package com.darkprograms.speech.util;

/**
 * A string utility class for commonly used methods. 
 * These methods are particularly useful for parsing.
 * @author Skylion
 */
public class StringUtil {
	
	private StringUtil() {};//Prevents instantiation
	
	/**
	 * Removes quotation marks from beginning and end of string.
	 * @param s The string you want to remove the quotation marks from.
	 * @return The modified String.
	 */
    public static String stripQuotes(String s) {
        int start = 0;
        if( s.startsWith("\"") ) {
            start = 1;
        }
        int end = s.length();
        if( s.endsWith("\"") ) {
            end = s.length() - 1;
        }
        return s.substring(start, end);
    }
	
    /**
     * Returns the first instance of String found exclusively between part1 and part2.
     * @param s The String you want to substring.
     * @param part1 The beginning of the String you want to search for.
     * @param part2 The end of the String you want to search for.
     * @return The String between part1 and part2. 
     * If the s does not contain part1 or part2, the method returns null.
     */
    public static String substringBetween(String s, String part1, String part2) {
        String sub = null;

        int i = s.indexOf(part1);
        int j = s.indexOf(part2, i + part1.length());

        if (i != -1 && j != -1) {
            int nStart = i + part1.length();
            sub = s.substring(nStart, j);
        }

        return sub;
    }
    
    /**
     * Gets the string exclusively between the first instance of part1 and the last instance of part2.
     * @param s The string you want to trim.
     * @param part1 The term to trim after first instance.
     * @param part2 The term to before last instance of.
     * @return The trimmed String
     */
	public static String trimString(String s, String part1, String part2){
		if(!s.contains(part1) || !s.contains(part2)){
			return null;
		}
		int first = s.indexOf(part1) + part1.length() + 1;
		String tmp = s.substring(first);
		int last = tmp.lastIndexOf(part2);
		tmp = tmp.substring(0, last);
		return tmp;
	}

}