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import java.io.IOException;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

/**
 * String Utility Class This is used to encode passwords programmatically
 *
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 * @author <a href="mailto:matt@raibledesigns.com">Matt Raible</a>
 */
public class StringUtils {
    //~ Static fields/initializers 

    //~ Methods 

    /**
     * Encode a string using algorithm specified in web.xml and return the
     * resulting encrypted password. If exception, the plain credentials
     * string is returned
     *
     * @param password Password or other credentials to use in authenticating
     *        this username
     * @param algorithm Algorithm used to do the digest
     *
     * @return encypted password based on the algorithm.
     */
    public static String encodePassword(String password, String algorithm) {
        byte[] unencodedPassword = password.getBytes();

        MessageDigest md = null;

        try {
            // first create an instance, given the provider
            md = MessageDigest.getInstance(algorithm);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e);

            return password;
        }

        md.reset();

        // call the update method one or more times
        // (useful when you don't know the size of your data, eg. stream)
        md.update(unencodedPassword);

        // now calculate the hash
        byte[] encodedPassword = md.digest();

        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();

        for (int i = 0; i < encodedPassword.length; i++) {
            if ((encodedPassword[i] & 0xff) < 0x10) {
                buf.append("0");
            }

            buf.append(Long.toString(encodedPassword[i] & 0xff, 16));
        }

        return buf.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Encode a string using Base64 encoding. Used when storing passwords
     * as cookies.
     *
     * This is weak encoding in that anyone can use the decodeString
     * routine to reverse the encoding.
     *
     * @param str
     * @return String
     */
    public static String encodeString(String str) {
        sun.misc.BASE64Encoder encoder = new sun.misc.BASE64Encoder();
        return encoder.encodeBuffer(str.getBytes()).trim();
    }

    /**
     * Decode a string using Base64 encoding.
     *
     * @param str
     * @return String
     */
    public static String decodeString(String str) {
        sun.misc.BASE64Decoder dec = new sun.misc.BASE64Decoder();
        try {
            return new String(dec.decodeBuffer(str));
        } catch (IOException io) {
            throw new RuntimeException(io.getMessage(), io.getCause());
        }
    }

    public static String[] tokenizeToStringArray(String str, String delimiters) {
        return tokenizeToStringArray(str, delimiters, true, true);
    }

    public static String[] tokenizeToStringArray(String str, String delimiters, boolean trimTokens,
            boolean ignoreEmptyTokens) {

        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(str, delimiters);
        List tokens = new ArrayList();
        while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
            String token = st.nextToken();
            if (trimTokens) {
                token = token.trim();
            }
            if (!ignoreEmptyTokens || token.length() > 0) {
                tokens.add(token);
            }
        }
        return toStringArray(tokens);
    }

    public static String[] toStringArray(Collection collection) {
        if (collection == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return (String[]) collection.toArray(new String[collection.size()]);
    }

    public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
        if (str == null || "".equals(str.trim())) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    public static boolean isNotEmpty(String str) {
        return !isEmpty(str);
    }
}