

      int tmp = 0;
      for (int i = 0; i < sz; i++) {
          String search = searchStrs[i];
          if (search == null) {
              continue;
          }
          tmp = str.indexOf(search);
          if (tmp == -1) {
              continue;
          }

          if (tmp < ret) {
              ret = tmp;
          }
      }

      return (ret == Integer.MAX_VALUE) ? -1 : ret;
  }
  // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Checks if an array of Objects is empty or <code>null</code>.
   *
   * @param array  the array to test
   * @return <code>true</code> if the array is empty or <code>null</code>
   * @since 2.1
   */
  public static boolean isEmpty(char[] array) {
      if (array == null || array.length == 0) {
          return true;
      }
      return false;
  }
  // Empty checks
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(null)      = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("")        = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(" ")       = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("bob")     = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("  bob  ") = false
   * </pre>
   *
   * NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
   * It no longer trims the String.
   * That functionality is available in isBlank().
   *
   * @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;
  }

}








2.29.String Find Search
2.29.1.Find the latest index of any of a set of potential substrings.
2.29.2.Find the first index of any of a set of potential substrings.
2.29.3.Finds the first index within a String, handling null.
2.29.4.Finds the last index within a String from a start position, handling null.
2.29.5.Finds the n-th index within a String, handling null.
2.29.6.Use String.indexOf to locate a character in a string
2.29.7.Use String.lastIndexOf to find a character in a string
2.29.8.Use String.indexOf to locate a substring in a string
2.29.9.Use lastIndexOf to find a substring in a string
2.29.10.Demonstrate indexOf() and lastIndexOf().
2.29.11.Extract Substring with indexOf
2.29.12.Java String endsWith
2.29.13.Java String startsWith
2.29.14.Starts with, ignore case( regular expressions )
2.29.15.Ends with, ignore case( regular expressions )
2.29.16.Anywhere, ignore case( regular expressions )
2.29.17.Last occurrence of a character
2.29.18.Not found returns -1
2.29.19.A bubble sort for Strings.
2.29.20.Search a String to find the first index of any character in the given set of characters.
2.29.21.Search a String to find the first index of any character not in the given set of characters.