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Finds the last index within a String from a start position, handling null.

      


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/**
 * <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 {
  /**
   * <p>Finds the last index within a String from a start position,
   * handling <code>null</code>.
   * This method uses {@link String#lastIndexOf(int, int)}.</p>
   *
   * <p>A <code>null</code> or empty ("") String will return <code>-1</code>.
   * A negative start position returns <code>-1</code>.
   * A start position greater than the string length searches the whole string.</p>
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.lastIndexOf(null, *, *)          = -1
   * StringUtils.lastIndexOf("", *,  *)           = -1
   * StringUtils.lastIndexOf("aabaabaa", 'b', 8)  = 5
   * StringUtils.lastIndexOf("aabaabaa", 'b', 4)  = 2
   * StringUtils.lastIndexOf("aabaabaa", 'b', 0)  = -1
   * StringUtils.lastIndexOf("aabaabaa", 'b', 9)  = 5
   * StringUtils.lastIndexOf("aabaabaa", 'b', -1) = -1
   * StringUtils.lastIndexOf("aabaabaa", 'a', 0)  = 0
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the String to check, may be null
   * @param searchChar  the character to find
   * @param startPos  the start position
   * @return the last index of the search character,
   *  -1 if no match or <code>null</code> string input
   * @since 2.0
   */
  public static int lastIndexOf(String str, char searchChar, int startPos) {
      if (isEmpty(str)) {
          return -1;
      }
      return str.lastIndexOf(searchChar, startPos);
  }
  // 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;
  }

}








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