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package com.rivescript.util;

import com.rivescript.regexp.Regexp;

import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import static com.rivescript.regexp.Regexp.RE_NASTIES;

/**
 * Miscellaneous {@link String} utility methods.
 *
 * @author Noah Petherbridge
 * @author Marcel Overdijk
 */
public class StringUtils {

	/**
	 * Counts the number of words in a {@link String}.
	 *
	 * @param str the string to count
	 * @param all count all
	 * @return the number of words
	 */
	public static int countWords(String str, boolean all) {
		if (str == null || str.length() == 0) {
			return 0;
		}
		String[] words;
		if (all) {
			words = str.split("\\s+"); // Splits at whitespaces.
		} else {
			words = str.split("[\\s\\*\\#\\_\\|]+");
		}

		int count = 0;
		for (String word : words) {
			if (word.length() > 0) {
				count++;
			}
		}

		return count;
	}

	/**
	 * Joins a {@link String} array into a single {@link String}.
	 *
	 * @param array     the array to join
	 * @param delimiter the delimiter character to use, {@code null} is treated as {@code ""}
	 */
	public static String join(String[] array, String delimiter) {
		if (array == null) {
			return null;
		}
		if (delimiter == null) {
			delimiter = "";
		}
		StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
		for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
			buf.append(array[i]);
			if (i < array.length - 1) {
				buf.append(delimiter);
			}
		}
		return buf.toString();
	}

	/**
	 * Escapes a {@link String} for use in a regular expression.
	 *
	 * @param str the string to escape
	 * @return the escaped string
	 */
	public static String quoteMetacharacters(String str) {
		if (str == null) {
			return null;
		}
		String unsafe = "\\.+*?[^]$(){}=!<>|:";
		for (char c : unsafe.toCharArray()) {
			str = str.replaceAll(Pattern.quote(Character.toString(c)), "\\\\\\" + c);
		}
		return str;
	}

	/**
	 * Strips special characters out of a {@link String}.
	 *
	 * @param str the string to strip
	 * @return the stripped string
	 * @see Regexp#RE_NASTIES
	 */
	public static String stripNasties(String str) {
		if (str == null) {
			return null;
		}
		return RE_NASTIES.matcher(str).replaceAll("");
	}
}