/*
* SSHTools - Java SSH2 API
*
* Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Lee David Painter and Contributors.
*
* Contributions made by:
*
* Brett Smith
* Richard Pernavas
* Erwin Bolwidt
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
//package com.sshtools.daemon.util;
/**
* The sole instance of this class provides several convienience methods for
* string manipulation such as substring replacement or character repetition.
*
* @author Manfred Duchrow
* @version 2.0
*/
public class Util{
/**
* Returns the first substring that is enclosed by the specified
* delimiters.
* The delimiters are not included in the return string.
*
*
* Example:
getDelimitedSubstring( "This {placeholder} belongs to me",
* "{", "}" ) --> returns "placeholder"
*
*
* @param text The input string that contains the delimited part
* @param startDelimiter The start delimiter of the substring
* @param endDelimiter The end delimiter of the substring
*
* @return The substring or an empty string, if no delimiters are found.
*/
public String getDelimitedSubstring(String text, String startDelimiter,
String endDelimiter) {
int start;
int stop;
String subStr = "";
if ((text != null) && (startDelimiter != null) &&
(endDelimiter != null)) {
start = text.indexOf(startDelimiter);
if (start >= 0) {
stop = text.indexOf(endDelimiter, start + 1);
if (stop > start) {
subStr = text.substring(start + 1, stop);
}
}
}
return subStr;
}
}