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package org.apache.tomcat.util.codec.binary;

import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

/**
 * Converts String to and from bytes using the encodings required by the Java specification. These encodings are
 * specified in 
 * Standard charsets.
 *
 * This class is immutable and thread-safe.
 *
 * @see Charset
 * @see StandardCharsets
 * @since 1.4
 *
 * @deprecated Unused. This class will be removed in Tomcat 11 onwards.
 */
@Deprecated
public class StringUtils {

    /**
     * Calls {@link String#getBytes(Charset)}
     *
     * @param string
     *            The string to encode (if null, return null).
     * @param charset
     *            The {@link Charset} to encode the {@code String}
     * @return the encoded bytes
     */
    private static byte[] getBytes(final String string, final Charset charset) {
        return string == null ? null : string.getBytes(charset);
    }

    /**
     * Encodes the given string into a sequence of bytes using the UTF-8 charset, storing the result into a new byte
     * array.
     *
     * @param string
     *            the String to encode, may be {@code null}
     * @return encoded bytes, or {@code null} if the input string was {@code null}
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *             Thrown if {@link StandardCharsets#UTF_8} is not initialized, which should never happen
     *             since it is required by the Java platform specification.
     * @since As of 1.7, throws {@link NullPointerException} instead of UnsupportedEncodingException
     * @see Charset
     */
    public static byte[] getBytesUtf8(final String string) {
        return getBytes(string, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified array of bytes using the given charset.
     *
     * @param bytes
     *            The bytes to be decoded into characters
     * @param charset
     *            The {@link Charset} to encode the {@code String}; not {@code null}
     * @return A new {@code String} decoded from the specified array of bytes using the given charset,
     *         or {@code null} if the input byte array was {@code null}.
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *             Thrown if charset is {@code null}
     */
    private static String newString(final byte[] bytes, final Charset charset) {
        return bytes == null ? null : new String(bytes, charset);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified array of bytes using the US-ASCII charset.
     *
     * @param bytes
     *            The bytes to be decoded into characters
     * @return A new {@code String} decoded from the specified array of bytes using the US-ASCII charset,
     *         or {@code null} if the input byte array was {@code null}.
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *             Thrown if {@link StandardCharsets#US_ASCII} is not initialized, which should never happen
     *             since it is required by the Java platform specification.
     * @since As of 1.7, throws {@link NullPointerException} instead of UnsupportedEncodingException
     */
    public static String newStringUsAscii(final byte[] bytes) {
        return newString(bytes, StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified array of bytes using the UTF-8 charset.
     *
     * @param bytes
     *            The bytes to be decoded into characters
     * @return A new {@code String} decoded from the specified array of bytes using the UTF-8 charset,
     *         or {@code null} if the input byte array was {@code null}.
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *             Thrown if {@link StandardCharsets#UTF_8} is not initialized, which should never happen since it is
     *             required by the Java platform specification.
     * @since As of 1.7, throws {@link NullPointerException} instead of UnsupportedEncodingException
     */
    public static String newStringUtf8(final byte[] bytes) {
        return newString(bytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }

    private StringUtils() {
        // empty
    }
}