freemarker-generator-base/src/main/java/org/apache/freemarker/generator/base/util/StringUtils.java

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package org.apache.freemarker.generator.base.util;

public class StringUtils {

    public static boolean isEmpty(String value) {
        return value == null || value.trim().isEmpty();
    }

    public static boolean isNotEmpty(String value) {
        return !isEmpty(value);
    }

    public static String emptyToNull(String value) {
        return value != null && value.trim().isEmpty() ? null : value;
    }

    public static String nullToEmpty(String value) {
        return value == null ? "" : value;
    }

    public static String firstNonEmpty(final String... values) {
        if (values != null) {
            for (final String value : values) {
                if (isNotEmpty(value)) {
                    return value;
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    public static int count(final String s, final char c) {
        final char[] chars = s.toCharArray();
        int count = 0;
        for (final char aChar : chars) {
            if (aChar == c) {
                count++;
            }
        }
        return count;
    }

}