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package java.util;

/**

 * {@code StringJoiner} is used to construct a sequence of characters separated

 * by a delimiter and optionally starting with a supplied prefix

 * and ending with a supplied suffix.

 * <p>

 * For example, the String {@code "[George:Sally:Fred]"} may

 * be constructed as follows:

 * <pre> {@code

 *     StringJoiner sj = new StringJoiner(":", "[", "]");

 *     sj.add("George").add("Sally").add("Fred");

 *     String desiredString = sj.toString();

 * }</pre>

 * <p>

 * Prior to adding something to the {@code StringJoiner}, its

 * {@code sj.toString()} method will, by default, return {@code prefix + suffix}.

 * However, if the {@code setEmptyValue} method is called, the {@code emptyValue}

 * supplied will be returned instead. This can be used, for example, when

 * creating a string using set notation to indicate an empty set, i.e.

 * <code>"{}"</code>, where the {@code prefix} is <code>"{"</code>, the

 * {@code suffix} is <code>"}"</code> and nothing has been added to the

 * {@code StringJoiner}.

 * <p>

 * A {@code StringJoiner} may be employed to create formatted output from a

 * collection using lambda expressions as shown in the following example.

 *

 * <pre> {@code

 *     List<Person> people = ...

 *     String commaSeparatedNames =

 *         people.map(p -> p.getName()).into(new StringJoiner(", ")).toString();

 * }</pre>

 *

 * @author Jim Gish

 * @since  1.8

*/

public final class StringJoiner {

    private final String prefix;

    private final String delimiter;

    private final String suffix;

    /*

     * StringBuilder value -- at any time, the characters constructed from the

     * prefix, the added element separated by the delimiter, but without the

     * suffix, so that we can more easily add elements without having to jigger

     * the suffix each time.

     */

    private StringBuilder value;

    /*

     * By default, the string consisting of prefix+suffix, returned by

     * toString(), or properties of value, when no elements have yet been added,

     * i.e. when it is empty.  This may be overridden by the user to be some

     * other value including the empty String.

     */

    private String emptyValue;

    /**

     * Constructs a {@code StringJoiner} with no characters in it, with no

     * {@code prefix} or {@code suffix}, and a copy of the supplied

     * {@code delimiter}.

     * If no characters are added to the {@code StringJoiner} and methods

     * accessing the value of it are invoked, it will not return a

     * {@code prefix} or {@code suffix} (or properties thereof) in the result,

     * unless {@code setEmptyValue} has first been called.

     *

     * @param  delimiter the sequence of characters to be used between each

     *         element added to the {@code StringJoiner} value

     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code delimiter} is {@code null}

     */

    public StringJoiner(CharSequence delimiter) {

        this(delimiter, "", "");

    }

    /**

     * Constructs a {@code StringJoiner} with no characters in it using copies

     * of the supplied {@code prefix}, {@code delimiter} and {@code suffix}.

     * If no characters are added to the {@code StringJoiner} and methods

     * accessing the string value of it are invoked, it will return the

     * {@code prefix + suffix} (or properties thereof) in the result, unless

     * {@code setEmptyValue} has first been called.

     *

     * @param  delimiter the sequence of characters to be used between each

     *         element added to the {@code StringJoiner}

     * @param  prefix the sequence of characters to be used at the beginning

     * @param  suffix the sequence of characters to be used at the end

     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code prefix}, {@code delimiter}, or

     *         {@code suffix} is {@code null}

     */

    public StringJoiner(CharSequence delimiter, CharSequence prefix,

            CharSequence suffix) {

        Objects.requireNonNull(prefix, "The prefix must not be null");

        Objects.requireNonNull(delimiter, "The delimiter must not be null");

        Objects.requireNonNull(suffix, "The suffix must not be null");

        // make defensive copies of arguments

        this.prefix = prefix.toString();

        this.delimiter = delimiter.toString();

        this.suffix = suffix.toString();

        this.emptyValue = this.prefix + this.suffix;

    }

    /**

     * Sets the sequence of characters to be used when determining the string

     * representation of this {@code StringJoiner} and no elements have been

     * added yet, i.e. when it is empty.  A copy of the {@code emptyValue}

     * parameter is made for this purpose. Note that once an add method has been

     * called, the {@code StringJoiner} is no longer considered empty, even if

     * the element(s) added correspond to the empty {@code String}.

     *

     * @param  emptyValue the characters to return as the value of an empty

     *         {@code StringJoiner}

     * @return this {@code StringJoiner} itself so the calls may be chained

     * @throws NullPointerException when the {@code emptyValue} parameter is

     *         {@code null}

     */

    public StringJoiner setEmptyValue(CharSequence emptyValue) {

        this.emptyValue = Objects.requireNonNull(emptyValue,

            "The empty value must not be null").toString();

        return this;

    }

    /**

     * Returns the current value, consisting of the {@code prefix}, the values

     * added so far separated by the {@code delimiter}, and the {@code suffix},

     * unless no elements have been added in which case, the

     * {@code prefix + suffix} or the {@code emptyValue} characters are returned

     *

     * @return the string representation of this {@code StringJoiner}

     */

    @Override

    public String toString() {

        if (value == null) {

            return emptyValue;

        } else {

            if (suffix.equals("")) {

                return value.toString();

            } else {

                int initialLength = value.length();

                String result = value.append(suffix).toString();

                // reset value to pre-append initialLength

                value.setLength(initialLength);

                return result;

            }

        }

    }

    /**

     * Add the a copy of the supplied {@code CharSequence} value as the next

     * element of the {@code StringJoiner} value. If {@code newElement} is

     * {@code null}, then {@code "null"} is added.

     *

     * @param  newElement The element to add

     * @return a reference to this {@code StringJoiner}

     */

    public StringJoiner add(CharSequence newElement) {

        prepareBuilder().append(newElement);

        return this;

    }

    private StringBuilder prepareBuilder() {

        if (value != null) {

            value.append(delimiter);

        } else {

            value = new StringBuilder().append(prefix);

        }

        return value;

    }

    /**

     * The length of the {@code StringJoiner} value, i.e. the length of

     * {@code String} representation of the {@code StringJoiner}. Note that if

     * no add methods have been called, then the length of the {@code String}

     * representation (either {@code prefix + suffix} or {@code emptyValue})

     * will be returned. The value should be equivalent to

     * {@code toString().length()}.

     *

     * @return the length of the current value of {@code StringJoiner}

     */

    public int length() {

        // Remember that we never actually append the suffix unless we return

        // the full (present) value or some sub-string or length of it, so that

        // we can add on more if we need to.

        return (value != null ? value.length() + suffix.length() :

                emptyValue.length());

    }

}