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/* * Copyright (C) 2012 Facebook, Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.facebook.util; import org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils; public class StringUtils { private StringUtils() { throw new AssertionError(); } public static String stripQuotes(String input) { if (input.startsWith("'") || input.startsWith("\"")) { return StringEscapeUtils.unescapeJava(input.substring(1, input.length() - 1)); } else { return input; } } }