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import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.SQLException;

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public class Main {
  /**
   * <code>\u000a</code> linefeed LF ('\n').
   * 
   * @see <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/lexical.html#101089">JLF: Escape Sequences
   *      for Character and String Literals</a>
   * @since 2.2
   */
  public static final char LF = '\n';

  /**
   * <code>\u000d</code> carriage return CR ('\r').
   * 
   * @see <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/lexical.html#101089">JLF: Escape Sequences
   *      for Character and String Literals</a>
   * @since 2.2
   */
  public static final char CR = '\r';
  // Chopping
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Remove the last character from a String.
   *
   * If the String ends in <code>\r\n</code>, then remove both
   * of them.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.chop(null)          = null
   * StringUtils.chop("")            = ""
   * StringUtils.chop("abc \r")      = "abc "
   * StringUtils.chop("abc\n")       = "abc"
   * StringUtils.chop("abc\r\n")     = "abc"
   * StringUtils.chop("abc")         = "ab"
   * StringUtils.chop("abc\nabc")    = "abc\nab"
   * StringUtils.chop("a")           = ""
   * StringUtils.chop("\r")          = ""
   * StringUtils.chop("\n")          = ""
   * StringUtils.chop("\r\n")        = ""
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the String to chop last character from, may be null
   * @return String without last character, <code>null</code> if null String input
   */
  public static String chop(String str) {
      if (str == null) {
          return null;
      }
      int strLen = str.length();
      if (strLen < 2) {
          return "";
      }
      int lastIdx = strLen - 1;
      String ret = str.substring(0, lastIdx);
      char last = str.charAt(lastIdx);
      if (last == LF) {
          if (ret.charAt(lastIdx - 1) == CR) {
              return ret.substring(0, lastIdx - 1);
          }
      }
      return ret;
  }
  // 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;
  }
}