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/**
* <p>Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
* <code>null</code> safe.</p>
*
* @see java.lang.String
* @author <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/">Apache Jakarta Turbine</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:jon@latchkey.com">Jon S. Stevens</a>
* @author Daniel L. Rall
* @author <a href="mailto:gcoladonato@yahoo.com">Greg Coladonato</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:ed@apache.org">Ed Korthof</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:rand_mcneely@yahoo.com">Rand McNeely</a>
* @author Stephen Colebourne
* @author <a href="mailto:fredrik@westermarck.com">Fredrik Westermarck</a>
* @author Holger Krauth
* @author <a href="mailto:alex@purpletech.com">Alexander Day Chaffee</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
* @author Arun Mammen Thomas
* @author Gary Gregory
* @author Phil Steitz
* @author Al Chou
* @author Michael Davey
* @author Reuben Sivan
* @author Chris Hyzer
* @author Scott Johnson
* @since 1.0
* @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
*/
public class Main {
/**
* <p>Gets <code>len</code> characters from the middle of a String.</p>
*
* <p>If <code>len</code> characters are not available, the remainder
* of the String will be returned without an exception. If the
* String is <code>null</code>, <code>null</code> will be returned.
* An exception is thrown if len is negative.</p>
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.mid(null, *, *) = null
* StringUtils.mid(*, *, -ve) = ""
* StringUtils.mid("", 0, *) = ""
* StringUtils.mid("abc", 0, 2) = "ab"
* StringUtils.mid("abc", 0, 4) = "abc"
* StringUtils.mid("abc", 2, 4) = "c"
* StringUtils.mid("abc", 4, 2) = ""
* StringUtils.mid("abc", -2, 2) = "ab"
* </pre>
*
* @param str the String to get the characters from, may be null
* @param pos the position to start from, negative treated as zero
* @param len the length of the required String, must be zero or positive
* @return the middle characters, <code>null</code> if null String input
*/
public static String mid(String str, int pos, int len) {
if (str == null) {
return null;
}
if (len < 0 || pos > str.length()) {
return "";
}
if (pos < 0) {
pos = 0;
}
if (str.length() <= (pos + len)) {
return str.substring(pos);
}
return str.substring(pos, pos + len);
}
}
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