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Searches a String for substrings delimited by a start and end tag, returning all matching substrings in an array
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
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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 {
/**
* Searches a String for substrings delimited by a start and end tag,
* returning all matching substrings in an array.
*
* A <code>null</code> input String returns <code>null</code>.
* A <code>null</code> open/close returns <code>null</code> (no match).
* An empty ("") open/close returns <code>null</code> (no match).
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.substringsBetween("[a][b][c]", "[", "]") = ["a","b","c"]
* StringUtils.substringsBetween(null, *, *) = null
* StringUtils.substringsBetween(*, null, *) = null
* StringUtils.substringsBetween(*, *, null) = null
* StringUtils.substringsBetween("", "[", "]") = []
* </pre>
*
* @param str the String containing the substrings, null returns null, empty returns empty
* @param open the String identifying the start of the substring, empty returns null
* @param close the String identifying the end of the substring, empty returns null
* @return a String Array of substrings, or <code>null</code> if no match
* @since 2.3
*/
public static String[] substringsBetween(String str, String open, String close) {
if (str == null || isEmpty(open) || isEmpty(close)) {
return null;
}
int strLen = str.length();
if (strLen == 0) {
return new String[0];
}
int closeLen = close.length();
int openLen = open.length();
List list = new ArrayList();
int pos = 0;
while (pos < (strLen - closeLen)) {
int start = str.indexOf(open, pos);
if (start < 0) {
break;
}
start += openLen;
int end = str.indexOf(close, start);
if (end < 0) {
break;
}
list.add(str.substring(start, end));
pos = end + closeLen;
}
if (list.isEmpty()) {
return null;
}
return (String[]) list.toArray(new String [list.size()]);
}
// 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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