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Trim specified charcater from end and from of string
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public class Utils {
/**
* Trim specified charcater from front of string
*
* @param text
* Text
* @param character
* Character to remove
* @return Trimmed text
*/
public static String trimFront(String text, char character) {
String normalizedText;
int index;
if (StringUtils.isNull(text)) {
return text;
}
normalizedText = text.trim();
index = 0;
while (normalizedText.charAt(index) == character) {
index++;
}
return normalizedText.substring(index).trim();
}
/**
* Trim specified charcater from end of string
*
* @param text
* Text
* @param character
* Character to remove
* @return Trimmed text
*/
public static String trimEnd(String text, char character) {
String normalizedText;
int index;
if (StringUtils.isNull(text)) {
return text;
}
normalizedText = text.trim();
index = normalizedText.length() - 1;
while (normalizedText.charAt(index) == character) {
if (--index < 0) {
return "";
}
}
return normalizedText.substring(0, index + 1).trim();
}
/**
* Trim specified charcater from both ends of a String
*
* @param text
* Text
* @param character
* Character to remove
* @return Trimmed text
*/
public static String trimAll(String text, char character) {
String normalizedText = trimFront(text, character);
return trimEnd(normalizedText, character);
}
}
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