Removes control characters (char <= 32) from both ends of this String, handling null by returning an empty String (""). - Java java.lang

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Removes control characters (char <= 32) from both ends of this String, handling null by returning an empty String ("").

Demo Code

/*//from   w  w  w  .  j a v a 2  s.  c o  m
 * 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";
        System.out.println(clean(str));
    }

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

    /**
     * <p>Removes control characters (char &lt;= 32) from both
     * ends of this String, handling <code>null</code> by returning
     * an empty String ("").</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * clean(null)          = ""
     * clean("")            = ""
     * clean("abc")         = "abc"
     * clean("    abc    ") = "abc"
     * clean("     ")       = ""
     * </pre>
     *
     * @see java.lang.String#trim()
     * @param str  the String to clean, may be null
     * @return the trimmed text, never <code>null</code>
     * @deprecated Use the clearer named {@link #trimToEmpty(String)}.
     *             Method will be removed in Commons Lang 3.0.
     */
    public static String clean(String str) {
        return str == null ? EMPTY : str.trim();
    }

    /**
     * <p>Removes control characters (char &lt;= 32) from both
     * ends of this String, handling <code>null</code> by returning
     * <code>null</code>.</p>
     *
     * <p>The String is trimmed using {@link String#trim()}.
     * Trim removes start and end characters &lt;= 32.
     * To strip whitespace use {@link #strip(String)}.</p>
     *
     * <p>To trim your choice of characters, use the
     * {@link #strip(String, String)} methods.</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * trim(null)          = null
     * trim("")            = ""
     * trim("     ")       = ""
     * trim("abc")         = "abc"
     * trim("    abc    ") = "abc"
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param str  the String to be trimmed, may be null
     * @return the trimmed string, <code>null</code> if null String input
     */
    public static String trim(String str) {
        return str == null ? null : str.trim();
    }
}

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