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/*
 * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
 *
 * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
 * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
 */
package org.hibernate.internal.util;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.BitSet;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import org.hibernate.boot.model.source.internal.hbm.CommaSeparatedStringHelper;
import org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;
import org.hibernate.loader.internal.AliasConstantsHelper;

public final class StringHelper {

    private static final int ALIAS_TRUNCATE_LENGTH = 10;
    public static final String WHITESPACE = " \n\r\f\t";
    public static final String[] EMPTY_STRINGS = new String[0];

    private StringHelper() { /* static methods only - hide constructor */
    }

    public static int lastIndexOfLetter(String string) {
        for (int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++) {
            char character = string.charAt(i);
            // Include "_".  See HHH-8073
            if (!Character.isLetter(character) && !('_' == character)) {
                return i - 1;
            }
        }
        return string.length() - 1;
    }

    public static String joinWithQualifierAndSuffix(String[] values, String qualifier, String suffix,
            String deliminator) {
        int length = values.length;
        if (length == 0) {
            return "";
        }
        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(length * (values[0].length() + suffix.length()))
                .append(qualify(qualifier, values[0])).append(suffix);
        for (int i = 1; i < length; i++) {
            buf.append(deliminator).append(qualify(qualifier, values[i])).append(suffix);
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }

    public static String join(String separator, Iterator<?> objects) {
        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
        if (objects.hasNext()) {
            buf.append(objects.next());
        }
        while (objects.hasNext()) {
            buf.append(separator).append(objects.next());
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }

    public static String[] add(String[] x, String sep, String[] y) {
        final String[] result = new String[x.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
            result[i] = x[i] + sep + y[i];
        }
        return result;
    }

    public static String repeat(String string, int times) {
        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(string.length() * times);
        for (int i = 0; i < times; i++) {
            buf.append(string);
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }

    public static String repeat(String string, int times, String deliminator) {
        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder((string.length() * times) + (deliminator.length() * (times - 1)))
                .append(string);
        for (int i = 1; i < times; i++) {
            buf.append(deliminator).append(string);
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }

    public static String repeat(char character, int times) {
        char[] buffer = new char[times];
        Arrays.fill(buffer, character);
        return new String(buffer);
    }

    public static String replace(String template, String placeholder, String replacement) {
        return replace(template, placeholder, replacement, false);
    }

    public static String[] replace(String[] templates, String placeholder, String replacement) {
        String[] result = new String[templates.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < templates.length; i++) {
            result[i] = replace(templates[i], placeholder, replacement);
        }
        return result;
    }

    public static String replace(String template, String placeholder, String replacement, boolean wholeWords) {
        return replace(template, placeholder, replacement, wholeWords, false);
    }

    public static String replace(String template, String placeholder, String replacement, boolean wholeWords,
            boolean encloseInParensIfNecessary) {
        if (template == null) {
            return null;
        }
        int loc = indexOfPlaceHolder(template, placeholder, wholeWords);
        if (loc < 0) {
            return template;
        } else {
            String beforePlaceholder = template.substring(0, loc);
            String afterPlaceholder = template.substring(loc + placeholder.length());
            return replace(beforePlaceholder, afterPlaceholder, placeholder, replacement, wholeWords,
                    encloseInParensIfNecessary);
        }
    }

    public static String replace(String beforePlaceholder, String afterPlaceholder, String placeholder,
            String replacement, boolean wholeWords, boolean encloseInParensIfNecessary) {
        final boolean actuallyReplace = !wholeWords || afterPlaceholder.length() == 0
                || !Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(afterPlaceholder.charAt(0));
        // We only need to check the left param to determine if the placeholder is already
        // enclosed in parentheses (HHH-10383)
        // Examples:
        // 1) "... IN (?1", we assume that "?1" does not need to be enclosed because there
        // there is already a right-parenthesis; we assume there will be a matching right-parenthesis.
        // 2) "... IN ?1", we assume that "?1" needs to be enclosed in parentheses, because there
        // is no left-parenthesis.

        // We need to check the placeholder is not used in `Order By FIELD(...)` (HHH-10502)
        // Examples:
        // " ... Order By FIELD(id,?1)",  after expand parameters, the sql is "... Order By FIELD(id,?,?,?)"
        boolean encloseInParens = actuallyReplace && encloseInParensIfNecessary
                && !(getLastNonWhitespaceCharacter(beforePlaceholder) == '(')
                && !(getLastNonWhitespaceCharacter(beforePlaceholder) == ','
                        && getFirstNonWhitespaceCharacter(afterPlaceholder) == ')');
        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(beforePlaceholder);
        if (encloseInParens) {
            buf.append('(');
        }
        buf.append(actuallyReplace ? replacement : placeholder);
        if (encloseInParens) {
            buf.append(')');
        }
        buf.append(replace(afterPlaceholder, placeholder, replacement, wholeWords, encloseInParensIfNecessary));
        return buf.toString();
    }

    private static int indexOfPlaceHolder(String template, String placeholder, boolean wholeWords) {
        if (wholeWords) {
            int placeholderIndex = -1;
            boolean isPartialPlaceholderMatch;
            do {
                placeholderIndex = template.indexOf(placeholder, placeholderIndex + 1);
                isPartialPlaceholderMatch = placeholderIndex != -1
                        && template.length() > placeholderIndex + placeholder.length()
                        && Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(template.charAt(placeholderIndex + placeholder.length()));
            } while (placeholderIndex != -1 && isPartialPlaceholderMatch);

            return placeholderIndex;
        } else {
            return template.indexOf(placeholder);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Used to find the ordinal parameters (e.g. '?1') in a string.
     */
    public static int indexOfIdentifierWord(String str, String word) {
        if (str == null || str.length() == 0 || word == null || word.length() == 0) {
            return -1;
        }

        int position = str.indexOf(word);
        while (position >= 0 && position < str.length()) {
            if ((position == 0 || !Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(str.charAt(position - 1)))
                    && (position + word.length() == str.length()
                            || !Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(str.charAt(position + word.length())))) {
                return position;
            }
            position = str.indexOf(word, position + 1);
        }

        return -1;
    }

    public static char getLastNonWhitespaceCharacter(String str) {
        if (str != null && str.length() > 0) {
            for (int i = str.length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                char ch = str.charAt(i);
                if (!Character.isWhitespace(ch)) {
                    return ch;
                }
            }
        }
        return '\0';
    }

    public static char getFirstNonWhitespaceCharacter(String str) {
        if (str != null && str.length() > 0) {
            for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
                char ch = str.charAt(i);
                if (!Character.isWhitespace(ch)) {
                    return ch;
                }
            }
        }
        return '\0';
    }

    public static String replaceOnce(String template, String placeholder, String replacement) {
        if (template == null) {
            return null; // returning null!
        }
        int loc = template.indexOf(placeholder);
        if (loc < 0) {
            return template;
        } else {
            return template.substring(0, loc) + replacement + template.substring(loc + placeholder.length());
        }
    }

    public static String[] split(String separators, String list) {
        return split(separators, list, false);
    }

    public static String[] split(String separators, String list, boolean include) {
        StringTokenizer tokens = new StringTokenizer(list, separators, include);
        String[] result = new String[tokens.countTokens()];
        int i = 0;
        while (tokens.hasMoreTokens()) {
            result[i++] = tokens.nextToken();
        }
        return result;
    }

    public static String[] splitTrimmingTokens(String separators, String list, boolean include) {
        StringTokenizer tokens = new StringTokenizer(list, separators, include);
        String[] result = new String[tokens.countTokens()];
        int i = 0;
        while (tokens.hasMoreTokens()) {
            result[i++] = tokens.nextToken().trim();
        }
        return result;
    }

    public static String unqualify(String qualifiedName) {
        int loc = qualifiedName.lastIndexOf('.');
        return (loc < 0) ? qualifiedName : qualifiedName.substring(loc + 1);
    }

    public static String qualifier(String qualifiedName) {
        int loc = qualifiedName.lastIndexOf('.');
        return (loc < 0) ? "" : qualifiedName.substring(0, loc);
    }

    /**
     * Collapses a name.  Mainly intended for use with classnames, where an example might serve best to explain.
     * Imagine you have a class named <samp>'org.hibernate.internal.util.StringHelper'</samp>; calling collapse on that
     * classname will result in <samp>'o.h.u.StringHelper'<samp>.
     *
     * @param name The name to collapse.
     *
     * @return The collapsed name.
     */
    public static String collapse(String name) {
        if (name == null) {
            return null;
        }
        int breakPoint = name.lastIndexOf('.');
        if (breakPoint < 0) {
            return name;
        }
        return collapseQualifier(name.substring(0, breakPoint), true) + name.substring(breakPoint); // includes last '.'
    }

    /**
     * Given a qualifier, collapse it.
     *
     * @param qualifier The qualifier to collapse.
     * @param includeDots Should we include the dots in the collapsed form?
     *
     * @return The collapsed form.
     */
    public static String collapseQualifier(String qualifier, boolean includeDots) {
        StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(qualifier, ".");
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append(Character.toString(tokenizer.nextToken().charAt(0)));
        while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
            if (includeDots) {
                sb.append('.');
            }
            sb.append(tokenizer.nextToken().charAt(0));
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Partially unqualifies a qualified name.  For example, with a base of 'org.hibernate' the name
     * 'org.hibernate.internal.util.StringHelper' would become 'util.StringHelper'.
     *
     * @param name The (potentially) qualified name.
     * @param qualifierBase The qualifier base.
     *
     * @return The name itself, or the partially unqualified form if it begins with the qualifier base.
     */
    public static String partiallyUnqualify(String name, String qualifierBase) {
        if (name == null || !name.startsWith(qualifierBase)) {
            return name;
        }
        return name.substring(qualifierBase.length() + 1); // +1 to start after the following '.'
    }

    /**
     * Cross between {@link #collapse} and {@link #partiallyUnqualify}.  Functions much like {@link #collapse}
     * except that only the qualifierBase is collapsed.  For example, with a base of 'org.hibernate' the name
     * 'org.hibernate.internal.util.StringHelper' would become 'o.h.util.StringHelper'.
     *
     * @param name The (potentially) qualified name.
     * @param qualifierBase The qualifier base.
     *
     * @return The name itself if it does not begin with the qualifierBase, or the properly collapsed form otherwise.
     */
    public static String collapseQualifierBase(String name, String qualifierBase) {
        if (name == null || !name.startsWith(qualifierBase)) {
            return collapse(name);
        }
        return collapseQualifier(qualifierBase, true) + name.substring(qualifierBase.length());
    }

    public static String[] suffix(String[] columns, String suffix) {
        if (suffix == null) {
            return columns;
        }
        String[] qualified = new String[columns.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < columns.length; i++) {
            qualified[i] = suffix(columns[i], suffix);
        }
        return qualified;
    }

    private static String suffix(String name, String suffix) {
        return (suffix == null) ? name : name + suffix;
    }

    public static String root(String qualifiedName) {
        int loc = qualifiedName.indexOf('.');
        return (loc < 0) ? qualifiedName : qualifiedName.substring(0, loc);
    }

    public static String unroot(String qualifiedName) {
        int loc = qualifiedName.indexOf('.');
        return (loc < 0) ? qualifiedName : qualifiedName.substring(loc + 1, qualifiedName.length());
    }

    public static String toString(Object[] array) {
        int len = array.length;
        if (len == 0) {
            return "";
        }
        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(len * 12);
        for (int i = 0; i < len - 1; i++) {
            buf.append(array[i]).append(", ");
        }
        return buf.append(array[len - 1]).toString();
    }

    public static String[] multiply(String string, Iterator<String> placeholders, Iterator<String[]> replacements) {
        String[] result = new String[] { string };
        while (placeholders.hasNext()) {
            result = multiply(result, placeholders.next(), replacements.next());
        }
        return result;
    }

    private static String[] multiply(String[] strings, String placeholder, String[] replacements) {
        String[] results = new String[replacements.length * strings.length];
        int n = 0;
        for (String replacement : replacements) {
            for (String string : strings) {
                results[n++] = replaceOnce(string, placeholder, replacement);
            }
        }
        return results;
    }

    public static int countUnquoted(String string, char character) {
        if ('\'' == character) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unquoted count of quotes is invalid");
        }
        if (string == null) {
            return 0;
        }
        // Impl note: takes advantage of the fact that an escpaed single quote
        // embedded within a quote-block can really be handled as two seperate
        // quote-blocks for the purposes of this method...
        int count = 0;
        int stringLength = string.length();
        boolean inQuote = false;
        for (int indx = 0; indx < stringLength; indx++) {
            char c = string.charAt(indx);
            if (inQuote) {
                if ('\'' == c) {
                    inQuote = false;
                }
            } else if ('\'' == c) {
                inQuote = true;
            } else if (c == character) {
                count++;
            }
        }
        return count;
    }

    public static boolean isNotEmpty(String string) {
        return string != null && string.length() > 0;
    }

    public static boolean isEmpty(String string) {
        return string == null || string.isEmpty();
    }

    public static boolean isEmptyOrWhiteSpace(String string) {
        return isEmpty(string) || isEmpty(string.trim());
    }

    public static String qualify(String prefix, String name) {
        if (name == null || prefix == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("prefix or name were null attempting to build qualified name");
        }
        return prefix + '.' + name;
    }

    public static String qualifyConditionally(String prefix, String name) {
        if (name == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("name was null attempting to build qualified name");
        }
        return isEmpty(prefix) ? name : prefix + '.' + name;
    }

    public static String[] qualify(String prefix, String[] names) {
        if (prefix == null) {
            return names;
        }
        int len = names.length;
        String[] qualified = new String[len];
        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            qualified[i] = qualify(prefix, names[i]);
        }
        return qualified;
    }

    public static int firstIndexOfChar(String sqlString, BitSet keys, int startindex) {
        for (int i = startindex, size = sqlString.length(); i < size; i++) {
            if (keys.get(sqlString.charAt(i))) {
                return i;
            }
        }
        return -1;
    }

    public static int firstIndexOfChar(String sqlString, String string, int startindex) {
        BitSet keys = new BitSet();
        for (int i = 0, size = string.length(); i < size; i++) {
            keys.set(string.charAt(i));
        }
        return firstIndexOfChar(sqlString, keys, startindex);
    }

    public static String truncate(String string, int length) {
        if (string.length() <= length) {
            return string;
        } else {
            return string.substring(0, length);
        }
    }

    public static String generateAlias(String description) {
        return generateAliasRoot(description) + '_';
    }

    /**
     * Generate a nice alias for the given class name or collection role name and unique integer. Subclasses of
     * Loader do <em>not</em> have to use aliases of this form.
     *
     * @param description The base name (usually an entity-name or collection-role)
     * @param unique A uniquing value
     *
     * @return an alias of the form <samp>foo1_</samp>
     */
    public static String generateAlias(String description, int unique) {
        return generateAliasRoot(description) + AliasConstantsHelper.get(unique);
    }

    /**
     * Generates a root alias by truncating the "root name" defined by
     * the incoming decription and removing/modifying any non-valid
     * alias characters.
     *
     * @param description The root name from which to generate a root alias.
     *
     * @return The generated root alias.
     */
    private static String generateAliasRoot(String description) {
        String result = truncate(unqualifyEntityName(description), ALIAS_TRUNCATE_LENGTH).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)
                .replace('/', '_') // entityNames may now include slashes for the representations
                .replace('$', '_'); //classname may be an inner class
        result = cleanAlias(result);
        if (Character.isDigit(result.charAt(result.length() - 1))) {
            return result + "x"; //ick!
        } else {
            return result;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Clean the generated alias by removing any non-alpha characters from the
     * beginning.
     *
     * @param alias The generated alias to be cleaned.
     *
     * @return The cleaned alias, stripped of any leading non-alpha characters.
     */
    private static String cleanAlias(String alias) {
        char[] chars = alias.toCharArray();
        // short cut check...
        if (!Character.isLetter(chars[0])) {
            for (int i = 1; i < chars.length; i++) {
                // as soon as we encounter our first letter, return the substring
                // from that position
                if (Character.isLetter(chars[i])) {
                    return alias.substring(i);
                }
            }
        }
        return alias;
    }

    public static String unqualifyEntityName(String entityName) {
        String result = unqualify(entityName);
        int slashPos = result.indexOf('/');
        if (slashPos > 0) {
            result = result.substring(0, slashPos - 1);
        }
        return result;
    }

    public static String moveAndToBeginning(String filter) {
        if (filter.trim().length() > 0) {
            filter += " and ";
            if (filter.startsWith(" and ")) {
                filter = filter.substring(4);
            }
        }
        return filter;
    }

    /**
     * Determine if the given string is quoted (wrapped by '`' characters at beginning and end).
     *
     * @param name The name to check.
     *
     * @return True if the given string starts and ends with '`'; false otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean isQuoted(final String name) {
        if (name == null || name.isEmpty()) {
            return false;
        }

        final char first = name.charAt(0);
        final char last = name.charAt(name.length() - 1);

        return ((first == last) && (first == '`' || first == '"'));
    }

    /**
     * Return the unquoted version of name (stripping the start and end '`' characters if present).
     *
     * @param name The name to be unquoted.
     *
     * @return The unquoted version.
     */
    public static String unquote(String name) {
        return isQuoted(name) ? name.substring(1, name.length() - 1) : name;
    }

    /**
     * Determine if the given name is quoted.  It is considered quoted if either:
     * <ol>
     * <li>starts AND ends with backticks (`)</li>
     * <li>starts with dialect-specified {@link Dialect#openQuote() open-quote}
     * AND ends with dialect-specified {@link Dialect#closeQuote() close-quote}</li>
     * </ol>
     *
     * @param name The name to check
     * @param dialect The dialect (to determine the "real" quoting chars).
     *
     * @return True if quoted, false otherwise
     */
    public static boolean isQuoted(final String name, final Dialect dialect) {
        if (name == null || name.isEmpty()) {
            return false;
        }
        final char first = name.charAt(0);
        final char last = name.charAt(name.length() - 1);

        return ((first == last) && (first == '`' || first == '"'))
                || (first == dialect.openQuote() && last == dialect.closeQuote());
    }

    /**
     * Return the unquoted version of name stripping the start and end quote characters.
     *
     * @param name The name to be unquoted.
     * @param dialect The dialect (to determine the "real" quoting chars).
     *
     * @return The unquoted version.
     */
    public static String unquote(String name, Dialect dialect) {
        return isQuoted(name, dialect) ? name.substring(1, name.length() - 1) : name;
    }

    /**
     * Return the unquoted version of name stripping the start and end quote characters.
     *
     * @param names The names to be unquoted.
     * @param dialect The dialect (to determine the "real" quoting chars).
     *
     * @return The unquoted versions.
     */
    public static String[] unquote(final String[] names, final Dialect dialect) {
        if (names == null) {
            return null;
        }
        int failedIndex = -1;
        final int length = names.length;
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            if (isQuoted(names[i], dialect)) {
                failedIndex = i;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (failedIndex == -1) {
            //In this case all strings are already unquoted, so return the same array as the input:
            //this is a good optimisation to skip an array copy as typically either all names are consistently quoted, or none are;
            //yet for safety we need to deal with mixed scenarios as well.
            return names;
        } else {
            String[] unquoted = new String[length];
            System.arraycopy(names, 0, unquoted, 0, failedIndex);
            for (int i = failedIndex; i < length; i++) {
                unquoted[i] = unquote(names[i], dialect);
            }
            return unquoted;
        }
    }

    public static final String BATCH_ID_PLACEHOLDER = "$$BATCH_ID_PLACEHOLDER$$";

    public static StringBuilder buildBatchFetchRestrictionFragment(String alias, String[] columnNames,
            Dialect dialect) {
        // the general idea here is to just insert a placeholder that we can easily find later...
        if (columnNames.length == 1) {
            // non-composite key
            return new StringBuilder(StringHelper.qualify(alias, columnNames[0])).append(" in (")
                    .append(BATCH_ID_PLACEHOLDER).append(')');
        } else {
            // composite key - the form to use here depends on what the dialect supports.
            if (dialect.supportsRowValueConstructorSyntaxInInList()) {
                // use : (col1, col2) in ( (?,?), (?,?), ... )
                StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
                builder.append('(');
                boolean firstPass = true;
                String deliminator = "";
                for (String columnName : columnNames) {
                    builder.append(deliminator).append(StringHelper.qualify(alias, columnName));
                    if (firstPass) {
                        firstPass = false;
                        deliminator = ",";
                    }
                }
                builder.append(") in (");
                builder.append(BATCH_ID_PLACEHOLDER);
                builder.append(')');
                return builder;
            } else {
                // use : ( (col1 = ? and col2 = ?) or (col1 = ? and col2 = ?) or ... )
                //      unfortunately most of this building needs to be held off until we know
                //      the exact number of ids :(
                final StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
                stringBuilder.append('(').append(BATCH_ID_PLACEHOLDER).append(')');
                return stringBuilder;
            }
        }
    }

    public static String expandBatchIdPlaceholder(String sql, Serializable[] ids, String alias,
            String[] keyColumnNames, Dialect dialect) {
        if (keyColumnNames.length == 1) {
            // non-composite
            return StringHelper.replace(sql, BATCH_ID_PLACEHOLDER, repeat("?", ids.length, ","));
        } else {
            // composite
            if (dialect.supportsRowValueConstructorSyntaxInInList()) {
                final String tuple = '(' + StringHelper.repeat("?", keyColumnNames.length, ",") + ')';
                return StringHelper.replace(sql, BATCH_ID_PLACEHOLDER, repeat(tuple, ids.length, ","));
            } else {
                final String keyCheck = '(' + joinWithQualifierAndSuffix(keyColumnNames, alias, " = ?", " and ")
                        + ')';
                return replace(sql, BATCH_ID_PLACEHOLDER, repeat(keyCheck, ids.length, " or "));
            }
        }
    }

    public static String nullIfEmpty(String value) {
        return isEmpty(value) ? null : value;
    }

    public static List<String> parseCommaSeparatedString(String incomingString) {
        return CommaSeparatedStringHelper.parseCommaSeparatedString(incomingString);
    }

    public static <T> String join(Collection<T> values, Renderer<T> renderer) {
        final StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
        for (T value : values) {
            buffer.append(String.join(", ", renderer.render(value)));
        }
        return buffer.toString();
    }

    public interface Renderer<T> {
        String render(T value);
    }

    /**
     * @param firstExpression the first expression
     * @param secondExpression the second expression
     * @return if {@code firstExpression} and {@code secondExpression} are both non-empty,
     * then "( " + {@code firstExpression} + " ) and ( " + {@code secondExpression} + " )" is returned;
     * if {@code firstExpression} is non-empty and {@code secondExpression} is empty,
     * then {@code firstExpression} is returned;
     * if {@code firstExpression} is empty and {@code secondExpression} is non-empty,
     * then {@code secondExpression} is returned;
     * if both {@code firstExpression} and {@code secondExpression} are empty, then null is returned.
     */
    public static String getNonEmptyOrConjunctionIfBothNonEmpty(String firstExpression, String secondExpression) {
        final boolean isFirstExpressionNonEmpty = StringHelper.isNotEmpty(firstExpression);
        final boolean isSecondExpressionNonEmpty = StringHelper.isNotEmpty(secondExpression);
        if (isFirstExpressionNonEmpty && isSecondExpressionNonEmpty) {
            final StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
            buffer.append("( ").append(firstExpression).append(" ) and ( ").append(secondExpression).append(" )");
            return buffer.toString();
        } else if (isFirstExpressionNonEmpty) {
            return firstExpression;
        } else if (isSecondExpressionNonEmpty) {
            return secondExpression;
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Return the interned form of a String, or null if the parameter is null.
     * <p>
     * Use with caution: excessive interning is known to cause issues.
     * Best to use only with strings which are known to be long lived constants,
     * and for which the chances of being actual duplicates is proven.
     * (Even better: avoid needing interning by design changes such as reusing
     * the known reference)
     * @param string The string to intern.
     * @return The interned string.
     */
    public static String safeInterning(final String string) {
        if (string == null) {
            return null;
        } else {
            return string.intern();
        }
    }

}