package org.limeprotocol.util;

import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Map;

public class StringUtils {

    public static boolean isNullOrEmpty(String string){
        return string == null || string.equals("");
    }

    public static boolean isNullOrWhiteSpace(String string){
        return isNullOrEmpty(string) || string.trim().length() == 0;
    }

    public static String format(String pattern, Object... values){

        Map<String, Object> tags = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();

        for (int i=0; i<values.length; i++){
            tags.put("\\{" + i + "\\}", values[i]);
        }

        String formatted = pattern;
        for (Map.Entry<String, Object> tag : tags.entrySet()) {
            // bottleneck, creating temporary String objects!
            formatted = formatted.replaceAll(tag.getKey(), tag.getValue().toString());
        }
        return formatted;
    }

    public static String trimEnd(String string, String finalCharacter){
        string.trim();
        if(string.endsWith(finalCharacter)){
            return string.substring(0, string.length()-1);
        }

        return string;
    }
}



package org.limeprotocol.util;

import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Map;

public class StringUtils {

    public static boolean isNullOrEmpty(String string){
        return string == null || string.equals("");
    }

    public static boolean isNullOrWhiteSpace(String string){
        return isNullOrEmpty(string) || string.trim().length() == 0;
    }

    public static String format(String pattern, Object... values){

        Map<String, Object> tags = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();

        for (int i=0; i<values.length; i++){
            tags.put("\\{" + i + "\\}", values[i]==null ? "" : values[i]);
        }

        String formatted = pattern;
        for (Map.Entry<String, Object> tag : tags.entrySet()) {
            // bottleneck, creating temporary String objects!
            formatted = formatted.replaceAll(tag.getKey(), tag.getValue().toString());
        }
        return formatted;
    }

    public static String trimEnd(String string, String finalCharacter){
        string.trim();
        if(string.endsWith(finalCharacter)){
            return string.substring(0, string.length()-1);
        }

        return string;
    }
}



Transform null values to empty string