Removes a substring only if it is at the beginning of a source string, otherwise returns the source string. - Java java.lang

Description

Removes a substring only if it is at the beginning of a source string, otherwise returns the source string.

Demo Code

/*//from w  w  w  .  java 2 s .c om
 * Copyright 2013 Guidewire Software, Inc.
 */
/**
 * This class is based, in part, on org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils and is intended
 * to break the dependency on that project.
 *
 * @author <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/">Apache Jakarta Turbine</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:jon@latchkey.com">Jon S. Stevens</a>
 * @author Daniel L. Rall
 * @author <a href="mailto:gcoladonato@yahoo.com">Greg Coladonato</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:ed@apache.org">Ed Korthof</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:rand_mcneely@yahoo.com">Rand McNeely</a>
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @author <a href="mailto:fredrik@westermarck.com">Fredrik Westermarck</a>
 * @author Holger Krauth
 * @author <a href="mailto:alex@purpletech.com">Alexander Day Chaffee</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
 * @author Arun Mammen Thomas
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @author Phil Steitz
 * @author Al Chou
 * @author Michael Davey
 * @author Reuben Sivan
 * @author Chris Hyzer
 *  Johnson

 */
//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        String str = "java2s.com";
        String remove = "java2s.com";
        System.out.println(removeStart(str, remove));
    }

    /**
     * The empty String <code>""</code>.
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public static final String EMPTY = "";

    /**
     * <p>Removes a substring only if it is at the beginning of a source string,
     * otherwise returns the source string.</p>
     *
     * <p>A <code>null</code> source string will return <code>null</code>.
     * An empty ("") source string will return the empty string.
     * A <code>null</code> search string will return the source string.</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * removeStart(null, *)      = null
     * removeStart("", *)        = ""
     * removeStart(*, null)      = *
     * removeStart("www.domain.com", "www.")   = "domain.com"
     * removeStart("domain.com", "www.")       = "domain.com"
     * removeStart("www.domain.com", "domain") = "www.domain.com"
     * removeStart("abc", "")    = "abc"
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param str  the source String to search, may be null
     * @param remove  the String to search for and remove, may be null
     * @return the substring with the string removed if found,
     *  <code>null</code> if null String input
     * @since 2.1
     */
    public static String removeStart(String str, String remove) {
        if (isEmpty(str) || isEmpty(remove)) {
            return str;
        }
        if (str.startsWith(remove)) {
            return str.substring(remove.length());
        }
        return str;
    }

    /**
     * <p>Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * StringUtils.isEmpty(null)      = true
     * StringUtils.isEmpty("")        = true
     * StringUtils.isEmpty(" ")       = false
     * StringUtils.isEmpty("bob")     = false
     * StringUtils.isEmpty("  bob  ") = false
     * </pre>
     *
     * <p>NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
     * It no longer trims the String.
     * That functionality is available in isBlank().</p>
     *
     * @param str  the String to check, may be null
     * @return <code>true</code> if the String is empty or null
     */
    public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
        return str == null || str.length() == 0;
    }

    /**
     * <p>Check if a String starts with a specified prefix.</p>
     *
     * <p><code>null</code>s are handled without exceptions. Two <code>null</code>
     * references are considered to be equal. The comparison is case sensitive.</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * startsWith(null, null)      = true
     * startsWith(null, "abc")     = false
     * startsWith("abcdef", null)  = false
     * startsWith("abcdef", "abc") = true
     * startsWith("ABCDEF", "abc") = false
     * </pre>
     *
     * @see java.lang.String#startsWith(String)
     * @param str  the String to check, may be null
     * @param prefix the prefix to find, may be null
     * @return <code>true</code> if the String starts with the prefix, case sensitive, or
     *  both <code>null</code>
     * @since 2.4
     */
    public static boolean startsWith(String str, String prefix) {
        return startsWith(str, prefix, false);
    }

    /**
     * <p>Check if a String starts with a specified prefix (optionally case insensitive).</p>
     *
     * @see java.lang.String#startsWith(String)
     * @param str  the String to check, may be null
     * @param prefix the prefix to find, may be null
     * @param ignoreCase inidicates whether the compare should ignore case
     *  (case insensitive) or not.
     * @return <code>true</code> if the String starts with the prefix or
     *  both <code>null</code>
     */
    private static boolean startsWith(String str, String prefix,
            boolean ignoreCase) {
        if (str == null || prefix == null) {
            return (str == null && prefix == null);
        }
        if (prefix.length() > str.length()) {
            return false;
        }
        return str.regionMatches(ignoreCase, 0, prefix, 0, prefix.length());
    }

    /**
     * <p>Gets a substring from the specified String avoiding exceptions.</p>
     *
     * <p>A negative start position can be used to start <code>n</code>
     * characters from the end of the String.</p>
     *
     * <p>A <code>null</code> String will return <code>null</code>.
     * An empty ("") String will return "".</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * substring(null, *)   = null
     * substring("", *)     = ""
     * substring("abc", 0)  = "abc"
     * substring("abc", 2)  = "c"
     * substring("abc", 4)  = ""
     * substring("abc", -2) = "bc"
     * substring("abc", -4) = "abc"
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param str  the String to get the substring from, may be null
     * @param start  the position to start from, negative means
     *  count back from the end of the String by this many characters
     * @return substring from start position, <code>null</code> if null String input
     */
    public static String substring(String str, int start) {
        if (str == null) {
            return null;
        }

        // handle negatives, which means last n characters
        if (start < 0) {
            start = str.length() + start; // remember start is negative
        }

        if (start < 0) {
            start = 0;
        }
        if (start > str.length()) {
            return EMPTY;
        }

        return str.substring(start);
    }

    /**
     * <p>Gets a substring from the specified String avoiding exceptions.</p>
     *
     * <p>A negative start position can be used to start/end <code>n</code>
     * characters from the end of the String.</p>
     *
     * <p>The returned substring starts with the character in the <code>start</code>
     * position and ends before the <code>end</code> position. All position counting is
     * zero-based -- i.e., to start at the beginning of the string use
     * <code>start = 0</code>. Negative start and end positions can be used to
     * specify offsets relative to the end of the String.</p>
     *
     * <p>If <code>start</code> is not strictly to the left of <code>end</code>, ""
     * is returned.</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * substring(null, *, *)    = null
     * substring("", * ,  *)    = "";
     * substring("abc", 0, 2)   = "ab"
     * substring("abc", 2, 0)   = ""
     * substring("abc", 2, 4)   = "c"
     * substring("abc", 4, 6)   = ""
     * substring("abc", 2, 2)   = ""
     * substring("abc", -2, -1) = "b"
     * substring("abc", -4, 2)  = "ab"
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param str  the String to get the substring from, may be null
     * @param start  the position to start from, negative means
     *  count back from the end of the String by this many characters
     * @param end  the position to end at (exclusive), negative means
     *  count back from the end of the String by this many characters
     * @return substring from start position to end positon,
     *  <code>null</code> if null String input
     */
    public static String substring(String str, int start, int end) {
        if (str == null) {
            return null;
        }

        // handle negatives
        if (end < 0) {
            end = str.length() + end; // remember end is negative
        }
        if (start < 0) {
            start = str.length() + start; // remember start is negative
        }

        // check length next
        if (end > str.length()) {
            end = str.length();
        }

        // if start is greater than end, return ""
        if (start > end) {
            return EMPTY;
        }

        if (start < 0) {
            start = 0;
        }
        if (end < 0) {
            end = 0;
        }

        return str.substring(start, end);
    }

    /**
     * Gets a String's length or <code>0</code> if the String is <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @param str
     *            a String or <code>null</code>
     * @return String length or <code>0</code> if the String is <code>null</code>.
     * @since 2.4
     */
    public static int length(String str) {
        return str == null ? 0 : str.length();
    }
}

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