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Finds the last index within a String from a start position, handling null
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/**
* Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
* <code>null</code> safe.
*
* @see java.lang.String
* @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
* @author Scott Johnson
* @since 1.0
* @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
*/
public class Main {
/**
* Finds the last index within a String from a start position,
* handling <code>null</code>.
* This method uses {@link String#lastIndexOf(int, int)}.
*
* A <code>null</code> or empty ("") String will return <code>-1</code>.
* A negative start position returns <code>-1</code>.
* A start position greater than the string length searches the whole string.
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.lastIndexOf(null, *, *) = -1
* StringUtils.lastIndexOf("", *, *) = -1
* StringUtils.lastIndexOf("aabaabaa", 'b', 8) = 5
* StringUtils.lastIndexOf("aabaabaa", 'b', 4) = 2
* StringUtils.lastIndexOf("aabaabaa", 'b', 0) = -1
* StringUtils.lastIndexOf("aabaabaa", 'b', 9) = 5
* StringUtils.lastIndexOf("aabaabaa", 'b', -1) = -1
* StringUtils.lastIndexOf("aabaabaa", 'a', 0) = 0
* </pre>
*
* @param str the String to check, may be null
* @param searchChar the character to find
* @param startPos the start position
* @return the last index of the search character,
* -1 if no match or <code>null</code> string input
* @since 2.0
*/
public static int lastIndexOf(String str, char searchChar, int startPos) {
if (isEmpty(str)) {
return -1;
}
return str.lastIndexOf(searchChar, startPos);
}
// Empty checks
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.isEmpty(null) = true
* StringUtils.isEmpty("") = true
* StringUtils.isEmpty(" ") = false
* StringUtils.isEmpty("bob") = false
* StringUtils.isEmpty(" bob ") = false
* </pre>
*
* NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
* It no longer trims the String.
* That functionality is available in isBlank().
*
* @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;
}
}
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