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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
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+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef SHARE_VM_UTILITIES_STRINGUTILS_HPP
+#define SHARE_VM_UTILITIES_STRINGUTILS_HPP
+
+#include "memory/allocation.hpp"
+
+class StringUtils : AllStatic {
+public:
+  // Replace the substring <from> with another string <to>. <to> must be
+  // no longer than <from>. The input string is modified in-place.
+  //
+  // Replacement is done in a single pass left-to-right. So replace_no_expand("aaa", "aa", "a")
+  // will result in "aa", not "a".
+  //
+  // Returns the count of substrings that have been replaced.
+  static int replace_no_expand(char* string, const char* from, const char* to);
+};
+
+#endif // SHARE_VM_UTILITIES_STRINGUTILS_HPP