Java - Write code to design your algorithm to replace Chars inside a string

Requirements

Write code to design your algorithm to replace Chars inside a string

Demo

//package com.book2s;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        String str = "book2s.com";
        String searchChars = "o";
        String replaceChars = "O";
        System.out.println(replaceChars(str, searchChars, replaceChars));
    }//from   ww w  .j  av  a2  s  . c  o  m

    public static String replaceChars(String str, String searchChars,
            String replaceChars) {
        if (isEmpty(str) || isEmpty(searchChars))
            return str;
        if (replaceChars == null)
            replaceChars = "";
        boolean modified = false;
        int replaceCharsLength = replaceChars.length();
        int strLength = str.length();
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(strLength);
        for (int i = 0; i < strLength; i++) {
            char ch = str.charAt(i);
            int index = searchChars.indexOf(ch);
            if (index >= 0) {
                modified = true;
                if (index < replaceCharsLength)
                    buf.append(replaceChars.charAt(index));
            } else {
                buf.append(ch);
            }
        }

        if (modified)
            return buf.toString();
        else
            return str;
    }

    public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
        return str == null || str.length() == 0;
    }

    public static int indexOf(String str, char searchChar, int startPos) {
        if (isEmpty(str))
            return -1;
        else
            return str.indexOf(searchChar, startPos);
    }
}

Java - Write code to design your algorithm to replace Chars inside a string

Requirements

Demo

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