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package org.apache.poi.util;
import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1;
import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Locale;
/**
* Collection of string handling utilities
*/
@Internal
public final class StringUtil {
//arbitrarily selected; may need to increase
private static final int DEFAULT_MAX_RECORD_LENGTH = 10000000;
private static int MAX_RECORD_LENGTH = DEFAULT_MAX_RECORD_LENGTH;
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");
/**
* @param length the max record length allowed for StringUtil
*/
public static void setMaxRecordLength(int length) {
MAX_RECORD_LENGTH = length;
}
/**
* @return the max record length allowed for StringUtil
*/
public static int getMaxRecordLength() {
return MAX_RECORD_LENGTH;
}
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.
*
* { 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}.
* @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 (len == 0) {
return "";
}
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.
*
* { 0x16, 0x00 } -0x16
*
* @param string the byte array to be converted
* @return the converted string, never {@code null}
*/
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 (ISO-8859-1)
*/
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);
}
/**
* Read 8 bit data (in UTF-8 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 (UTF-8)
*/
public static String getFromCompressedUTF8(
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, UTF_8);
}
/**
* @param in stream,
* @param nChars number pf chars
* @return ISO_8859_1 encoded result
*/
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 {@code in} is expected to contain:
*
* - ushort nChars
* - byte is16BitFlag
* - byte[]/char[] characterData
*
* For this encoding, the is16BitFlag is always present even if nChars==0.
*
* 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 {@code in} is expected to contain:
*
* - byte is16BitFlag
* - byte[]/char[] characterData
*
* For this encoding, the is16BitFlag is always present even if nChars==0.
*
* This method should be used when the nChars field is not 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 {@code out} will get:
*
* - ushort nChars
* - byte is16BitFlag
* - byte[]/char[] characterData
*
* 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 {@code out} will get:
*
* - byte is16BitFlag
* - byte[]/char[] characterData
*
* For this encoding, the is16BitFlag is always present even if nChars==0.
*
* This method should be used when the nChars field is not 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 * 2L, 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;
}
/**
* 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);
}
@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 Private Use Area (symbol)
* @see Symbol font - Unicode alternatives for Greek and special characters in HTML
*/
public static String mapMsCodepointString(String string) {
if (string == null || string.isEmpty()) {
return string;
}
int[] cps = string.codePoints().map(StringUtil::mapMsCodepoint).toArray();
return new String(cps, 0, cps.length);
}
private static int mapMsCodepoint(int cp) {
if (0xf020 <= cp && cp <= 0xf07f) {
return symbolMap_f020[cp - 0xf020];
} else if (0xf0a0 <= cp && cp <= 0xf0ff) {
return symbolMap_f0a0[cp - 0xf0a0];
}
return cp;
}
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.
*
*
* #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}.
* @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 && offset < (string.length - 1) && 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));
}
/**
* Gets a CharSequence length or {@code 0} if the CharSequence is
* {@code null}.
*
* copied from commons-lang3
*
* @param cs
* a CharSequence or {@code null}
* @return CharSequence length or {@code 0} if the CharSequence is
* {@code null}.
*/
public static int length(final CharSequence cs) {
return cs == null ? 0 : cs.length();
}
/**
*
Checks if a CharSequence is empty (""), null or whitespace only.
*
* Whitespace is defined by {@link Character#isWhitespace(char)}.
*
*
* StringUtil.isBlank(null) = true
* StringUtil.isBlank("") = true
* StringUtil.isBlank(" ") = true
* StringUtil.isBlank("bob") = false
* StringUtil.isBlank(" bob ") = false
*
*
* copied from commons-lang3
*
* @param cs the CharSequence to check, may be null
* @return {@code true} if the CharSequence is null, empty or whitespace only
*/
public static boolean isBlank(final CharSequence cs) {
final int strLen = length(cs);
if (strLen == 0) {
return true;
}
for (int i = 0; i < strLen; i++) {
if (!Character.isWhitespace(cs.charAt(i))) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
/**
* Checks if a CharSequence is not empty (""), not null and not whitespace only.
*
* Whitespace is defined by {@link Character#isWhitespace(char)}.
*
*
* StringUtil.isNotBlank(null) = false
* StringUtil.isNotBlank("") = false
* StringUtil.isNotBlank(" ") = false
* StringUtil.isNotBlank("bob") = true
* StringUtil.isNotBlank(" bob ") = true
*
*
* copied from commons-lang3
*
* @param cs the CharSequence to check, may be null
* @return {@code true} if the CharSequence is
* not empty and not null and not whitespace only
*/
public static boolean isNotBlank(final CharSequence cs) {
return !isBlank(cs);
}
/**
* Returns padding using the specified delimiter repeated
* to a given length.
*
*
* StringUtil.repeat('e', 0) = ""
* StringUtil.repeat('e', 3) = "eee"
* StringUtil.repeat('e', -2) = ""
*
*
* Note: this method does not support padding with
* Unicode Supplementary Characters
* as they require a pair of {@code char}s to be represented.
*
*
* copied from commons-lang3
*
* @param ch character to repeat
* @param repeat number of times to repeat char, negative treated as zero
* @return String with repeated character
*/
public static String repeat(final char ch, final int repeat) {
if (repeat <= 0) {
return "";
}
final char[] buf = new char[repeat];
Arrays.fill(buf, ch);
return new String(buf);
}
}