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package org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.util;

/**
 * Utilities for the unified expression language.
 * Keeps Trinidad independent of a JSP 2.1 container,
 * for example if Facelets are used.
 */
public final class ContainerUtils
{

  private ContainerUtils()
  {
    //no-op
  }

  /**
   * Return true if the specified string contains an EL expression.
   * 
   * 
   * NOTICE This method is just a copy of
   * {@link UIComponentTag#isValueReference(String)}, but it's required
   * because the class UIComponentTag depends on a JSP 2.1 container 
   * (for example, it indirectly implements the interface JspIdConsumer)
   * and therefore internal classes shouldn't access this class. That's
   * also the reason why this method is inside the class ContainerUtils,
   * because it allows MyFaces to be independent of a JSP 2.1 container.
   * 
   */
  public static boolean isValueReference(String value) 
  {
    if (value == null)
    {

      throw new NullPointerException("value");

    }

    int start = value.indexOf("#{");


    if (start < 0)
    {
      return false;

    }

    int end = value.lastIndexOf('}');

    return (end >=0 && start < end);
  }
}