Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * soapUI, copyright (C) 2004-2012 smartbear.com * * soapUI is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the * terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation. * * soapUI is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without * even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details at gnu.org. */ public class Main { public static String stripStartAndEnd(String s, String start, String end) { if (s.startsWith(start) && s.endsWith(end)) return s.substring(start.length(), s.length() - end.length()); else return s; } }