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package org.apache.ant.props.stringops;

import org.apache.ant.props.RegexBasedEvaluator;
import org.apache.tools.ant.PropertyHelper;

/**
 * Substring operation.
 */
public class Substring extends RegexBasedEvaluator {

    /**
     * Construct a new substring operation.
     */
    public Substring() {
        super("^(.*):(\\d+):(\\d+)$");
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    protected Object evaluate(String[] groups, PropertyHelper propertyHelper) {
        String value = (String) propertyHelper.getProperty(groups[1]);
        if (value != null) {
            int start = Integer.parseInt(groups[2]);
            int end = start + Integer.parseInt(groups[3]);
            return end > value.length() ? value.substring(start) : value.substring(start, end);
        }
        return null;
    }
}