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/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2004 Actuate Corporation.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *  Actuate Corporation  - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/

/**
 * Collection of string utilities.
 * 
 */

public class StringUtil {

    /**
     * Trims the quotes.
     * <p>
     * For example,
     * <ul>
     * <li>("a.b") => a.b
     * <li>("a.b) => "a.b
     * <li>(a.b") => a.b"
     * </ul>
     * 
     * @param value
     *            the string may have quotes
     * @return the string without quotes
     */

    public static String trimQuotes(String value) {
        if (value == null)
            return value;

        value = value.trim();
        if (value.startsWith("\"") && value.endsWith("\""))
            return value.substring(1, value.length() - 1);

        return value;
    }

}