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Removes the double quote from the start and end of the supplied string if it starts and ends with this character
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/*
* Copyright Aduna (http://www.aduna-software.com/) (c) 1997-2006.
*
* Licensed under the Aduna BSD-style license.
*/
public class StringUtil {
/**
* Removes the double quote from the start and end of the supplied string if
* it starts and ends with this character. This method does not create a new
* string if <tt>text</tt> doesn't start and end with double quotes, the
* <tt>text</tt> object itself is returned in that case.
*
* @param text
* The string to remove the double quotes from.
* @return The trimmed string, or a reference to <tt>text</tt> if it did
* not start and end with double quotes.
*/
public static String trimDoubleQuotes(String text) {
int textLength = text.length();
if (textLength >= 2 && text.charAt(0) == '"' && text.charAt(textLength - 1) == '"') {
return text.substring(1, textLength - 1);
}
return text;
}
} // end class
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