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package org.apache.poi.util;

import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Collection of string handling utilities
 */
@Internal
public class StringUtil {
    protected static final Charset ISO_8859_1 = StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1;
    //arbitrarily selected; may need to increase
    private static final int MAX_RECORD_LENGTH = 10000000;

    public static final Charset UTF16LE = StandardCharsets.UTF_16LE;
    public static final Charset UTF8 = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
    public static final Charset WIN_1252 = Charset.forName("cp1252");
    public static final Charset BIG5 = Charset.forName("Big5");

    private static Map<Integer, Integer> msCodepointToUnicode;

    private StringUtil() {
        // no instances of this class
    }

    /**
     * Given a byte array of 16-bit unicode characters in Little Endian
     * format (most important byte last), return a Java String representation
     * of it.
     * <p>
     * { 0x16, 0x00 } -0x16
     *
     * @param string the byte array to be converted
     * @param offset the initial offset into the
     *               byte array. it is assumed that string[ offset ] and string[ offset +
     *               1 ] contain the first 16-bit unicode character
     * @param len    the length of the final string
     * @return the converted string, never <code>null</code>.
     * @throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if offset is out of bounds for
     *                                        the byte array (i.e., is negative or is greater than or equal to
     *                                        string.length)
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException       if len is too large (i.e.,
     *                                        there is not enough data in string to create a String of that
     *                                        length)
     */
    public static String getFromUnicodeLE(
            final byte[] string,
            final int offset,
            final int len)
            throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, IllegalArgumentException {
        if ((offset < 0) || (offset >= string.length)) {
            throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException("Illegal offset " + offset + " (String data is of length " + string.length + ")");
        }
        if ((len < 0) || (((string.length - offset) / 2) < len)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal length " + len);
        }

        return new String(string, offset, len * 2, UTF16LE);
    }

    /**
     * Given a byte array of 16-bit unicode characters in little endian
     * format (most important byte last), return a Java String representation
     * of it.
     * <p>
     * { 0x16, 0x00 } -0x16
     *
     * @param string the byte array to be converted
     * @return the converted string, never <code>null</code>
     */
    public static String getFromUnicodeLE(byte[] string) {
        if (string.length == 0) {
            return "";
        }
        return getFromUnicodeLE(string, 0, string.length / 2);
    }

    /**
     * Convert String to 16-bit unicode characters in little endian format
     *
     * @param string the string
     * @return the byte array of 16-bit unicode characters
     */
    public static byte[] getToUnicodeLE(String string) {
        return string.getBytes(UTF16LE);
    }

    /**
     * Read 8 bit data (in ISO-8859-1 codepage) into a (unicode) Java
     * String and return.
     * (In Excel terms, read compressed 8 bit unicode as a string)
     *
     * @param string byte array to read
     * @param offset offset to read byte array
     * @param len    length to read byte array
     * @return String generated String instance by reading byte array
     */
    public static String getFromCompressedUnicode(
            final byte[] string,
            final int offset,
            final int len) {
        int len_to_use = Math.min(len, string.length - offset);
        return new String(string, offset, len_to_use, ISO_8859_1);
    }

    public static String readCompressedUnicode(LittleEndianInput in, int nChars) {
        byte[] buf = IOUtils.safelyAllocate(nChars, MAX_RECORD_LENGTH);
        in.readFully(buf);
        return new String(buf, ISO_8859_1);
    }

    /**
     * InputStream <tt>in</tt> is expected to contain:
     * <ol>
     * <li>ushort nChars</li>
     * <li>byte is16BitFlag</li>
     * <li>byte[]/char[] characterData</li>
     * </ol>
     * For this encoding, the is16BitFlag is always present even if nChars==0.
     * <p>
     * This structure is also known as a XLUnicodeString.
     */
    public static String readUnicodeString(LittleEndianInput in) {

        int nChars = in.readUShort();
        byte flag = in.readByte();
        if ((flag & 0x01) == 0) {
            return readCompressedUnicode(in, nChars);
        }
        return readUnicodeLE(in, nChars);
    }

    /**
     * InputStream <tt>in</tt> is expected to contain:
     * <ol>
     * <li>byte is16BitFlag</li>
     * <li>byte[]/char[] characterData</li>
     * </ol>
     * For this encoding, the is16BitFlag is always present even if nChars==0.
     * <br>
     * This method should be used when the nChars field is <em>not</em> stored
     * as a ushort immediately before the is16BitFlag. Otherwise, {@link
     * #readUnicodeString(LittleEndianInput)} can be used.
     */
    public static String readUnicodeString(LittleEndianInput in, int nChars) {
        byte is16Bit = in.readByte();
        if ((is16Bit & 0x01) == 0) {
            return readCompressedUnicode(in, nChars);
        }
        return readUnicodeLE(in, nChars);
    }

    /**
     * OutputStream <tt>out</tt> will get:
     * <ol>
     * <li>ushort nChars</li>
     * <li>byte is16BitFlag</li>
     * <li>byte[]/char[] characterData</li>
     * </ol>
     * For this encoding, the is16BitFlag is always present even if nChars==0.
     */
    public static void writeUnicodeString(LittleEndianOutput out, String value) {
        int nChars = value.length();
        out.writeShort(nChars);
        boolean is16Bit = hasMultibyte(value);
        out.writeByte(is16Bit ? 0x01 : 0x00);
        if (is16Bit) {
            putUnicodeLE(value, out);
        } else {
            putCompressedUnicode(value, out);
        }
    }

    /**
     * OutputStream <tt>out</tt> will get:
     * <ol>
     * <li>byte is16BitFlag</li>
     * <li>byte[]/char[] characterData</li>
     * </ol>
     * For this encoding, the is16BitFlag is always present even if nChars==0.
     * <br>
     * This method should be used when the nChars field is <em>not</em> stored
     * as a ushort immediately before the is16BitFlag. Otherwise, {@link
     * #writeUnicodeString(LittleEndianOutput, String)} can be used.
     */
    public static void writeUnicodeStringFlagAndData(LittleEndianOutput out, String value) {
        boolean is16Bit = hasMultibyte(value);
        out.writeByte(is16Bit ? 0x01 : 0x00);
        if (is16Bit) {
            putUnicodeLE(value, out);
        } else {
            putCompressedUnicode(value, out);
        }
    }

    /**
     * @return the number of bytes that would be written by {@link #writeUnicodeString(LittleEndianOutput, String)}
     */
    public static int getEncodedSize(String value) {
        int result = 2 + 1;
        result += value.length() * (StringUtil.hasMultibyte(value) ? 2 : 1);
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Takes a unicode (java) string, and returns it as 8 bit data (in ISO-8859-1
     * codepage).
     * (In Excel terms, write compressed 8 bit unicode)
     *
     * @param input  the String containing the data to be written
     * @param output the byte array to which the data is to be written
     * @param offset an offset into the byte arrat at which the data is start
     *               when written
     */
    public static void putCompressedUnicode(String input, byte[] output, int offset) {
        byte[] bytes = input.getBytes(ISO_8859_1);
        System.arraycopy(bytes, 0, output, offset, bytes.length);
    }

    public static void putCompressedUnicode(String input, LittleEndianOutput out) {
        byte[] bytes = input.getBytes(ISO_8859_1);
        out.write(bytes);
    }

    /**
     * Takes a unicode string, and returns it as little endian (most
     * important byte last) bytes in the supplied byte array.
     * (In Excel terms, write uncompressed unicode)
     *
     * @param input  the String containing the unicode data to be written
     * @param output the byte array to hold the uncompressed unicode, should be twice the length of the String
     * @param offset the offset to start writing into the byte array
     */
    public static void putUnicodeLE(String input, byte[] output, int offset) {
        byte[] bytes = input.getBytes(UTF16LE);
        System.arraycopy(bytes, 0, output, offset, bytes.length);
    }

    public static void putUnicodeLE(String input, LittleEndianOutput out) {
        byte[] bytes = input.getBytes(UTF16LE);
        out.write(bytes);
    }

    public static String readUnicodeLE(LittleEndianInput in, int nChars) {
        byte[] bytes = IOUtils.safelyAllocate(nChars * 2, MAX_RECORD_LENGTH);
        in.readFully(bytes);
        return new String(bytes, UTF16LE);
    }

    /**
     * @return the encoding we want to use, currently hardcoded to ISO-8859-1
     */
    public static String getPreferredEncoding() {
        return ISO_8859_1.name();
    }

    /**
     * check the parameter has multibyte character
     *
     * @param value string to check
     * @return boolean result true:string has at least one multibyte character
     */
    public static boolean hasMultibyte(String value) {
        if (value == null)
            return false;
        for (char c : value.toCharArray()) {
            if (c > 0xFF) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Checks to see if a given String needs to be represented as Unicode
     *
     * @param value The string to look at.
     * @return true if string needs Unicode to be represented.
     */
    public static boolean isUnicodeString(final String value) {
        return !value.equals(new String(value.getBytes(ISO_8859_1), ISO_8859_1));
    }

    /**
     * Tests if the string starts with the specified prefix, ignoring case consideration.
     */
    public static boolean startsWithIgnoreCase(String haystack, String prefix) {
        return haystack.regionMatches(true, 0, prefix, 0, prefix.length());
    }

    /**
     * Tests if the string ends with the specified suffix, ignoring case consideration.
     */
    public static boolean endsWithIgnoreCase(String haystack, String suffix) {
        int length = suffix.length();
        int start = haystack.length() - length;
        return haystack.regionMatches(true, start, suffix, 0, length);
    }

    /**
     * An Iterator over an array of Strings.
     */
    public static class StringsIterator implements Iterator<String> {
        private String[] strings = {};
        private int position;

        public StringsIterator(String[] strings) {
            if (strings != null) {
                this.strings = strings.clone();
            }
        }

        public boolean hasNext() {
            return position < strings.length;
        }

        public String next() {
            int ourPos = position++;
            if (ourPos >= strings.length) {
                throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(ourPos);
            }
            return strings[ourPos];
        }

        public void remove() {
        }
    }

    @Internal
    public static String toLowerCase(char c) {
        return Character.toString(c).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
    }

    @Internal
    public static String toUpperCase(char c) {
        return Character.toString(c).toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT);
    }

    @Internal
    public static boolean isUpperCase(char c) {
        String s = Character.toString(c);
        return s.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT).equals(s);
    }

    /**
     * Some strings may contain encoded characters of the unicode private use area.
     * Currently the characters of the symbol fonts are mapped to the corresponding
     * characters in the normal unicode range.
     *
     * @param string the original string
     * @return the string with mapped characters
     * @see <a href="http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/private_use_area.html#symbol">Private Use Area (symbol)</a>
     * @see <a href="http://www.alanwood.net/demos/symbol.html">Symbol font - Unicode alternatives for Greek and special characters in HTML</a>
     */
    public static String mapMsCodepointString(String string) {
        if (string == null || string.isEmpty()) return string;
        initMsCodepointMap();

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        final int length = string.length();
        for (int offset = 0; offset < length; ) {
            Integer msCodepoint = string.codePointAt(offset);
            Integer uniCodepoint = msCodepointToUnicode.get(msCodepoint);
            sb.appendCodePoint(uniCodepoint == null ? msCodepoint : uniCodepoint);
            offset += Character.charCount(msCodepoint);
        }

        return sb.toString();
    }

    public static synchronized void mapMsCodepoint(int msCodepoint, int unicodeCodepoint) {
        initMsCodepointMap();
        msCodepointToUnicode.put(msCodepoint, unicodeCodepoint);
    }

    private static synchronized void initMsCodepointMap() {
        if (msCodepointToUnicode != null) return;
        msCodepointToUnicode = new HashMap<>();
        int i = 0xF020;
        for (int ch : symbolMap_f020) {
            msCodepointToUnicode.put(i++, ch);
        }
        i = 0xf0a0;
        for (int ch : symbolMap_f0a0) {
            msCodepointToUnicode.put(i++, ch);
        }
    }

    private static final int symbolMap_f020[] = {
            ' ', // 0xf020 space
            '!', // 0xf021 exclam
            8704, // 0xf022 universal
            '#', // 0xf023 numbersign
            8707, // 0xf024 existential
            '%', // 0xf025 percent
            '&', // 0xf026 ampersand
            8717, // 0xf027 suchthat
            '(', // 0xf028 parenleft
            ')', // 0xf029 parentright
            8727, // 0xf02a asteriskmath
            '+', // 0xf02b plus
            ',', // 0xf02c comma
            8722, // 0xf02d minus sign (long -)
            '.', // 0xf02e period
            '/', // 0xf02f slash
            '0', // 0xf030 0
            '1', // 0xf031 1
            '2', // 0xf032 2
            '3', // 0xf033 3
            '4', // 0xf034 4
            '5', // 0xf035 5
            '6', // 0xf036 6
            '7', // 0xf037 7
            '8', // 0xf038 8
            '9', // 0xf039 9
            ':', // 0xf03a colon
            ';', // 0xf03b semicolon
            '<', // 0xf03c less
            '=', // 0xf03d equal
            '>', // 0xf03e greater
            '?', // 0xf03f question
            8773, // 0xf040 congruent
            913, // 0xf041 alpha (upper)
            914, // 0xf042 beta (upper)
            935, // 0xf043 chi (upper)
            916, // 0xf044 delta (upper)
            917, // 0xf045 epsilon (upper)
            934, // 0xf046 phi (upper)
            915, // 0xf047 gamma (upper)
            919, // 0xf048 eta (upper)
            921, // 0xf049 iota (upper)
            977, // 0xf04a theta1 (lower)
            922, // 0xf04b kappa (upper)
            923, // 0xf04c lambda (upper)
            924, // 0xf04d mu (upper)
            925, // 0xf04e nu (upper)
            927, // 0xf04f omicron (upper)
            928, // 0xf050 pi (upper)
            920, // 0xf051 theta (upper)
            929, // 0xf052 rho (upper)
            931, // 0xf053 sigma (upper)
            932, // 0xf054 tau (upper)
            933, // 0xf055 upsilon (upper)
            962, // 0xf056 simga1 (lower)
            937, // 0xf057 omega (upper)
            926, // 0xf058 xi (upper)
            936, // 0xf059 psi (upper)
            918, // 0xf05a zeta (upper)
            '[', // 0xf05b bracketleft
            8765, // 0xf05c therefore
            ']', // 0xf05d bracketright
            8869, // 0xf05e perpendicular
            '_', // 0xf05f underscore
            ' ', // 0xf060 radicalex (doesn't exist in unicode)
            945, // 0xf061 alpha (lower)
            946, // 0xf062 beta (lower)
            967, // 0xf063 chi (lower)
            948, // 0xf064 delta (lower)
            949, // 0xf065 epsilon (lower)
            966, // 0xf066 phi (lower)
            947, // 0xf067 gamma (lower)
            951, // 0xf068 eta (lower)
            953, // 0xf069 iota (lower)
            981, // 0xf06a phi1 (lower)
            954, // 0xf06b kappa (lower)
            955, // 0xf06c lambda (lower)
            956, // 0xf06d mu (lower)
            957, // 0xf06e nu (lower)
            959, // 0xf06f omnicron (lower)
            960, // 0xf070 pi (lower)
            952, // 0xf071 theta (lower)
            961, // 0xf072 rho (lower)
            963, // 0xf073 sigma (lower)
            964, // 0xf074 tau (lower)
            965, // 0xf075 upsilon (lower)
            982, // 0xf076 piv (lower)
            969, // 0xf077 omega (lower)
            958, // 0xf078 xi (lower)
            968, // 0xf079 psi (lower)
            950, // 0xf07a zeta (lower)
            '{', // 0xf07b braceleft
            '|', // 0xf07c bar
            '}', // 0xf07d braceright
            8764, // 0xf07e similar '~'
            ' ', // 0xf07f not defined
    };

    private static final int symbolMap_f0a0[] = {
            8364, // 0xf0a0 not defined / euro symbol
            978, // 0xf0a1 upsilon1 (upper)
            8242, // 0xf0a2 minute
            8804, // 0xf0a3 lessequal
            8260, // 0xf0a4 fraction
            8734, // 0xf0a5 infinity
            402, // 0xf0a6 florin
            9827, // 0xf0a7 club
            9830, // 0xf0a8 diamond
            9829, // 0xf0a9 heart
            9824, // 0xf0aa spade
            8596, // 0xf0ab arrowboth
            8591, // 0xf0ac arrowleft
            8593, // 0xf0ad arrowup
            8594, // 0xf0ae arrowright
            8595, // 0xf0af arrowdown
            176, // 0xf0b0 degree
            177, // 0xf0b1 plusminus
            8243, // 0xf0b2 second
            8805, // 0xf0b3 greaterequal
            215, // 0xf0b4 multiply
            181, // 0xf0b5 proportional
            8706, // 0xf0b6 partialdiff
            8729, // 0xf0b7 bullet
            247, // 0xf0b8 divide
            8800, // 0xf0b9 notequal
            8801, // 0xf0ba equivalence
            8776, // 0xf0bb approxequal
            8230, // 0xf0bc ellipsis
            9168, // 0xf0bd arrowvertex
            9135, // 0xf0be arrowhorizex
            8629, // 0xf0bf carriagereturn
            8501, // 0xf0c0 aleph
            8475, // 0xf0c1 Ifraktur
            8476, // 0xf0c2 Rfraktur
            8472, // 0xf0c3 weierstrass
            8855, // 0xf0c4 circlemultiply
            8853, // 0xf0c5 circleplus
            8709, // 0xf0c6 emptyset
            8745, // 0xf0c7 intersection
            8746, // 0xf0c8 union
            8835, // 0xf0c9 propersuperset
            8839, // 0xf0ca reflexsuperset
            8836, // 0xf0cb notsubset
            8834, // 0xf0cc propersubset
            8838, // 0xf0cd reflexsubset
            8712, // 0xf0ce element
            8713, // 0xf0cf notelement
            8736, // 0xf0d0 angle
            8711, // 0xf0d1 gradient
            174, // 0xf0d2 registerserif
            169, // 0xf0d3 copyrightserif
            8482, // 0xf0d4 trademarkserif
            8719, // 0xf0d5 product
            8730, // 0xf0d6 radical
            8901, // 0xf0d7 dotmath
            172, // 0xf0d8 logicalnot
            8743, // 0xf0d9 logicaland
            8744, // 0xf0da logicalor
            8660, // 0xf0db arrowdblboth
            8656, // 0xf0dc arrowdblleft
            8657, // 0xf0dd arrowdblup
            8658, // 0xf0de arrowdblright
            8659, // 0xf0df arrowdbldown
            9674, // 0xf0e0 lozenge
            9001, // 0xf0e1 angleleft
            174, // 0xf0e2 registersans
            169, // 0xf0e3 copyrightsans
            8482, // 0xf0e4 trademarksans
            8721, // 0xf0e5 summation
            9115, // 0xf0e6 parenlefttp
            9116, // 0xf0e7 parenleftex
            9117, // 0xf0e8 parenleftbt
            9121, // 0xf0e9 bracketlefttp
            9122, // 0xf0ea bracketleftex
            9123, // 0xf0eb bracketleftbt
            9127, // 0xf0ec bracelefttp
            9128, // 0xf0ed braceleftmid
            9129, // 0xf0ee braceleftbt
            9130, // 0xf0ef braceex
            ' ', // 0xf0f0 not defined
            9002, // 0xf0f1 angleright
            8747, // 0xf0f2 integral
            8992, // 0xf0f3 integraltp
            9134, // 0xf0f4 integralex
            8993, // 0xf0f5 integralbt
            9118, // 0xf0f6 parenrighttp
            9119, // 0xf0f7 parenrightex
            9120, // 0xf0f8 parenrightbt
            9124, // 0xf0f9 bracketrighttp
            9125, // 0xf0fa bracketrightex
            9126, // 0xf0fb bracketrightbt
            9131, // 0xf0fc bracerighttp
            9132, // 0xf0fd bracerightmid
            9133, // 0xf0fe bracerightbt
            ' ', // 0xf0ff not defined
    };


    // Could be replaced with org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils#join
    @Internal
    public static String join(Object[] array, String separator) {
        if (array == null || array.length == 0) return "";
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append(array[0]);
        for (int i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
            sb.append(separator).append(array[i]);
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

    @Internal
    public static String join(Object[] array) {
        if (array == null) return "";
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (Object o : array) {
            sb.append(o);
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

    @Internal
    public static String join(String separator, Object... array) {
        return join(array, separator);
    }

    /**
     * Count number of occurrences of needle in haystack
     * Has same signature as org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils#countMatches
     *
     * @param haystack the CharSequence to check, may be null
     * @param needle   the character to count the quantity of
     * @return the number of occurrences, 0 if the CharSequence is null
     */
    public static int countMatches(CharSequence haystack, char needle) {
        if (haystack == null) return 0;
        int count = 0;
        final int length = haystack.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            if (haystack.charAt(i) == needle) {
                count++;
            }
        }
        return count;
    }


    /**
     * Given a byte array of 16-bit unicode characters in Little Endian
     * format (most important byte last), return a Java String representation
     * of it.
     *
     * Scans the byte array for two continous 0 bytes and returns the string before.
     * <p>
     *
     * #61881: there seem to be programs out there, which write the 0-termination also
     * at the beginning of the string. Check if the next two bytes contain a valid ascii char
     * and correct the _recdata with a '?' char
     *
     *
     * @param string the byte array to be converted
     * @param offset the initial offset into the
     *               byte array. it is assumed that string[ offset ] and string[ offset +
     *               1 ] contain the first 16-bit unicode character
     * @param len    the max. length of the final string
     * @return the converted string, never <code>null</code>.
     * @throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if offset is out of bounds for
     *                                        the byte array (i.e., is negative or is greater than or equal to
     *                                        string.length)
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException       if len is too large (i.e.,
     *                                        there is not enough data in string to create a String of that
     *                                        length)
     */
    public static String getFromUnicodeLE0Terminated(
            final byte[] string,
            final int offset,
            final int len)
            throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, IllegalArgumentException {
        if ((offset < 0) || (offset >= string.length)) {
            throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException("Illegal offset " + offset + " (String data is of length " + string.length + ")");
        }

        if ((len < 0) || (((string.length - offset) / 2) < len)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal length " + len);
        }

        final int newOffset;
        final int newMaxLen;
        final String prefix;

        // #61881 - for now we only check the first char
        if (len > 0 && string[offset] == 0 && string[offset+1] == 0) {
            newOffset = offset+2;
            prefix = "?";

            // check if the next char is garbage and limit the len if necessary
            final int cp = (len > 1) ? LittleEndian.getShort(string, offset+2) : 0;
            newMaxLen = Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(cp) ? len-1 : 0;
        } else {
            newOffset = offset;
            prefix = "";
            newMaxLen = len;
        }

        int newLen = 0;

        // loop until we find a null-terminated end
        for(; newLen < newMaxLen; newLen++) {
            if (string[newOffset + newLen * 2] == 0 && string[newOffset + newLen * 2 + 1] == 0) {
                break;
            }
        }
        newLen = Math.min(newLen, newMaxLen);

        return prefix + ((newLen == 0) ? "" : new String(string, newOffset, newLen * 2, UTF16LE));
    }

}