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package org.codehaus.groovy.runtime;

import groovy.lang.Closure;
import groovy.lang.EmptyRange;
import groovy.lang.GString;
import groovy.lang.IntRange;
import groovy.lang.Range;
import groovy.transform.stc.ClosureParams;
import groovy.transform.stc.FromString;
import groovy.transform.stc.PickFirstResolver;
import groovy.transform.stc.SimpleType;
import org.apache.groovy.io.StringBuilderWriter;
import org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.DefaultTypeTransformation;
import org.codehaus.groovy.util.CharSequenceReader;

import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import static org.codehaus.groovy.ast.tools.ClosureUtils.hasSingleCharacterArg;
import static org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethods.callClosureForLine;
import static org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethods.each;
import static org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethods.join;

/**
 * This class defines new groovy methods which appear on String-related JDK
 * classes (String, CharSequence, Matcher) inside the Groovy environment.
 * Static methods are used with the first parameter being the destination class,
 * e.g. <code>public static String reverse(String self)</code>
 * provides a <code>reverse()</code> method for <code>String</code>.
 * <p>
 * NOTE: While this class contains many 'public' static methods, it is
 * primarily regarded as an internal class (its internal package name
 * suggests this also). We value backwards compatibility of these
 * methods when used within Groovy but value less backwards compatibility
 * at the Java method call level. I.e. future versions of Groovy may
 * remove or move a method call in this file but would normally
 * aim to keep the method available from within Groovy.
 */
public class StringGroovyMethods extends DefaultGroovyMethodsSupport {

    static String lineSeparator = null;

    /**
     * Coerce a string (an instance of CharSequence) to a boolean value.
     * A string is coerced to false if it is of length 0,
     * and to true otherwise.
     *
     * @param string the character sequence
     * @return the boolean value
     * @since 1.7.0
     */
    public static boolean asBoolean(CharSequence string) {
        if (null == string) {
            return false;
        }

        return string.length() > 0;
    }

    /**
     * Coerce a Matcher instance to a boolean value.
     *
     * @param matcher the matcher
     * @return the boolean value
     * @since 1.7.0
     */
    public static boolean asBoolean(Matcher matcher) {
        if (null == matcher) {
            return false;
        }

        RegexSupport.setLastMatcher(matcher);
        return matcher.find();
    }

    /**
     * <p>Provides a method to perform custom 'dynamic' type conversion
     * to the given class using the <code>as</code> operator.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @param c    the desired class
     * @return the converted object
     * @see #asType(String, Class)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static <T> T asType(CharSequence self, Class<T> c) {
        return asType(self.toString(), c);
    }

    /**
     * Converts the GString to a File, or delegates to the default
     * {@link org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethods#asType(Object, Class)}
     *
     * @param self a GString
     * @param c    the desired class
     * @return the converted object
     * @since 1.5.0
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> T asType(GString self, Class<T> c) {
        if (c == File.class) {
            return (T) new File(self.toString());
        } else if (Number.class.isAssignableFrom(c) || c.isPrimitive()) {
            return asType(self.toString(), c);
        }
        return DefaultGroovyMethods.asType((Object) self, c);
    }

    /**
     * Provides a method to perform custom 'dynamic' type conversion
     * to the given class using the <code>as</code> operator.
     * <strong>Example:</strong> <code>'123' as Double</code>
     * <p>
     * By default, the following types are supported:
     * <ul>
     * <li>List</li>
     * <li>BigDecimal</li>
     * <li>BigInteger</li>
     * <li>Long</li>
     * <li>Integer</li>
     * <li>Short</li>
     * <li>Byte</li>
     * <li>Character</li>
     * <li>Double</li>
     * <li>Float</li>
     * <li>File</li>
     * <li>Subclasses of Enum</li>
     * </ul>
     * If any other type is given, the call is delegated to
     * {@link org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethods#asType(Object, Class)}.
     *
     * @param self a String
     * @param c    the desired class
     * @return the converted object
     * @since 1.0
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> T asType(String self, Class<T> c) {
        if (c == List.class) {
            return (T) toList((CharSequence)self);
        } else if (c == BigDecimal.class) {
            return (T) toBigDecimal((CharSequence)self);
        } else if (c == BigInteger.class) {
            return (T) toBigInteger((CharSequence)self);
        } else if (c == Long.class || c == Long.TYPE) {
            return (T) toLong((CharSequence)self);
        } else if (c == Integer.class || c == Integer.TYPE) {
            return (T) toInteger((CharSequence)self);
        } else if (c == Short.class || c == Short.TYPE) {
            return (T) toShort((CharSequence)self);
        } else if (c == Byte.class || c == Byte.TYPE) {
            return (T) Byte.valueOf(self.trim());
        } else if (c == Character.class || c == Character.TYPE) {
            return (T) toCharacter(self);
        } else if (c == Double.class || c == Double.TYPE) {
            return (T) toDouble((CharSequence)self);
        } else if (c == Float.class || c == Float.TYPE) {
            return (T) toFloat((CharSequence)self);
        } else if (c == File.class) {
            return (T) new File(self);
        } else if (c.isEnum()) {
            return (T) InvokerHelper.invokeMethod(c, "valueOf", new Object[]{ self });
        }
        return DefaultGroovyMethods.asType((Object) self, c);
    }

    /**
     * Turns a CharSequence into a regular expression Pattern
     *
     * @param self a String to convert into a regular expression
     * @return the regular expression pattern
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static Pattern bitwiseNegate(CharSequence self) {
        return Pattern.compile(self.toString());
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #bitwiseNegate(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static Pattern bitwiseNegate(String self) {
        return bitwiseNegate((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to uncapitalize the first letter of a CharSequence
     * (typically the first letter of a word). Example usage:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert 'H'.uncapitalize() == 'h'
     * assert 'Hello'.uncapitalize() == 'hello'
     * assert 'Hello world'.uncapitalize() == 'hello world'
     * assert 'Hello World'.uncapitalize() == 'hello World'
     * assert 'hello world' ==
     *     'Hello World'.split(' ').collect{ it.uncapitalize() }.join(' ')
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self The CharSequence to uncapitalize
     * @return A String containing the uncapitalized toString() of the CharSequence
     * @since 2.4.8
     */
    public static String uncapitalize(CharSequence self) {
        if (self.length() == 0) return "";
        return "" + Character.toLowerCase(self.charAt(0)) + self.subSequence(1, self.length());
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to capitalize the first letter of a CharSequence
     * (typically the first letter of a word). Example usage:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert 'h'.capitalize() == 'H'
     * assert 'hello'.capitalize() == 'Hello'
     * assert 'hello world'.capitalize() == 'Hello world'
     * assert 'Hello World' ==
     *     'hello world'.split(' ').collect{ it.capitalize() }.join(' ')
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self The CharSequence to capitalize
     * @return A String containing the capitalized toString() of the CharSequence
     * @see #capitalize(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String capitalize(CharSequence self) {
        if (self.length() == 0) return "";
        return "" + Character.toUpperCase(self.charAt(0)) + self.subSequence(1, self.length());
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #capitalize(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String capitalize(String self) {
        return capitalize((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Pad a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by <tt>numberOfChars</tt> by adding the space character around it as many times as needed so that it remains centered.
     *
     * If the String is already the same size or bigger than the target <tt>numberOfChars</tt>, then the original String is returned. An example:
     * <pre>
     * ['A', 'BB', 'CCC', 'DDDD'].each{ println '|' + it.center(6) + '|' }
     * </pre>
     * will produce output like:
     * <pre>
     * |  A   |
     * |  BB  |
     * | CCC  |
     * | DDDD |
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self          a CharSequence object
     * @param numberOfChars the total minimum number of characters of the result
     * @return the centered toString() of this CharSequence with padded characters around it
     * @see #center(String, Number)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String center(CharSequence self, Number numberOfChars) {
        return center(self, numberOfChars, " ");
    }

    /**
     * Pad a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by <tt>numberOfChars</tt>, appending the supplied padding CharSequence around the original as many times as needed keeping it centered.
     *
     * If the String is already the same size or bigger than the target <tt>numberOfChars</tt>, then the original String is returned. An example:
     * <pre>
     * ['A', 'BB', 'CCC', 'DDDD'].each{ println '|' + it.center(6, '+') + '|' }
     * </pre>
     * will produce output like:
     * <pre>
     * |++A+++|
     * |++BB++|
     * |+CCC++|
     * |+DDDD+|
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self          a CharSequence object
     * @param numberOfChars the total minimum number of characters of the resulting CharSequence
     * @param padding       the characters used for padding
     * @return the centered toString() of this CharSequence with padded characters around it
     * @see #center(String, Number, String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String center(CharSequence self, Number numberOfChars, CharSequence padding) {
        int numChars = numberOfChars.intValue();
        if (numChars <= self.length()) {
            return self.toString();
        } else {
            int charsToAdd = numChars - self.length();
            String semiPad = charsToAdd % 2 == 1 ?
                    getPadding(padding, charsToAdd / 2 + 1) :
                    getPadding(padding, charsToAdd / 2);
            if (charsToAdd % 2 == 0)
                return semiPad + self + semiPad;
            else
                return semiPad.substring(0, charsToAdd / 2) + self + semiPad;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #center(CharSequence, Number)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String center(String self, Number numberOfChars) {
        return center((CharSequence) self, numberOfChars);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #center(CharSequence, Number, CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String center(String self, Number numberOfChars, String padding) {
        return center((CharSequence) self, numberOfChars, (CharSequence) padding);
    }

    /**
     * Provide an implementation of contains() like
     * {@link java.util.Collection#contains(Object)} to make CharSequences more polymorphic.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @param text the CharSequence to look for
     * @return true if this CharSequence contains the given text
     * @see #contains(String, String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static boolean contains(CharSequence self, CharSequence text) {
        int idx = self.toString().indexOf(text.toString());
        return idx >= 0;
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #contains(CharSequence, CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean contains(String self, String text) {
        return contains((CharSequence) self, (CharSequence) text);
    }

    /**
     * Count the number of occurrences of a sub CharSequence.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @param text a sub CharSequence
     * @return the number of occurrences of the given CharSequence inside this CharSequence
     * @see #count(String, String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static int count(CharSequence self, CharSequence text) {
        int answer = 0;
        for (int idx = 0; true; idx++) {
            idx = self.toString().indexOf(text.toString(), idx);
            // break once idx goes to -1 or for case of empty string once
            // we get to the end to avoid JDK library bug (see GROOVY-5858)
            if (idx < answer) break;
            ++answer;
        }
        return answer;
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #contains(CharSequence, CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static int count(String self, String text) {
        return count((CharSequence) self, (CharSequence) text);
    }

    /**
     * Return a CharSequence with lines (separated by LF, CR/LF, or CR)
     * terminated by the platform specific line separator.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence object
     * @return the denormalized toString() of this CharSequence
     * @see #denormalize(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String denormalize(final CharSequence self) {
        // Don't do this in static initializer because we may never be needed.
        // TODO: Put this lineSeparator property somewhere everyone can use it.
        if (lineSeparator == null) {
            final Writer sw = new StringBuilderWriter(2);
            try {
                // We use BufferedWriter rather than System.getProperty because
                // it has the security manager rigamarole to deal with the possible exception.
                final BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(sw);
                bw.newLine();
                bw.flush();
                lineSeparator = sw.toString();
            } catch (IOException ioe) {
                // This shouldn't happen, but this is the same default used by
                // BufferedWriter on a security exception.
                lineSeparator = "\n";
            }
        }

        final int len = self.length();

        if (len < 1) {
            return self.toString();
        }

        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder((110 * len) / 100);

        int i = 0;

        // GROOVY-7873: GString calls toString() on each invocation of CharSequence methods such
        // as charAt which is very expensive for large GStrings.
        CharSequence cs = (self instanceof GString) ? self.toString() : self;
        while (i < len) {
            final char ch = cs.charAt(i++);

            switch (ch) {
                case '\r':
                    sb.append(lineSeparator);

                    // Eat the following LF if any.
                    if ((i < len) && (cs.charAt(i) == '\n')) {
                        ++i;
                    }

                    break;

                case '\n':
                    sb.append(lineSeparator);
                    break;

                default:
                    sb.append(ch);
                    break;
            }
         }

        return sb.toString();
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #denormalize(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String denormalize(final String self) {
        return denormalize((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Drops the given number of chars from the head of this CharSequence
     * if they are available.
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *     def text = "Groovy"
     *     assert text.drop( 0 ) == 'Groovy'
     *     assert text.drop( 2 ) == 'oovy'
     *     assert text.drop( 7 ) == ''
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self the original CharSequence
     * @param num the number of characters to drop from this String
     * @return a CharSequence consisting of all characters except the first <code>num</code> ones,
     *         or else an empty String, if this CharSequence has less than <code>num</code> characters.
     * @since 1.8.1
     */
    public static CharSequence drop(CharSequence self, int num) {
        if( num <= 0 ) {
            return self ;
        }
        if( self.length() <= num ) {
            return self.subSequence( 0, 0 ) ;
        }
        return self.subSequence(num, self.length()) ;
    }

    /**
     * A GString variant of the equivalent CharSequence method.
     *
     * @param self the original GString
     * @param num the number of characters to drop from this GString
     * @return a String consisting of all characters except the first <code>num</code> ones,
     *         or else an empty String, if the toString() of this GString has less than <code>num</code> characters.
     * @see #drop(CharSequence, int)
     * @since 2.3.7
     */
    public static String drop(GString self, int num) {
        return drop(self.toString(), num).toString();
    }

    /**
     * Create a suffix of the given CharSequence by dropping as many characters as possible from the
     * front of the original CharSequence such that calling the given closure condition evaluates to
     * true when passed each of the dropped characters.
     * <p>
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * def text = "Groovy"
     * assert text.dropWhile{ false } == 'Groovy'
     * assert text.dropWhile{ true } == ''
     * assert text.dropWhile{ it < 'Z' } == 'roovy'
     * assert text.dropWhile{ it != 'v' } == 'vy'
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self      the original CharSequence
     * @param condition the closure that while continuously evaluating to true will cause us to drop elements from
     *                  the front of the original CharSequence
     * @return the shortest suffix of the given CharSequence such that the given closure condition
     *         evaluates to true for each element dropped from the front of the CharSequence
     * @since 2.0.0
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static String dropWhile(CharSequence self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class, options={"String", "Character"}) Closure condition) {
        Iterator selfIter = hasSingleCharacterArg(condition) ? new CharacterIterator(self) : new StringIterator(self);
        return join(DefaultGroovyMethods.dropWhile(selfIter, condition), "");
    }

    // for binary compatibility only
    @Deprecated
    public static CharSequence dropWhile$$bridge(CharSequence self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class, options={"String", "Character"}) Closure condition) {
        return dropWhile(self, condition);
    }

    /**
     * A GString variant of the equivalent CharSequence method.
     *
     * @param self      the original GString
     * @param condition the closure that while continuously evaluating to true will cause us to drop elements from
     *                  the front of the original GString
     * @return the shortest suffix of the given GString such that the given closure condition
     *         evaluates to true for each element dropped from the front of the CharSequence
     * @see #dropWhile(CharSequence, groovy.lang.Closure)
     * @since 2.3.7
     */
    public static String dropWhile(GString self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class, options={"String", "Character"}) Closure condition) {
        return dropWhile(self.toString(), condition);
    }

    private static final class CharacterIterator implements Iterator<Character> {
        private final CharSequence delegate;
        private final int length;
        private int index;

        public CharacterIterator(CharSequence delegate) {
            this.delegate = delegate;
            length = delegate.length();
        }

        public boolean hasNext() {
            return index < length;
        }

        public Character next() {
            return delegate.charAt(index++);
        }

        public void remove() {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Remove not supported for CharSequence iterators");
        }
    }

    private static final class StringIterator implements Iterator<String> {
        private final CharSequence delegate;
        private final int length;
        private int index;

        public StringIterator(CharSequence delegate) {
            this.delegate = delegate;
            length = delegate.length();
        }

        public boolean hasNext() {
            return index < length;
        }

        public String next() {
            return Character.toString(delegate.charAt(index++));
        }

        public void remove() {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Remove not supported for CharSequence iterators");
        }
    }

    private static final class LineIterable implements Iterable<String> {
        private final CharSequence delegate;

        public LineIterable(CharSequence cs) {
            // GROOVY-7873: GString calls toString() on each invocation of CharSequence methods such
            // as charAt which is very expensive for large GStrings.
            this.delegate = (cs instanceof GString) ? cs.toString() : cs;
        }

        @Override
        public Iterator<String> iterator() {
            return IOGroovyMethods.iterator(new CharSequenceReader(delegate));
        }
    }

    /**
     * Iterates through this CharSequence line by line.  Each line is passed
     * to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. If a 2 arg closure is found
     * the line count is passed as the second argument.
     *
     * @param self    a CharSequence
     * @param closure a closure
     * @return the last value returned by the closure
     * @throws java.io.IOException if an error occurs
     * @see #eachLine(String, groovy.lang.Closure)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static <T> T eachLine(CharSequence self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"String","String,Integer"}) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException {
        return eachLine((CharSequence)self.toString(), 0, closure);
    }

    /**
     * Iterates through this CharSequence line by line.  Each line is passed
     * to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. If a 2 arg closure is found
     * the line count is passed as the second argument.
     *
     * @param self    a CharSequence
     * @param firstLine the line number value used for the first line (default is 1, set to 0 to start counting from 0)
     * @param closure a closure (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number)
     * @return the last value returned by the closure
     * @throws java.io.IOException if an error occurs
     * @see #eachLine(String, int, groovy.lang.Closure)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static <T> T eachLine(CharSequence self, int firstLine, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"String","String,Integer"}) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException {
        int count = firstLine;
        T result = null;
        for (String line : new LineIterable(self)) {
            result = callClosureForLine(closure, line, count);
            count++;
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #eachLine(CharSequence, groovy.lang.Closure)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static <T> T eachLine(String self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"String","String,Integer"}) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException {
        return eachLine((CharSequence) self, closure);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #eachLine(CharSequence, int, groovy.lang.Closure)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static <T> T eachLine(String self, int firstLine, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"String","String,Integer"}) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException {
        return eachLine((CharSequence) self, firstLine, closure);
    }

    /**
     * Iterate through this String a character at a time collecting either the
     * original character or a transformed replacement String. The {@code transform}
     * Closure should return {@code null} to indicate that no transformation is
     * required for the given character.
     * <p>
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert "Groovy".collectReplacements{ it == 'o' ? '_O_' : null } == 'Gr_O__O_vy'
     * assert "Groovy".collectReplacements{ it.equalsIgnoreCase('O') ? '_O_' : null } == 'Gr_O__O_vy'
     * assert "Groovy".collectReplacements{ char c -> c == 'o' ? '_O_' : null } == 'Gr_O__O_vy'
     * assert "Groovy".collectReplacements{ Character c -> c == 'o' ? '_O_' : null } == 'Gr_O__O_vy'
     * assert "B&W".collectReplacements{ it == '&' ? '&amp;' : null } == 'B&amp;W'
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param orig the original String
     * @return A new string in which all characters that require escaping
     *         have been replaced with the corresponding replacements
     *         as determined by the {@code transform} Closure.
     */
    public static String collectReplacements(String orig, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class, options={"String", "Character"}) Closure<String> transform) {
        if (orig == null) return orig;

        StringBuilder sb = null; // lazy create for edge-case efficiency
        for (int i = 0, len = orig.length(); i < len; i++) {
            final char ch = orig.charAt(i);
            final String replacement = transform.call(hasSingleCharacterArg(transform) ? ch : Character.toString(ch));

            if (replacement != null) {
                // output differs from input; we write to our local buffer
                if (sb == null) {
                    sb = new StringBuilder((int) (1.1 * len));
                    sb.append(orig.substring(0, i));
                }
                sb.append(replacement);
            } else if (sb != null) {
                // earlier output differs from input; we write to our local buffer
                sb.append(ch);
            }
        }

        return sb == null ? orig : sb.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Process each regex group matched substring of the given CharSequence. If the closure
     * parameter takes one argument, an array with all match groups is passed to it.
     * If the closure takes as many arguments as there are match groups, then each
     * parameter will be one match group.
     *
     * @param self    the source CharSequence
     * @param regex   a Regex CharSequence
     * @param closure a closure with one parameter or as much parameters as groups
     * @return the source CharSequence
     * @see #eachMatch(String, String, groovy.lang.Closure)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static <T extends CharSequence> T eachMatch(T self, CharSequence regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List<String>","String[]"}) Closure closure) {
        eachMatch(self.toString(), regex.toString(), closure);
        return self;
    }

    /**
     * Process each regex group matched substring of the given pattern. If the closure
     * parameter takes one argument, an array with all match groups is passed to it.
     * If the closure takes as many arguments as there are match groups, then each
     * parameter will be one match group.
     *
     * @param self    the source CharSequence
     * @param pattern a regex Pattern
     * @param closure a closure with one parameter or as much parameters as groups
     * @return the source CharSequence
     * @see #eachMatch(String, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static <T extends CharSequence> T eachMatch(T self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List<String>","String[]"}) Closure closure) {
        eachMatch(self.toString(), pattern, closure);
        return self;
    }

    /**
     * Process each regex group matched substring of the given pattern. If the closure
     * parameter takes one argument, an array with all match groups is passed to it.
     * If the closure takes as many arguments as there are match groups, then each
     * parameter will be one match group.
     *
     * @param self    the source string
     * @param pattern a regex Pattern
     * @param closure a closure with one parameter or as much parameters as groups
     * @return the source string
     * @since 1.6.1
     */
    public static String eachMatch(String self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List<String>","String[]"}) Closure closure) {
        Matcher m = pattern.matcher(self);
        each(m, closure);
        return self;
    }

    /**
     * Process each regex group matched substring of the given string. If the closure
     * parameter takes one argument, an array with all match groups is passed to it.
     * If the closure takes as many arguments as there are match groups, then each
     * parameter will be one match group.
     *
     * @param self    the source string
     * @param regex   a Regex string
     * @param closure a closure with one parameter or as much parameters as groups
     * @return the source string
     * @since 1.6.0
     */
    public static String eachMatch(String self, String regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List<String>","String[]"}) Closure closure) {
        return eachMatch(self, Pattern.compile(regex), closure);
    }

    /**
     * Expands all tabs into spaces with tabStops of size 8.
     *
     * @param self A CharSequence to expand
     * @return The expanded toString() of this CharSequence
     * @see #expand(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String expand(CharSequence self) {
        return expand(self, 8);
    }

    /**
     * Expands all tabs into spaces. If the CharSequence has multiple
     * lines, expand each line - restarting tab stops at the start
     * of each line.
     *
     * @param self A CharSequence to expand
     * @param tabStop The number of spaces a tab represents
     * @return The expanded toString() of this CharSequence
     * @see #expand(String, int)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String expand(CharSequence self, int tabStop) {
        if (self.length() == 0) return "";
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        for (String line : new LineIterable(self)) {
            builder.append(expandLine((CharSequence)line, tabStop));
            builder.append("\n");
        }
        // remove the normalized ending line ending if it was not present
        if (self.charAt(self.length() - 1) != '\n') {
            builder.deleteCharAt(builder.length() - 1);
        }
        return builder.toString();
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #expand(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String expand(String self) {
        return expand((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #expand(CharSequence, int)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String expand(String self, int tabStop) {
        return expand((CharSequence) self, tabStop);
    }

    /**
     * Expands all tabs into spaces. Assumes the CharSequence represents a single line of text.
     *
     * @param self A line to expand
     * @param tabStop The number of spaces a tab represents
     * @return The expanded toString() of this CharSequence
     * @see #expandLine(String, int)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String expandLine(CharSequence self, int tabStop) {
        String s = self.toString();
        int index;
        while ((index = s.indexOf('\t')) != -1) {
            StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(s);
            int count = tabStop - index % tabStop;
            builder.deleteCharAt(index);
            for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) builder.insert(index, " ");
            s = builder.toString();
        }
        return s;
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #expand(CharSequence, int)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String expandLine(String self, int tabStop) {
        return expandLine((CharSequence) self, tabStop);
    }

    /**
     * Finds the first occurrence of a regular expression String within a String.
     * If the regex doesn't match, null will be returned.
     * <p>
     * For example, if the regex doesn't match the result is null:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *     assert "New York, NY".find(/\d{5}/) == null
     * </pre>
     *
     * If it does match, we get the matching string back:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *      assert "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(/\d{5}/) == "10292"
     * </pre>
     *
     * If we have capture groups in our expression, we still get back the full match
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *      assert "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(/(\d{5})-?(\d{4})/) == "10292-0098"
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self  a CharSequence
     * @param regex the capturing regex
     * @return a String containing the matched portion, or null if the regex doesn't match
     * @see #find(String, java.util.regex.Pattern)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String find(CharSequence self, CharSequence regex) {
        return find(self, Pattern.compile(regex.toString()));
    }

    /**
     * Returns the result of calling a closure with the first occurrence of a regular expression found within a CharSequence.
     * If the regex doesn't match, the closure will not be called and find will return null.
     *
     * @param self    a CharSequence
     * @param regex   the capturing regex CharSequence
     * @param closure the closure that will be passed the full match, plus each of the capturing groups (if any)
     * @return a String containing the result of calling the closure (calling toString() if needed), or null if the regex pattern doesn't match
     * @see #find(String, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String find(CharSequence self, CharSequence regex, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class, options="java.lang.String[]") Closure closure) {
        return find(self, Pattern.compile(regex.toString()), closure);
    }

    /**
     * Finds the first occurrence of a compiled regular expression Pattern within a String.
     * If the pattern doesn't match, null will be returned.
     * <p>
     * For example, if the pattern doesn't match the result is null:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *     assert "New York, NY".find(~/\d{5}/) == null
     * </pre>
     *
     * If it does match, we get the matching string back:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *      assert "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(~/\d{5}/) == "10292"
     * </pre>
     *
     * If we have capture groups in our expression, the groups are ignored and
     * we get back the full match:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *      assert "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(~/(\d{5})-?(\d{4})/) == "10292-0098"
     * </pre>
     * If you need to work with capture groups, then use the closure version
     * of this method or use Groovy's matcher operators or use <tt>eachMatch</tt>.
     *
     * @param self    a CharSequence
     * @param pattern the compiled regex Pattern
     * @return a String containing the matched portion, or null if the regex pattern doesn't match
     * @see #find(String, java.util.regex.Pattern)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String find(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern) {
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(self.toString());
        if (matcher.find()) {
            return matcher.group(0);
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the result of calling a closure with the first occurrence of a compiled regular expression found within a String.
     * If the regex doesn't match, the closure will not be called and find will return null.
     * <p>
     * For example, if the pattern doesn't match, the result is null:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *     assert "New York, NY".find(~/\d{5}/) { match -> return "-$match-"} == null
     * </pre>
     *
     * If it does match and we don't have any capture groups in our regex, there is a single parameter
     * on the closure that the match gets passed to:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *      assert "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(~/\d{5}/) { match -> return "-$match-"} == "-10292-"
     * </pre>
     *
     * If we have capture groups in our expression, our closure has one parameter for the match, followed by
     * one for each of the capture groups:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *      assert "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(~/(\d{5})-?(\d{4})/) { match, zip, plusFour ->
     *          assert match == "10292-0098"
     *          assert zip == "10292"
     *          assert plusFour == "0098"
     *          return zip
     *      } == "10292"
     * </pre>
     * If we have capture groups in our expression, and our closure has one parameter,
     * the closure will be passed an array with the first element corresponding to the whole match,
     * followed by an element for each of the capture groups:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *      assert "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(~/(\d{5})-?(\d{4})/) { array ->
     *          assert array[0] == "10292-0098"
     *          assert array[1] == "10292"
     *          assert array[2] == "0098"
     *          return array[1]
     *      } == "10292"
     * </pre>
     * If a capture group is optional, and doesn't match, then the corresponding value
     * for that capture group passed to the closure will be null as illustrated here:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *      assert "adsf 233-9999 adsf".find(~/(\d{3})?-?(\d{3})-(\d{4})/) { match, areaCode, exchange, stationNumber ->
     *          assert "233-9999" == match
     *          assert null == areaCode
     *          assert "233" == exchange
     *          assert "9999" == stationNumber
     *          return "$exchange$stationNumber"
     *      } == "2339999"
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self    a CharSequence
     * @param pattern the compiled regex Pattern
     * @param closure the closure that will be passed the full match, plus each of the capturing groups (if any)
     * @return a String containing the result of calling the closure (calling toString() if needed), or null if the regex pattern doesn't match
     * @see #find(String, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String find(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class, options="java.lang.String[]") Closure closure) {
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(self.toString());
        if (matcher.find()) {
            if (hasGroup(matcher)) {
                int count = matcher.groupCount();
                List groups = new ArrayList(count);
                for (int i = 0; i <= count; i++) {
                    groups.add(matcher.group(i));
                }
                return InvokerHelper.toString(closure.call(groups));
            } else {
                return InvokerHelper.toString(closure.call(matcher.group(0)));
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #find(CharSequence, java.util.regex.Pattern)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String find(String self, Pattern pattern) {
        return find((CharSequence) self, pattern);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #find(CharSequence, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String find(String self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class, options="java.lang.String[]") Closure closure) {
        return find((CharSequence) self, pattern, closure);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #find(CharSequence, CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String find(String self, String regex) {
        return find((CharSequence) self, (CharSequence) regex);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #find(CharSequence, CharSequence, groovy.lang.Closure)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String find(String self, String regex, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class, options="java.lang.String[]") Closure closure) {
        return find((CharSequence) self, (CharSequence) regex, closure);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a (possibly empty) list of all occurrences of a regular expression (provided as a CharSequence) found within a CharSequence.
     * <p>
     * For example, if the regex doesn't match, it returns an empty list:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert "foo".findAll(/(\w*) Fish/) == []
     * </pre>
     * Any regular expression matches are returned in a list, and all regex capture groupings are ignored, only the full match is returned:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * def expected = ["One Fish", "Two Fish", "Red Fish", "Blue Fish"]
     * assert "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish".findAll(/(\w*) Fish/) == expected
     * </pre>
     * If you need to work with capture groups, then use the closure version
     * of this method or use Groovy's matcher operators or use <tt>eachMatch</tt>.
     *
     * @param self  a CharSequence
     * @param regex the capturing regex CharSequence
     * @return a List containing all full matches of the regex within the CharSequence, an empty list will be returned if there are no matches
     * @see #findAll(CharSequence, Pattern)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static List<String> findAll(CharSequence self, CharSequence regex) {
        return findAll(self, Pattern.compile(regex.toString()));
    }

    /**
     * Finds all occurrences of a regular expression string within a CharSequence.   Any matches are passed to the specified closure.  The closure
     * is expected to have the full match in the first parameter.  If there are any capture groups, they will be placed in subsequent parameters.
     * <p>
     * If there are no matches, the closure will not be called, and an empty List will be returned.
     * <p>
     * For example, if the regex doesn't match, it returns an empty list:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert "foo".findAll(/(\w*) Fish/) { match, firstWord -> return firstWord } == []
     * </pre>
     * Any regular expression matches are passed to the closure, if there are no capture groups, there will be one parameter for the match:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert "I could not, would not, with a fox.".findAll(/.ould/) { match -> "${match}n't"} == ["couldn't", "wouldn't"]
     * </pre>
     * If there are capture groups, the first parameter will be the match followed by one parameter for each capture group:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * def orig = "There's a Wocket in my Pocket"
     * assert orig.findAll(/(.)ocket/) { match, firstLetter -> "$firstLetter > $match" } == ["W > Wocket", "P > Pocket"]
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self    a CharSequence
     * @param regex   the capturing regex CharSequence
     * @param closure will be passed the full match plus each of the capturing groups (if any)
     * @return a List containing all results from calling the closure with each full match (and potentially capturing groups) of the regex within the CharSequence, an empty list will be returned if there are no matches
     * @see #findAll(CharSequence, Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static <T> List<T> findAll(CharSequence self, CharSequence regex, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class, options="java.lang.String[]") Closure<T> closure) {
        return findAll(self, Pattern.compile(regex.toString()), closure);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a (possibly empty) list of all occurrences of a regular expression (in Pattern format) found within a CharSequence.
     * <p>
     * For example, if the pattern doesn't match, it returns an empty list:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert "foo".findAll(~/(\w*) Fish/) == []
     * </pre>
     * Any regular expression matches are returned in a list, and all regex capture groupings are ignored, only the full match is returned:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * def expected = ["One Fish", "Two Fish", "Red Fish", "Blue Fish"]
     * assert "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish".findAll(~/(\w*) Fish/) == expected
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self    a CharSequence
     * @param pattern the compiled regex Pattern
     * @return a List containing all full matches of the Pattern within the CharSequence, an empty list will be returned if there are no matches
     * @see #findAll(String, java.util.regex.Pattern)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static List<String> findAll(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern) {
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(self.toString());
        boolean hasGroup = hasGroup(matcher);
        List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (Iterator iter = iterator(matcher); iter.hasNext();) {
            if (hasGroup) {
                list.add((String) ((List) iter.next()).get(0));
            } else {
                list.add((String) iter.next());
            }
        }
        return new ArrayList<String>(list);
    }

    /**
     * Finds all occurrences of a compiled regular expression Pattern within a CharSequence. Any matches are passed to
     * the specified closure.  The closure is expected to have the full match in the first parameter.  If there are any
     * capture groups, they will be placed in subsequent parameters.
     * <p>
     * If there are no matches, the closure will not be called, and an empty List will be returned.
     * <p>
     * For example, if the pattern doesn't match, it returns an empty list:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert "foo".findAll(~/(\w*) Fish/) { match, firstWord -> return firstWord } == []
     * </pre>
     * Any regular expression matches are passed to the closure, if there are no capture groups, there will be one
     * parameter for the match:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert "I could not, would not, with a fox.".findAll(~/.ould/) { match -> "${match}n't"} == ["couldn't", "wouldn't"]
     * </pre>
     * If there are capture groups, the first parameter will be the match followed by one parameter for each capture group:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * def orig = "There's a Wocket in my Pocket"
     * assert orig.findAll(~/(.)ocket/) { match, firstLetter -> "$firstLetter > $match" } == ["W > Wocket", "P > Pocket"]
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self    a CharSequence
     * @param pattern the compiled regex Pattern
     * @param closure will be passed the full match plus each of the capturing groups (if any)
     * @return a List containing all results from calling the closure with each full match (and potentially capturing groups) of the regex pattern within the CharSequence, an empty list will be returned if there are no matches
     * @see #findAll(String, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static <T> List<T> findAll(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class, options="java.lang.String[]") Closure<T> closure) {
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(self.toString());
        return DefaultGroovyMethods.collect(matcher, closure);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #findAll(CharSequence, java.util.regex.Pattern)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static List<String> findAll(String self, Pattern pattern) {
        return findAll((CharSequence) self, pattern);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #findAll(CharSequence, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static <T> List<T> findAll(String self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class, options="java.lang.String[]") Closure<T> closure) {
        return findAll((CharSequence) self, pattern, closure);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #findAll(CharSequence, CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static List<String> findAll(String self, String regex) {
        return findAll((CharSequence) self, (CharSequence) regex);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #findAll(CharSequence, CharSequence, groovy.lang.Closure)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static <T> List<T> findAll(String self, String regex, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class, options="java.lang.String[]") Closure<T> closure) {
        return findAll((CharSequence) self, (CharSequence) regex, closure);
    }

    // TODO expose this for stream based scenarios?
    private static int findMinimumLeadingSpaces(String line, int count) {
        int length = line.length();
        int index = 0;
        while (index < length && index < count && Character.isWhitespace(line.charAt(index))) index++;
        return index;
    }

    /**
     * Select a List of characters from a CharSequence using a Collection
     * to identify the indices to be selected.
     *
     * @param self    a CharSequence
     * @param indices a Collection of indices
     * @return a String consisting of the characters at the given indices
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static String getAt(CharSequence self, Collection indices) {
        StringBuilder answer = new StringBuilder();
        for (Object value : indices) {
            if (value instanceof Range) {
                answer.append(getAt(self, (Range) value));
            } else if (value instanceof Collection) {
                answer.append(getAt(self, (Collection) value));
            } else {
                int idx = DefaultTypeTransformation.intUnbox(value);
                answer.append(getAt(self, idx));
            }
        }
        return answer.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Support the range subscript operator for CharSequence or StringBuffer with EmptyRange
     *
     * @param text  a CharSequence
     * @param range an EmptyRange
     * @return the empty String
     * @since 1.5.0
     */
    public static String getAt(CharSequence text, EmptyRange range) {
        return "";
    }

    /**
     * Support the subscript operator for CharSequence.
     *
     * @param text  a CharSequence
     * @param index the index of the Character to get
     * @return the Character at the given index
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static CharSequence getAt(CharSequence text, int index) {
        index = normaliseIndex(index, text.length());
        return text.subSequence(index, index + 1);
    }

    /**
     * Support the subscript operator for GString.
     *
     * @param text  a GString
     * @param index the index of the Character to get
     * @return the Character at the given index
     * @since 2.3.7
     */
    public static String getAt(GString text, int index) {
        return (String) getAt(text.toString(), index);
    }

    /**
     * Support the range subscript operator for CharSequence with IntRange
     *
     * @param text  a CharSequence
     * @param range an IntRange
     * @return the subsequence CharSequence
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static CharSequence getAt(CharSequence text, IntRange range) {
        return getAt(text, (Range) range);
    }

    /**
     * Support the range subscript operator for GString with IntRange
     *
     * @param text  a GString
     * @param range an IntRange
     * @return the String of characters corresponding to the provided range
     * @since 2.3.7
     */
    public static String getAt(GString text, IntRange range) {
        return getAt(text, (Range) range);
    }

    /**
     * Support the range subscript operator for CharSequence
     *
     * @param text  a CharSequence
     * @param range a Range
     * @return the subsequence CharSequence
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static CharSequence getAt(CharSequence text, Range range) {
        RangeInfo info = subListBorders(text.length(), range);
        CharSequence sequence = text.subSequence(info.from, info.to);
        return info.reverse ? reverse(sequence) : sequence;
    }

    /**
     * Support the range subscript operator for GString
     *
     * @param text  a GString
     * @param range a Range
     * @return the String of characters corresponding to the provided range
     * @since 2.3.7
     */
    public static String getAt(GString text, Range range) {
        return getAt(text.toString(), range);
    }

    /**
     * Select a List of values from a Matcher using a Collection
     * to identify the indices to be selected.
     *
     * @param self    a Matcher
     * @param indices a Collection of indices
     * @return a String of the values at the given indices
     * @since 1.6.0
     */
    public static List getAt(Matcher self, Collection indices) {
        List result = new ArrayList();
        if (indices instanceof IntRange) {
            int size = (int) size(self);
            RangeInfo info = subListBorders(size, (Range) indices);
            indices = new IntRange(((IntRange)indices).getInclusive(), info.from, info.to - 1);
        }
        for (Object value : indices) {
            if (value instanceof Range) {
                result.addAll(getAt(self, (Range) value));
            } else {
                int idx = DefaultTypeTransformation.intUnbox(value);
                result.add(getAt(self, idx));
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Support the subscript operator, e.g. matcher[index], for a regex Matcher.
     * <p>
     * For an example using no group match,
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *    def p = /ab[d|f]/
     *    def m = "abcabdabeabf" =~ p
     *    assert 2 == m.count
     *    assert 2 == m.size() // synonym for m.getCount()
     *    assert ! m.hasGroup()
     *    assert 0 == m.groupCount()
     *    def matches = ["abd", "abf"]
     *    for (i in 0..&lt;m.count) {
     *      assert m[i] == matches[i]
     *    }
     * </pre>
     * <p>
     * For an example using group matches,
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *    def p = /(?:ab([c|d|e|f]))/
     *    def m = "abcabdabeabf" =~ p
     *    assert 4 == m.count
     *    assert m.hasGroup()
     *    assert 1 == m.groupCount()
     *    def matches = [["abc", "c"], ["abd", "d"], ["abe", "e"], ["abf", "f"]]
     *    for (i in 0..&lt;m.count) {
     *      assert m[i] == matches[i]
     *    }
     * </pre>
     * <p>
     * For another example using group matches,
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *    def m = "abcabdabeabfabxyzabx" =~ /(?:ab([d|x-z]+))/
     *    assert 3 == m.count
     *    assert m.hasGroup()
     *    assert 1 == m.groupCount()
     *    def matches = [["abd", "d"], ["abxyz", "xyz"], ["abx", "x"]]
     *    for (i in 0..&lt;m.count) {
     *      assert m[i] == matches[i]
     *    }
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param matcher a Matcher
     * @param idx     an index
     * @return object a matched String if no groups matched, list of matched groups otherwise.
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static Object getAt(Matcher matcher, int idx) {
        try {
            int count = getCount(matcher);
            if (idx < -count || idx >= count) {
                throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("index is out of range " + (-count) + ".." + (count - 1) + " (index = " + idx + ")");
            }
            idx = normaliseIndex(idx, count);

            Iterator iter = iterator(matcher);
            Object result = null;
            for (int i = 0; i <= idx; i++) {
                result = iter.next();
            }
            return result;
        }
        catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Given a matcher that matches a string against a pattern,
     * this method returns true when the string matches the pattern or if a longer string, could match the pattern.
     *
     * For example:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *     def emailPattern = /\w+@\w+\.\w{2,}/
     *
     *     def matcher = "john@doe" =~ emailPattern
     *     assert matcher.matchesPartially()
     *
     *     matcher = "john@doe.com" =~ emailPattern
     *     assert matcher.matchesPartially()
     *
     *     matcher = "john@@" =~ emailPattern
     *     assert !matcher.matchesPartially()
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param matcher the Matcher
     * @return true if more input to the String could make the matcher match the associated pattern, false otherwise.
     *
     * @since 2.0.0
     */
    public static boolean matchesPartially(Matcher matcher) {
        return matcher.matches() || matcher.hitEnd();
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #getAt(CharSequence, java.util.Collection)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String getAt(String self, Collection indices) {
        return getAt((CharSequence) self, indices);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #getAt(CharSequence, groovy.lang.EmptyRange)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String getAt(String text, EmptyRange range) {
        return getAt((CharSequence) text, range);
    }

    /**
     * Support the subscript operator for String.
     *
     * @param text  a String
     * @param index the index of the Character to get
     * @return the Character at the given index
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static String getAt(String text, int index) {
        index = normaliseIndex(index, text.length());
        return text.substring(index, index + 1);
    }

    /**
     * Support the range subscript operator for String with IntRange
     *
     * @param text  a String
     * @param range an IntRange
     * @return the resulting String
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static String getAt(String text, IntRange range) {
        return getAt(text, (Range) range);
    }

    /**
     * Support the range subscript operator for String
     *
     * @param text  a String
     * @param range a Range
     * @return a substring corresponding to the Range
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static String getAt(String text, Range range) {
        RangeInfo info = subListBorders(text.length(), range);
        String answer = text.substring(info.from, info.to);
        if (info.reverse) {
            answer = reverse((CharSequence)answer);
        }
        return answer;
    }

    /**
     * Converts the given CharSequence into an array of characters.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return an array of characters
     * @see #getChars(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static char[] getChars(CharSequence self) {
        return self.toString().toCharArray();
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #getChars(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static char[] getChars(String self) {
        return getChars((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Find the number of Strings matched to the given Matcher.
     *
     * @param matcher a Matcher
     * @return int  the number of Strings matched to the given matcher.
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static int getCount(Matcher matcher) {
        int counter = 0;
        matcher.reset();
        while (matcher.find()) {
            counter++;
        }
        return counter;
    }

    private static String getPadding(CharSequence padding, int length) {
        if (padding.length() < length) {
            return multiply(padding, length / padding.length() + 1).substring(0, length);
        } else {
            return "" + padding.subSequence(0, length);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get a replacement corresponding to the matched pattern for {@link org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.StringGroovyMethods#replaceAll(String, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)}.
     * The closure take parameter:
     * <ul>
     * <li>Whole of match if the pattern include no capturing group</li>
     * <li>Object[] of capturing groups if the closure takes Object[] as parameter</li>
     * <li>List of capturing groups</li>
     * </ul>
     *
     * @param    matcher the matcher object used for matching
     * @param    closure specified with replaceAll() to get replacement
     * @return   replacement correspond replacement for a match
     */
    private static String getReplacement(Matcher matcher, Closure closure) {
        if (!hasGroup(matcher)) {
            return InvokerHelper.toString(closure.call(matcher.group()));
        }

        int count = matcher.groupCount();
        List<String> groups = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (int i = 0; i <= count; i++) {
            groups.add(matcher.group(i));
        }

        if (closure.getParameterTypes().length == 1
            && closure.getParameterTypes()[0] == Object[].class) {
            return InvokerHelper.toString(closure.call(groups.toArray()));
        }
        return InvokerHelper.toString(closure.call(groups));
    }

    /**
     * Check whether a Matcher contains a group or not.
     *
     * @param matcher a Matcher
     * @return boolean  <code>true</code> if matcher contains at least one group.
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static boolean hasGroup(Matcher matcher) {
        return matcher.groupCount() > 0;
    }

    /**
     * True if a CharSequence only contains whitespace characters.
     *
     * @param self The CharSequence to check the characters in
     * @return true If all characters are whitespace characters
     * @see #isAllWhitespace(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static boolean isAllWhitespace(CharSequence self) {
        for (int i = 0; i < self.length(); i++) {
            if (!Character.isWhitespace(self.charAt(i)))
                return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #isAllWhitespace(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean isAllWhitespace(String self) {
        return isAllWhitespace((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Determine if a CharSequence can be parsed as a BigDecimal.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return true if the CharSequence can be parsed
     * @see #isBigDecimal(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static boolean isBigDecimal(CharSequence self) {
        try {
            new BigDecimal(self.toString().trim());
            return true;
        } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #isBigDecimal(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean isBigDecimal(String self) {
        return isBigDecimal((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Determine if a CharSequence can be parsed as a BigInteger.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return true if the CharSequence can be parsed
     * @see #isBigInteger(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static boolean isBigInteger(CharSequence self) {
        try {
            new BigInteger(self.toString().trim());
            return true;
        } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #isBigInteger(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean isBigInteger(String self) {
        return isBigInteger((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * 'Case' implementation for a CharSequence, which uses equals between the
     * toString() of the caseValue and the switchValue. This allows CharSequence
     * values to be used in switch statements. For example:
     * <pre>
     * switch( str ) {
     *   case 'one' :
     *   // etc...
     * }
     * </pre>
     * Note that this returns <code>true</code> for the case where both the
     * 'switch' and 'case' operand is <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @param caseValue   the case value
     * @param switchValue the switch value
     * @return true if the switchValue's toString() equals the caseValue
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static boolean isCase(CharSequence caseValue, Object switchValue) {
        if (switchValue == null) {
            return caseValue == null;
        }
        return caseValue.toString().equals(switchValue.toString());
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #isCase(CharSequence, Object)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean isCase(GString caseValue, Object switchValue) {
        return isCase((CharSequence) caseValue, switchValue);
    }

    /**
     * 'Case' implementation for the {@link java.util.regex.Pattern} class, which allows
     * testing a String against a number of regular expressions.
     * For example:
     * <pre>switch( str ) {
     *   case ~/one/ :
     *     // the regex 'one' matches the value of str
     * }
     * </pre>
     * Note that this returns true for the case where both the pattern and
     * the 'switch' values are <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @param caseValue   the case value
     * @param switchValue the switch value
     * @return true if the switchValue is deemed to match the caseValue
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isCase(Pattern caseValue, Object switchValue) {
        if (switchValue == null) {
            return caseValue == null;
        }
        final Matcher matcher = caseValue.matcher(switchValue.toString());
        if (matcher.matches()) {
            RegexSupport.setLastMatcher(matcher);
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #isCase(CharSequence, Object)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean isCase(String caseValue, Object switchValue) {
        return isCase((CharSequence) caseValue, switchValue);
    }

    /**
     * Determine if a CharSequence can be parsed as a Double.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return true if the CharSequence can be parsed
     * @see #isDouble(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static boolean isDouble(CharSequence self) {
        try {
            Double.valueOf(self.toString().trim());
            return true;
        } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #isDouble(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean isDouble(String self) {
        return isDouble((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Determine if a CharSequence can be parsed as a Float.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return true if the CharSequence can be parsed
     * @see #isFloat(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static boolean isFloat(CharSequence self) {
        try {
            Float.valueOf(self.toString().trim());
            return true;
        } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #isFloat(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean isFloat(String self) {
        return isFloat((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Determine if a CharSequence can be parsed as an Integer.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return true if the CharSequence can be parsed
     * @see #isInteger(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static boolean isInteger(CharSequence self) {
        try {
            Integer.valueOf(self.toString().trim());
            return true;
        } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #isInteger(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean isInteger(String self) {
        return isInteger((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Determine if a CharSequence can be parsed as a Long.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return true if the CharSequence can be parsed
     * @see #isLong(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static boolean isLong(CharSequence self) {
        try {
            Long.valueOf(self.toString().trim());
            return true;
        } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #isLong(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean isLong(String self) {
        return isLong((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Determine if a CharSequence can be parsed as a Number.
     * Synonym for 'isBigDecimal()'.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return true if the CharSequence can be parsed
     * @see #isBigDecimal(CharSequence)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static boolean isNumber(CharSequence self) {
        return isBigDecimal(self);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #isNumber(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean isNumber(String self) {
        return isNumber((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Returns an {@link java.util.Iterator} which traverses each match.
     *
     * @param matcher a Matcher object
     * @return an Iterator for a Matcher
     * @see java.util.regex.Matcher#group()
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static Iterator iterator(final Matcher matcher) {
        matcher.reset();
        return new Iterator() {
            private boolean found /* = false */;
            private boolean done /* = false */;

            public boolean hasNext() {
                if (done) {
                    return false;
                }
                if (!found) {
                    found = matcher.find();
                    if (!found) {
                        done = true;
                    }
                }
                return found;
            }

            public Object next() {
                if (!found) {
                    if (!hasNext()) {
                        throw new NoSuchElementException();
                    }
                }
                found = false;

                if (hasGroup(matcher)) {
                    // are we using groups?
                    // yes, so return the specified group as list
                    List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(matcher.groupCount());
                    for (int i = 0; i <= matcher.groupCount(); i++) {
                       list.add(matcher.group(i));
                    }
                    return list;
                } else {
                    // not using groups, so return the nth
                    // occurrence of the pattern
                    return matcher.group();
                 }
            }

            public void remove() {
                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append multiple
     * objects as string representations to a CharSequence.
     *
     * @param self  a CharSequence
     * @param value an Object
     * @return a StringBuilder built from this CharSequence
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static StringBuilder leftShift(CharSequence self, Object value) {
        return new StringBuilder(self).append(value);
    }

    /**
     * Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append multiple
     * objects as string representations to a String.
     *
     * @param self  a String
     * @param value an Object
     * @return a StringBuffer built from this string
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static StringBuffer leftShift(String self, Object value) {
        return new StringBuffer(self).append(value);
    }

    /**
     * Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append multiple
     * objects as string representations to a StringBuffer.
     *
     * @param self  a StringBuffer
     * @param value a value to append
     * @return the StringBuffer on which this operation was invoked
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static StringBuffer leftShift(StringBuffer self, Object value) {
        self.append(value);
        return self;
    }

    /**
     * Overloads the left shift operator to provide syntactic sugar for appending to a StringBuilder.
     *
     * @param self  a StringBuilder
     * @param value an Object
     * @return the original StringBuilder
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static StringBuilder leftShift(StringBuilder self, Object value) {
        self.append(value);
        return self;
    }

    /**
     * Tells whether or not a CharSequence matches the given
     * compiled regular expression Pattern.
     *
     * @param   self the CharSequence that is to be matched
     * @param   pattern the regex Pattern to which the string of interest is to be matched
     * @return  true if the CharSequence matches
     * @see String#matches(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static boolean matches(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern) {
        return pattern.matcher(self).matches();
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #matches(CharSequence, Pattern)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean matches(String self, Pattern pattern) {
        return matches((CharSequence) self, pattern);
    }

    /**
     * Remove a part of a CharSequence by replacing the first occurrence
     * of target within self with '' and returns the result.
     *
     * @param self   a CharSequence
     * @param target an object representing the part to remove
     * @return a String containing the original minus the part to be removed
     * @see #minus(String, Object)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String minus(CharSequence self, Object target) {
        String s = self.toString();
        String text = DefaultGroovyMethods.toString(target);
        int index = s.indexOf(text);
        if (index == -1) return s;
        int end = index + text.length();
        if (s.length() > end) {
            return s.substring(0, index) + s.substring(end);
        }
        return s.substring(0, index);
    }

    /**
     * Remove a part of a CharSequence. This replaces the first occurrence
     * of the pattern within self with '' and returns the result.
     *
     * @param self   a String
     * @param pattern a Pattern representing the part to remove
     * @return a String minus the part to be removed
     * @since 2.2.0
     */
    public static String minus(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern) {
        return pattern.matcher(self).replaceFirst("");
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #minus(CharSequence, java.util.regex.Pattern)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String minus(String self, Pattern pattern) {
        return minus((CharSequence) self, pattern);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #minus(CharSequence, Object)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String minus(String self, Object target) {
        return minus((CharSequence) self, target);
    }

    /**
     * Repeat a CharSequence a certain number of times.
     *
     * @param self   a CharSequence to be repeated
     * @param factor the number of times the CharSequence should be repeated
     * @return a String composed of a repetition
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the number of repetitions is &lt; 0
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String multiply(CharSequence self, Number factor) {
        int size = factor.intValue();
        if (size == 0)
            return "";
        else if (size < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("multiply() should be called with a number of 0 or greater not: " + size);
        }
        StringBuilder answer = new StringBuilder(self);
        for (int i = 1; i < size; i++) {
            answer.append(self);
        }
        return answer.toString();
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #multiply(CharSequence, Number)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String multiply(String self, Number factor) {
        return multiply((CharSequence) self, factor);
    }

    /**
     * This method is called by the ++ operator for the class CharSequence.
     * It increments the last character in the given CharSequence. If the last
     * character in the CharSequence is Character.MAX_VALUE a Character.MIN_VALUE
     * will be appended. The empty CharSequence is incremented to a string
     * consisting of the character Character.MIN_VALUE.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return a value obtained by incrementing the toString() of the CharSequence
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String next(CharSequence self) {
        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(self);
        if (buffer.length() == 0) {
            buffer.append(Character.MIN_VALUE);
        } else {
            char last = buffer.charAt(buffer.length() - 1);
            if (last == Character.MAX_VALUE) {
                buffer.append(Character.MIN_VALUE);
            } else {
                char next = last;
                next++;
                buffer.setCharAt(buffer.length() - 1, next);
            }
        }
        return buffer.toString();
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #next(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String next(String self) {
        return next((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Return a String with linefeeds and carriage returns normalized to linefeeds.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence object
     * @return the normalized toString() for the CharSequence
     * @see #normalize(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String normalize(final CharSequence self) {
        final String s = self.toString();
        int nx = s.indexOf('\r');

        if (nx < 0) {
            return s;
        }

        final int len = s.length();
        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(len);

        int i = 0;

        do {
            sb.append(s, i, nx);
            sb.append('\n');

            if ((i = nx + 1) >= len) break;

            if (s.charAt(i) == '\n') {
                // skip the LF in CR LF
                if (++i >= len) break;
            }

            nx = s.indexOf('\r', i);
        } while (nx > 0);

        sb.append(s, i, len);

        return sb.toString();
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #normalize(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String normalize(final String self) {
        return normalize((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Pad a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by <tt>numberOfChars</tt> by adding the space character
     * to the left as many times as needed.
     *
     * If the String is already the same size or bigger than the target <tt>numberOfChars</tt>, then the original String is returned. An example:
     * <pre>
     * println 'Numbers:'
     * [1, 10, 100, 1000].each{ println it.toString().padLeft(5) }
     * </pre>
     * will produce output like:
     * <pre>
     * Numbers:
     *     1
     *    10
     *   100
     *  1000
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self          a CharSequence object
     * @param numberOfChars the total minimum number of characters of the resulting CharSequence
     * @return the CharSequence padded to the left as a String
     * @see #padLeft(CharSequence, Number, CharSequence)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String padLeft(CharSequence self, Number numberOfChars) {
        return padLeft(self, numberOfChars, " ");
    }

    /**
     * Pad a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by <tt>numberOfChars</tt>, adding the supplied
     * padding CharSequence as many times as needed to the left.
     *
     * If the CharSequence is already the same size or bigger than the target <tt>numberOfChars</tt>, then the
     * toString() of the original CharSequence is returned. An example:
     * <pre>
     * println 'Numbers:'
     * [1, 10, 100, 1000].each{ println it.toString().padLeft(5, '*') }
     * [2, 20, 200, 2000].each{ println it.toString().padLeft(5, '*_') }
     * </pre>
     * will produce output like:
     * <pre>
     * Numbers:
     * ****1
     * ***10
     * **100
     * *1000
     * *_*_2
     * *_*20
     * *_200
     * *2000
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self          a CharSequence object
     * @param numberOfChars the total minimum number of characters of the resulting CharSequence
     * @param padding       the characters used for padding
     * @return the CharSequence padded to the left as a String
     * @see #padLeft(String, Number, String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String padLeft(CharSequence self, Number numberOfChars, CharSequence padding) {
        int numChars = numberOfChars.intValue();
        if (numChars <= self.length()) {
            return self.toString();
        } else {
            return getPadding(padding.toString(), numChars - self.length()) + self;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #padLeft(CharSequence, Number)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String padLeft(String self, Number numberOfChars) {
        return padLeft((CharSequence) self, numberOfChars);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #padLeft(CharSequence, Number, CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String padLeft(String self, Number numberOfChars, String padding) {
        return padLeft((CharSequence) self, numberOfChars, (CharSequence) padding);
    }

    /**
     * Pad a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by <tt>numberOfChars</tt> by adding the space
     * character to the right as many times as needed.
     *
     * If the CharSequence is already the same size or bigger than the target <tt>numberOfChars</tt>,
     * then the toString() of the original CharSequence is returned. An example:
     * <pre>
     * ['A', 'BB', 'CCC', 'DDDD'].each{ println it.padRight(5) + it.size() }
     * </pre>
     * will produce output like:
     * <pre>
     * A    1
     * BB   2
     * CCC  3
     * DDDD 4
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self          a CharSequence object
     * @param numberOfChars the total minimum number of characters of the resulting string
     * @return the CharSequence padded to the right as a String
     * @see #padRight(String, Number)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String padRight(CharSequence self, Number numberOfChars) {
        return padRight(self, numberOfChars, " ");
    }

    /**
     * Pad a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by <tt>numberOfChars</tt>, adding the supplied padding
     * CharSequence as many times as needed to the right.
     *
     * If the CharSequence is already the same size or bigger than the target <tt>numberOfChars</tt>,
     * then the toString() of the original CharSequence is returned. An example:
     * <pre>
     * ['A', 'BB', 'CCC', 'DDDD'].each{ println it.padRight(5, '#') + it.size() }
     * </pre>
     * will produce output like:
     * <pre>
     * A####1
     * BB###2
     * CCC##3
     * DDDD#4
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self          a CharSequence object
     * @param numberOfChars the total minimum number of characters of the resulting CharSequence
     * @param padding       the characters used for padding
     * @return the CharSequence padded to the right as a String
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String padRight(CharSequence self, Number numberOfChars, CharSequence padding) {
        int numChars = numberOfChars.intValue();
        if (numChars <= self.length()) {
            return self.toString();
        } else {
            return self + getPadding(padding.toString(), numChars - self.length());
        }
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #padRight(CharSequence, Number)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String padRight(String self, Number numberOfChars) {
        return padRight((CharSequence) self, numberOfChars, (CharSequence) " ");
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #padRight(CharSequence, Number, CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String padRight(String self, Number numberOfChars, String padding) {
        return padRight((CharSequence) self, numberOfChars, (CharSequence) padding);
    }

    /**
     * Appends the String representation of the given operand to this CharSequence.
     *
     * @param left  a CharSequence
     * @param value any Object
     * @return the original toString() of the CharSequence with the object appended
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String plus(CharSequence left, Object value) {
        return left + DefaultGroovyMethods.toString(value);
    }

    /**
     * Appends a String to the string representation of this number.
     *
     * @param value a Number
     * @param right a String
     * @return a String
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static String plus(Number value, String right) {
        return DefaultGroovyMethods.toString(value) + right;
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #plus(CharSequence, Object)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String plus(String left, Object value) {
        return plus((CharSequence) left, value);
    }

    /**
     * Appends the String representation of the given operand to this string.
     *
     * @param left  a String
     * @param value any CharSequence
     * @return the new string with the object appended
     * @since 2.2
     */
    public static String plus(String left, CharSequence value) {
        return left+value;
    }

    /**
     * Appends a String to this StringBuffer.
     *
     * @param left  a StringBuffer
     * @param value a String
     * @return a String
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static String plus(StringBuffer left, String value) {
        return left + value;
    }

    /**
     * This method is called by the -- operator for the class CharSequence.
     * It decrements the last character in the given CharSequence. If the
     * last character in the CharSequence is Character.MIN_VALUE it will be deleted.
     * The empty CharSequence can't be decremented.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return a String with a decremented character at the end
     * @see #previous(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String previous(CharSequence self) {
        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(self);
        if (buffer.length() == 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("the string is empty");
        char last = buffer.charAt(buffer.length() - 1);
        if (last == Character.MIN_VALUE) {
            buffer.deleteCharAt(buffer.length() - 1);
        } else {
            char next = last;
            next--;
            buffer.setCharAt(buffer.length() - 1, next);
        }
        return buffer.toString();
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #previous(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String previous(String self) {
        return previous((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Support the range subscript operator for StringBuffer.
     *
     * @param self  a StringBuffer
     * @param range a Range
     * @param value the object that's toString() will be inserted
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static void putAt(StringBuffer self, EmptyRange range, Object value) {
        RangeInfo info = subListBorders(self.length(), range);
        self.replace(info.from, info.to, value.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Support the range subscript operator for StringBuffer.  Index values are
     * treated as characters within the buffer.
     *
     * @param self  a StringBuffer
     * @param range a Range
     * @param value the object that's toString() will be inserted
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static void putAt(StringBuffer self, IntRange range, Object value) {
        RangeInfo info = subListBorders(self.length(), range);
        self.replace(info.from, info.to, value.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Return the lines of a CharSequence as a List of String.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence object
     * @return a list of lines
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static List<String> readLines(CharSequence self) {
        return DefaultGroovyMethods.toList(new LineIterable(self));
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #readLines(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static List<String> readLines(String self) {
        return readLines((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Replaces each substring of this CharSequence that matches the given
     * regular expression with the given replacement.
     *
     * @param self        a CharSequence
     * @param regex       the capturing regex
     * @param replacement the string to be substituted for each match
     * @return the toString() of the CharSequence with content replaced
     * @throws java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
     * @see String#replaceAll(String, String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String replaceAll(final CharSequence self, final CharSequence regex, final CharSequence replacement) {
        return self.toString().replaceAll(regex.toString(), replacement.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Replaces all occurrences of a captured group by the result of calling a closure on that text.
     * <p>
     * Examples:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *     assert "hello world".replaceAll("(o)") { it[0].toUpperCase() } == "hellO wOrld"
     *
     *     assert "foobar-FooBar-".replaceAll("(([fF][oO]{2})[bB]ar)", { Object[] it -> it[0].toUpperCase() }) == "FOOBAR-FOOBAR-"
     *
     *     // Here,
     *     //   it[0] is the global string of the matched group
     *     //   it[1] is the first string in the matched group
     *     //   it[2] is the second string in the matched group
     *
     *     assert "foobar-FooBar-".replaceAll("(([fF][oO]{2})[bB]ar)", { x, y, z -> z.toUpperCase() }) == "FOO-FOO-"
     *
     *     // Here,
     *     //   x is the global string of the matched group
     *     //   y is the first string in the matched group
     *     //   z is the second string in the matched group
     * </pre>
     * Note that unlike String.replaceAll(String regex, String replacement), where the replacement string
     * treats '$' and '\' specially (for group substitution), the result of the closure is converted to a string
     * and that value is used literally for the replacement.
     *
     * @param self    a CharSequence
     * @param regex   the capturing regex
     * @param closure the closure to apply on each captured group
     * @return the toString() of the CharSequence with content replaced
     * @throws java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
     * @since 1.8.2
     * @see #replaceAll(String, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
     */
    public static String replaceAll(final CharSequence self, final CharSequence regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List<String>","String[]"}) final Closure closure) {
        return replaceAll(self, Pattern.compile(regex.toString()), closure);
    }

    /**
     * Replaces all substrings of a CharSequence that match the given
     * compiled regular expression with the given replacement.
     * <p>
     * Note that backslashes (<tt>\</tt>) and dollar signs (<tt>$</tt>) in the
     * replacement string may cause the results to be different than if it were
     * being treated as a literal replacement string; see
     * {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#replaceAll}.
     * Use {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#quoteReplacement} to suppress the special
     * meaning of these characters, if desired.
     * <p>
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert "foo".replaceAll('o', 'X') == 'fXX'
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param   self the CharSequence that is to be matched
     * @param   pattern the regex Pattern to which the CharSequence of interest is to be matched
     * @param   replacement the CharSequence to be substituted for the first match
     * @return  The resulting <tt>String</tt>
     * @see #replaceAll(String, java.util.regex.Pattern, String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String replaceAll(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern, CharSequence replacement) {
        return pattern.matcher(self).replaceAll(replacement.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Replaces all occurrences of a captured group by the result of a closure call on that text.
     * <p>
     * For examples,
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     *     assert "hello world".replaceAll(~"(o)") { it[0].toUpperCase() } == "hellO wOrld"
     *
     *     assert "foobar-FooBar-".replaceAll(~"(([fF][oO]{2})[bB]ar)", { it[0].toUpperCase() }) == "FOOBAR-FOOBAR-"
     *
     *     // Here,
     *     //   it[0] is the global string of the matched group
     *     //   it[1] is the first string in the matched group
     *     //   it[2] is the second string in the matched group
     *
     *     assert "foobar-FooBar-".replaceAll(~"(([fF][oO]{2})[bB]ar)", { Object[] it -> it[0].toUpperCase() }) == "FOOBAR-FOOBAR-"
     *
     *     // Here,
     *     //   it[0] is the global string of the matched group
     *     //   it[1] is the first string in the matched group
     *     //   it[2] is the second string in the matched group
     *
     *     assert "foobar-FooBar-".replaceAll("(([fF][oO]{2})[bB]ar)", { x, y, z -> z.toUpperCase() }) == "FOO-FOO-"
     *
     *     // Here,
     *     //   x is the global string of the matched group
     *     //   y is the first string in the matched group
     *     //   z is the second string in the matched group
     * </pre>
     * Note that unlike String.replaceAll(String regex, String replacement), where the replacement string
     * treats '$' and '\' specially (for group substitution), the result of the closure is converted to a string
     * and that value is used literally for the replacement.
     *
     * @param self    a CharSequence
     * @param pattern the capturing regex Pattern
     * @param closure the closure to apply on each captured group
     * @return the toString() of the CharSequence with replaced content
     * @see java.util.regex.Matcher#quoteReplacement(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String replaceAll(final CharSequence self, final Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List<String>","String[]"}) final Closure closure) {
        final String s = self.toString();
        final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(s);
        if (matcher.find()) {
            final StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(s.length() + 16);
            do {
                String replacement = getReplacement(matcher, closure);
                matcher.appendReplacement(sb, Matcher.quoteReplacement(replacement));
            } while (matcher.find());
            matcher.appendTail(sb);
            return sb.toString();
        } else {
            return s;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #replaceAll(CharSequence, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String replaceAll(final String self, final Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List<String>","String[]"}) final Closure closure) {
        return replaceAll((CharSequence) self, pattern, closure);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #replaceAll(CharSequence, java.util.regex.Pattern, CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String replaceAll(String self, Pattern pattern, String replacement) {
        return pattern.matcher(self).replaceAll(replacement);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #replaceAll(CharSequence, CharSequence, groovy.lang.Closure)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String replaceAll(final String self, final String regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List<String>","String[]"}) final Closure closure) {
        return replaceAll((CharSequence) self, (CharSequence) regex, closure);
    }

    /**
     * Replaces the first substring of this CharSequence that matches the given
     * regular expression with the given replacement.
     *
     * @param self        a CharSequence
     * @param regex       the capturing regex
     * @param replacement the CharSequence to be substituted for each match
     * @return a CharSequence with replaced content
     * @throws java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
     * @see String#replaceFirst(String, String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String replaceFirst(final CharSequence self, final CharSequence regex, final CharSequence replacement) {
        return self.toString().replaceFirst(regex.toString(), replacement.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Replaces the first occurrence of a captured group by the result of a closure call on that text.
     * <p>
     * For example (with some replaceAll variants thrown in for comparison purposes),
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert "hello world".replaceFirst("(o)") { it[0].toUpperCase() } == "hellO world" // first match
     * assert "hello world".replaceAll("(o)") { it[0].toUpperCase() } == "hellO wOrld" // all matches
     *
     * assert "one fish, two fish".replaceFirst(/([a-z]{3})\s([a-z]{4})/) { [one:1, two:2][it[1]] + '-' + it[2].toUpperCase() } == '1-FISH, two fish'
     * assert "one fish, two fish".replaceAll(/([a-z]{3})\s([a-z]{4})/) { [one:1, two:2][it[1]] + '-' + it[2].toUpperCase() } == '1-FISH, 2-FISH'
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self    a CharSequence
     * @param regex   the capturing regex
     * @param closure the closure to apply on the first captured group
     * @return a CharSequence with replaced content
     * @throws java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
     * @see #replaceFirst(String, String, groovy.lang.Closure)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String replaceFirst(final CharSequence self, final CharSequence regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List<String>","String[]"}) final Closure closure) {
        return replaceFirst(self, Pattern.compile(regex.toString()), closure);
    }

    /**
     * Replaces the first substring of a CharSequence that matches the given
     * compiled regular expression with the given replacement.
     * <p>
     * Note that backslashes (<tt>\</tt>) and dollar signs (<tt>$</tt>) in the
     * replacement string may cause the results to be different than if it were
     * being treated as a literal replacement string; see
     * {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#replaceFirst}.
     * Use {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#quoteReplacement} to suppress the special
     * meaning of these characters, if desired.
     * <p>
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert "foo".replaceFirst('o', 'X') == 'fXo'
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param   self the CharSequence that is to be matched
     * @param   pattern the regex Pattern to which the CharSequence of interest is to be matched
     * @param   replacement the CharSequence to be substituted for the first match
     * @return  The resulting <tt>String</tt>
     * @see #replaceFirst(String, java.util.regex.Pattern, String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String replaceFirst(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern, CharSequence replacement) {
        return pattern.matcher(self).replaceFirst(replacement.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Replaces the first occurrence of a captured group by the result of a closure call on that text.
     * <p>
     * For example (with some replaceAll variants thrown in for comparison purposes),
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert "hellO world" == "hello world".replaceFirst(~"(o)") { it[0].toUpperCase() } // first match
     * assert "hellO wOrld" == "hello world".replaceAll(~"(o)") { it[0].toUpperCase() }   // all matches
     *
     * assert '1-FISH, two fish' == "one fish, two fish".replaceFirst(~/([a-z]{3})\s([a-z]{4})/) { [one:1, two:2][it[1]] + '-' + it[2].toUpperCase() }
     * assert '1-FISH, 2-FISH' == "one fish, two fish".replaceAll(~/([a-z]{3})\s([a-z]{4})/) { [one:1, two:2][it[1]] + '-' + it[2].toUpperCase() }
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self    a CharSequence
     * @param pattern the capturing regex Pattern
     * @param closure the closure to apply on the first captured group
     * @return a CharSequence with replaced content
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String replaceFirst(final CharSequence self, final Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List<String>","String[]"}) final Closure closure) {
        final String s = self.toString();
        final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(s);
        if (matcher.find()) {
            final StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(s.length() + 16);
            String replacement = getReplacement(matcher, closure);
            matcher.appendReplacement(sb, Matcher.quoteReplacement(replacement));
            matcher.appendTail(sb);
            return sb.toString();
        } else {
            return s;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #replaceFirst(CharSequence, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String replaceFirst(final String self, final Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List<String>","String[]"}) final Closure closure) {
        return replaceFirst((CharSequence) self, pattern, closure);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #replaceFirst(CharSequence, java.util.regex.Pattern, CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String replaceFirst(String self, Pattern pattern, String replacement) {
        return pattern.matcher(self).replaceFirst(replacement);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #replaceFirst(CharSequence, CharSequence, groovy.lang.Closure)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String replaceFirst(final String self, final String regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List<String>","String[]"}) final Closure closure) {
        return replaceFirst((CharSequence) self, (CharSequence) regex, closure);
    }

    /**
     * Helper class used by {@link #replace(CharSequence, Map)}
     */
    private static class ReplaceState {
        public ReplaceState(Map<CharSequence, CharSequence> replacements) {
            this.noMoreMatches = new boolean[replacements.size()];
            this.replacementsList = DefaultGroovyMethods.toList((Iterable<Map.Entry<CharSequence,CharSequence>>)
                    replacements.entrySet());
        }

        int textIndex = -1;
        int tempIndex = -1;
        int replaceIndex = -1;
        int start = -1;
        final boolean[] noMoreMatches;
        private final List<Map.Entry<CharSequence, CharSequence>> replacementsList;

        CharSequence key(int i) {
            return replacementsList.get(i).getKey();
        }

        CharSequence value(int i) {
            return replacementsList.get(i).getValue();
        }

        int numReplacements() {
            return replacementsList.size();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Replaces all occurrences of replacement CharSequences (supplied via a map) within a provided CharSequence.
     *
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert 'foobar'.replace(f:'b', foo:'bar') == 'boobar'
     * assert 'foobar'.replace(foo:'bar', f:'b') == 'barbar'
     * def replacements = [foo:'bar', f:'b', b: 'f', bar:'boo']
     * assert 'foobar'.replace(replacements) == 'barfar'
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @param replacements a map of before (key) and after (value) pairs processed in the natural order of the map
     * @return a String formed from the provided CharSequence after performing all of the replacements
     */
    public static String replace(final CharSequence self, final Map<CharSequence, CharSequence> replacements) {
        return replace(self, -1, replacements);
    }

    /**
     * Replaces all occurrences of replacement CharSequences (supplied via a map) within a provided CharSequence
     * with control over the internally created StringBuilder's capacity. This method uses a StringBuilder internally.
     * Java auto-expands a StringBuilder's capacity if needed. In rare circumstances, the overhead involved with
     * repeatedly expanding the StringBuilder may become significant. If you have measured the performance of your
     * application and found this to be a significant bottleneck, use this variant to have complete control over
     * the internally created StringBuilder's capacity.
     *
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert 'foobar'.replace(9, [r:'rbaz']) == 'foobarbaz'
     * assert 'foobar'.replace(1, [fooba:'']) == 'r'
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @param capacity an optimization parameter, set to size after replacements or a little larger to avoid resizing overheads
     * @param replacements a map of before (key) and after (value) pairs processed in the natural order of the map
     * @return a String formed from the provided CharSequence after performing all of the replacements
     */
    public static String replace(final CharSequence self, final int capacity, final Map<CharSequence, CharSequence>
            replacements) {
        // modelled very closely on the commons lang StringUtils replaceEach method
        if (self == null) return null;
        String text = self.toString();
        if (replacements == null || replacements.isEmpty() || text.isEmpty()) return text;
        ReplaceState state = new ReplaceState(replacements);
        nextMatch(text, state);
        if (state.textIndex == -1) {
            return text;
        }
        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(guessCapacity(capacity, replacements));

        state.start = 0;
        while (state.textIndex != -1) {
            for (int i = state.start; i < state.textIndex; i++) {
                buf.append(text.charAt(i));
            }
            buf.append(state.value(state.replaceIndex));
            state.start = state.textIndex + state.key(state.replaceIndex).length();
            state.textIndex = -1;
            state.replaceIndex = -1;
            nextMatch(text, state);
        }
        int textLength = text.length();
        for (int i = state.start; i < textLength; i++) {
            buf.append(text.charAt(i));
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Crude heuristic for setting the created StringBuilder capacity if not supplied:
     * If at least one replacement text is bigger than the original text use a
     * capacity 50% larger than the original; otherwise, use the original size.
     */
    private static int guessCapacity(int capacity, Map<CharSequence, CharSequence> replacements) {
        if (capacity >= 0) {
            return capacity;
        }
        boolean possiblyBigger = false;
        for (Map.Entry<CharSequence, CharSequence> entry : replacements.entrySet()) {
            if (entry.getValue().length() > entry.getKey().length()) {
                possiblyBigger = true;
                break;
            }
        }
        return possiblyBigger ? replacements.size() * 3 / 2 : replacements.size();
    }

    /**
     * Helper method to find the next match for the replace method.
     */
    private static void nextMatch(String text, ReplaceState state) {
        for (int i = 0; i < state.numReplacements(); i++) {
            if (state.noMoreMatches[i] || state.key(i) == null ||
                    state.key(i).length() == 0 || state.value(i) == null) {
                continue;
            }
            state.tempIndex = text.indexOf(state.key(i).toString(), state.start);

            if (state.tempIndex == -1) {
                state.noMoreMatches[i] = true;
            } else {
                if (state.textIndex == -1 || state.tempIndex < state.textIndex) {
                    state.textIndex = state.tempIndex;
                    state.replaceIndex = i;
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates a String which is the reverse (backwards) of this CharSequence
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return a new String with all the characters reversed.
     * @see #reverse(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String reverse(CharSequence self) {
        return new StringBuilder(self).reverse().toString();
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #reverse(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String reverse(String self) {
        return reverse((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Set the position of the given Matcher to the given index.
     *
     * @param matcher a Matcher
     * @param idx     the index number
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static void setIndex(Matcher matcher, int idx) {
        int count = getCount(matcher);
        if (idx < -count || idx >= count) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("index is out of range " + (-count) + ".." + (count - 1) + " (index = " + idx + ")");
        }
        if (idx == 0) {
            matcher.reset();
        } else if (idx > 0) {
            matcher.reset();
            for (int i = 0; i < idx; i++) {
                matcher.find();
            }
        } else if (idx < 0) {
            matcher.reset();
            idx += getCount(matcher);
            for (int i = 0; i < idx; i++) {
                matcher.find();
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Provide the standard Groovy <code>size()</code> method for <code>CharSequence</code>.
     *
     * @param text a CharSequence
     * @return the length of the CharSequence
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static int size(CharSequence text) {
        return text.length();
    }

    /**
     * Provide the standard Groovy <code>size()</code> method for <code>Matcher</code>.
     *
     * @param self a matcher object
     * @return the matcher's size (count)
     * @since 1.5.0
     */
    public static long size(Matcher self) {
        return getCount(self);
    }

    /**
     * Provide the standard Groovy <code>size()</code> method for <code>String</code>.
     *
     * @param text a String
     * @return the length of the String
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static int size(String text) {
        return text.length();
    }

    /**
     * Provide the standard Groovy <code>size()</code> method for <code>StringBuffer</code>.
     *
     * @param buffer a StringBuffer
     * @return the length of the StringBuffer
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static int size(StringBuffer buffer) {
        return buffer.length();
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to split a CharSequence (with whitespace as delimiter).
     * Similar to tokenize, but returns an Array of String instead of a List.
     *
     * @param self the CharSequence to split
     * @return String[] result of split
     * @see #split(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String[] split(CharSequence self) {
        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(self.toString());
        String[] strings = new String[st.countTokens()];
        for (int i = 0; i < strings.length; i++) {
            strings[i] = st.nextToken();
        }
        return strings;
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #split(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String[] split(GString self) {
        return split((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #split(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String[] split(String self) {
        return split((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Iterates through the given CharSequence line by line, splitting each line using
     * the given regex delimiter.  The list of tokens for each line is then passed to
     * the given closure.
     *
     * @param self    a CharSequence
     * @param regex   the delimiting regular expression
     * @param closure a closure
     * @return the last value returned by the closure
     * @throws java.io.IOException if an error occurs
     * @throws java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
     * @see #splitEachLine(CharSequence, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static <T> T splitEachLine(CharSequence self, CharSequence regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"List<String>","String[]"},conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException {
        return splitEachLine(self, Pattern.compile(regex.toString()), closure);
    }

    /**
     * Iterates through the given CharSequence line by line, splitting each line using
     * the given separator Pattern.  The list of tokens for each line is then passed to
     * the given closure.
     *
     * @param self    a CharSequence
     * @param pattern the regular expression Pattern for the delimiter
     * @param closure a closure
     * @return the last value returned by the closure
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static <T> T splitEachLine(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"List<String>","String[]"},conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class) Closure<T> closure) {
        T result = null;
        for (String line : new LineIterable(self)) {
            List vals = Arrays.asList(pattern.split(line));
            result = closure.call(vals);
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #splitEachLine(CharSequence, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static <T> T splitEachLine(String self, Pattern pattern, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException {
        return splitEachLine((CharSequence) self, pattern, closure);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #splitEachLine(CharSequence, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static <T> T splitEachLine(String self, String regex, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException {
        return splitEachLine((CharSequence) self, (CharSequence) regex, closure);
    }

    /**
     * Strip leading spaces from every line in a CharSequence. The
     * line with the least number of leading spaces determines
     * the number to remove. Lines only containing whitespace are
     * ignored when calculating the number of leading spaces to strip.
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert '  A\n B\nC' == '   A\n  B\n C'.stripIndent()
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self     The CharSequence to strip the leading spaces from
     * @return the stripped toString() of the CharSequence
     * @see #stripIndent(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String stripIndent(CharSequence self) {
        if (self.length() == 0) return self.toString();
        int runningCount = -1;
        for (String line : new LineIterable(self)) {
            // don't take blank lines into account for calculating the indent
            if (isAllWhitespace((CharSequence) line)) continue;
            if (runningCount == -1) runningCount = line.length();
            runningCount = findMinimumLeadingSpaces(line, runningCount);
            if (runningCount == 0) break;
        }
        return stripIndent(self, runningCount == -1 ? 0 : runningCount);
    }

    /**
     * Strip <tt>numChar</tt> leading characters from
     * every line in a CharSequence.
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert 'DEF\n456' == '''ABCDEF\n123456'''.stripIndent(3)
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self     The CharSequence to strip the characters from
     * @param numChars The number of characters to strip
     * @return the stripped String
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String stripIndent(CharSequence self, int numChars) {
        if (self.length() == 0 || numChars <= 0) return self.toString();
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        for (String line : new LineIterable(self)) {
            // normalize an empty or whitespace line to \n
            // or strip the indent for lines containing non-space characters
            if (!isAllWhitespace((CharSequence) line)) {
                builder.append(stripIndentFromLine(line, numChars));
            }
            builder.append("\n");
        }
        // remove the normalized ending line ending if it was not present
        if (self.charAt(self.length() - 1) != '\n') {
            builder.deleteCharAt(builder.length() - 1);
        }
        return builder.toString();
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #stripIndent(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String stripIndent(String self) {
        return stripIndent((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #stripIndent(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String stripIndent(String self, int numChars) {
        return stripIndent((CharSequence) self, numChars);
    }

    // TODO expose this for stream based stripping?
    private static String stripIndentFromLine(String line, int numChars) {
        int length = line.length();
        return numChars <= length ? line.substring(numChars) : "";
    }

    /**
     * Strip leading whitespace/control characters followed by '|' from
     * every line in a CharSequence.
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert 'ABC\n123\n456' == '''ABC
     *                             |123
     *                             |456'''.stripMargin()
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self The CharSequence to strip the margin from
     * @return the stripped String
     * @see #stripMargin(CharSequence, char)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String stripMargin(CharSequence self) {
        return stripMargin(self, '|');
    }

    /**
     * Strip leading whitespace/control characters followed by <tt>marginChar</tt> from
     * every line in a CharSequence.
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert 'ABC\n123\n456' == '''ABC
     *                             *123
     *                             *456'''.stripMargin('*')
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self       The CharSequence to strip the margin from
     * @param marginChar Any character that serves as margin delimiter
     * @return the stripped String
     * @see #stripMargin(String, char)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String stripMargin(CharSequence self, char marginChar) {
        if (self.length() == 0) return self.toString();
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        for (String line : new LineIterable(self)) {
            builder.append(stripMarginFromLine(line, marginChar));
            builder.append("\n");
        }
        // remove the normalized ending line ending if it was not present
        if (self.charAt(self.length() - 1) != '\n') {
            builder.deleteCharAt(builder.length() - 1);
        }
        return builder.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Strip leading whitespace/control characters followed by <tt>marginChar</tt> from
     * every line in a CharSequence.
     *
     * @param self       The CharSequence to strip the margin from
     * @param marginChar Any character that serves as margin delimiter
     * @return the stripped CharSequence
     * @see #stripMargin(String, String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String stripMargin(CharSequence self, CharSequence marginChar) {
        String mc = marginChar.toString();
        if (mc.length() == 0) return stripMargin(self, '|');
        // TODO IllegalArgumentException for marginChar.length() > 1 ? Or support String as marker?
        return stripMargin(self, mc.charAt(0));
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #stripMargin(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String stripMargin(String self) {
        return stripMargin((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #stripMargin(CharSequence, char)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String stripMargin(String self, char marginChar) {
        return stripMargin((CharSequence) self, marginChar);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #stripMargin(CharSequence, char)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String stripMargin(String self, String marginChar) {
        return stripMargin((CharSequence) self, (CharSequence) marginChar);
    }

    // TODO expose this for other usage scenarios, e.g. stream based stripping?
    private static String stripMarginFromLine(String line, char marginChar) {
        int length = line.length();
        int index = 0;
        while (index < length && line.charAt(index) <= ' ') index++;
        return (index < length && line.charAt(index) == marginChar) ? line.substring(index + 1) : line;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the first <code>num</code> elements from this CharSequence.
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * def text = "Groovy"
     * assert text.take( 0 ) == ''
     * assert text.take( 2 ) == 'Gr'
     * assert text.take( 7 ) == 'Groovy'
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self the original CharSequence
     * @param num  the number of chars to take from this CharSequence
     * @return a CharSequence consisting of the first <code>num</code> chars,
     *         or else the whole CharSequence if it has less then <code>num</code> elements.
     * @since 1.8.1
     */
    public static CharSequence take(CharSequence self, int num) {
        if (num < 0) {
            return self.subSequence(0, 0);
        }
        if (self.length() <= num) {
            return self;
        }
        return self.subSequence(0, num);
    }

    /**
     * A GString variant of the equivalent CharSequence method.
     *
     * @param self the original GString
     * @param num  the number of chars to take from this GString
     * @return a String consisting of the first <code>num</code> chars,
     *         or else the whole GString if it has less then <code>num</code> elements.
     * @since 2.3.7
     */
    public static String take(GString self, int num) {
        return (String) take(self.toString(), num);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the longest prefix of this CharSequence where each
     * element passed to the given closure evaluates to true.
     * <p>
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * def text = "Groovy"
     * assert text.takeWhile{ it < 'A' } == ''
     * assert text.takeWhile{ it < 'Z' } == 'G'
     * assert text.takeWhile{ it != 'v' } == 'Groo'
     * assert text.takeWhile{ it < 'z' } == 'Groovy'
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self      the original CharSequence
     * @param condition the closure that must evaluate to true to continue taking elements
     * @return a prefix of elements in the CharSequence where each
     *         element passed to the given closure evaluates to true
     * @since 2.0.0
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static String takeWhile(CharSequence self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class, options={"String", "Character"}) Closure condition) {
        Iterator selfIter = hasSingleCharacterArg(condition) ? new CharacterIterator(self) : new StringIterator(self);
        return join(DefaultGroovyMethods.takeWhile(selfIter, condition), "");
    }

    // for binary compatibility only
    @Deprecated
    public static CharSequence takeWhile$$bridge(CharSequence self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class, options={"String", "Character"}) Closure condition) {
        return takeWhile(self, condition);
    }

    /**
     * A GString variant of the equivalent GString method.
     *
     * @param self      the original GString
     * @param condition the closure that must evaluate to true to continue taking elements
     * @return a prefix of elements in the GString where each
     *         element passed to the given closure evaluates to true
     * @since 2.3.7
     */
    public static String takeWhile(GString self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class, options={"String", "Character"}) Closure condition) {
        return takeWhile(self.toString(), condition);
    }

    /**
     * Parse a CharSequence into a BigDecimal
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return a BigDecimal
     * @see #toBigDecimal(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static BigDecimal toBigDecimal(CharSequence self) {
        return new BigDecimal(self.toString().trim());
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #toBigDecimal(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static BigDecimal toBigDecimal(String self) {
        return toBigDecimal((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Parse a CharSequence into a BigInteger
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return a BigInteger
     * @see #toBigInteger(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static BigInteger toBigInteger(CharSequence self) {
        return new BigInteger(self.toString().trim());
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #toBigInteger(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static BigInteger toBigInteger(String self) {
        return toBigInteger((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Converts the given string into a Boolean object.
     * If the trimmed string is "true", "y" or "1" (ignoring case)
     * then the result is true otherwise it is false.
     *
     * @param self a String
     * @return The Boolean value
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static Boolean toBoolean(String self) {
        final String trimmed = self.trim();

        if ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(trimmed) || "y".equalsIgnoreCase(trimmed) || "1".equals(trimmed)) {
            return Boolean.TRUE;
        } else {
            return Boolean.FALSE;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Converts the given string into a Character object
     * using the first character in the string.
     *
     * @param self a String
     * @return the first Character
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static Character toCharacter(String self) {
        return self.charAt(0);
    }

    /**
     * Parse a CharSequence into a Double
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return a Double
     * @see #toDouble(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static Double toDouble(CharSequence self) {
        return Double.valueOf(self.toString().trim());
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #toDouble(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static Double toDouble(String self) {
        return toDouble((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Parse a CharSequence into a Float
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return a Float
     * @see #toFloat(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static Float toFloat(CharSequence self) {
        return Float.valueOf(self.toString().trim());
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #toFloat(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static Float toFloat(String self) {
        return toFloat((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Parse a CharSequence into an Integer
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return an Integer
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static Integer toInteger(CharSequence self) {
        return Integer.valueOf(self.toString().trim());
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #toInteger(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static Integer toInteger(String self) {
        return toInteger((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Tokenize a CharSequence (with a whitespace as the delimiter).
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return a List of tokens
     * @see java.util.StringTokenizer#StringTokenizer(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static List<String> tokenize(CharSequence self) {
        return InvokerHelper.asList(new StringTokenizer(self.toString()));
    }

    /**
     * Tokenize a CharSequence based on the given character delimiter.
     * For example:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * char pathSep = ':'
     * assert "/tmp:/usr".tokenize(pathSep) == ["/tmp", "/usr"]
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param self  a CharSequence
     * @param delimiter the delimiter
     * @return a List of tokens
     * @see java.util.StringTokenizer#StringTokenizer(String, String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static List<String> tokenize(CharSequence self, Character delimiter) {
        return tokenize(self, delimiter.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Tokenize a CharSequence based on the given CharSequence. Each character in the CharSequence is a separate
     * delimiter.
     *
     * @param self  a CharSequence
     * @param delimiters the delimiters
     * @return a List of tokens
     * @see java.util.StringTokenizer#StringTokenizer(String, String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static List<String> tokenize(CharSequence self, CharSequence delimiters) {
        return InvokerHelper.asList(new StringTokenizer(self.toString(), delimiters.toString()));
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #tokenize(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static List<String> tokenize(String self) {
        return tokenize((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #tokenize(CharSequence, Character)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static List<String> tokenize(String self, Character delimiter) {
        return tokenize((CharSequence) self, delimiter);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #tokenize(CharSequence, CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static List<String> tokenize(String self, String delimiters) {
        return tokenize((CharSequence) self, (CharSequence) delimiters);
    }

    /**
     * Converts the given CharSequence into a List of Strings of one character.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return a List of characters (a 1-character String)
     * @see #toSet(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static List<String> toList(CharSequence self) {
        String s = self.toString();
        int size = s.length();
        List<String> answer = new ArrayList<String>(size);
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            answer.add(s.substring(i, i + 1));
        }
        return answer;
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #toList(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static List<String> toList(String self) {
        return toList((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Parse a CharSequence into a Long
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return a Long
     * @see #toLong(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static Long toLong(CharSequence self) {
        return Long.valueOf(self.toString().trim());
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #toLong(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static Long toLong(String self) {
        return toLong((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Converts the given CharSequence into a Set of unique Strings of one character.
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return a Set of unique characters (each a 1-character String)
     * @see #toSet(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static Set<String> toSet(CharSequence self) {
        return new HashSet<String>(toList(self));
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #toSet(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static Set<String> toSet(String self) {
        return toSet((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Parse a CharSequence into a Short
     *
     * @param self a CharSequence
     * @return a Short
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static Short toShort(CharSequence self) {
        return Short.valueOf(self.toString().trim());
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #toShort(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static Short toShort(String self) {
        return toShort((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * Translates a CharSequence by replacing characters from the sourceSet with characters from replacementSet.
     * If the first character from sourceSet appears in the CharSequence, it will be replaced with the first character from replacementSet.
     * If the second character from sourceSet appears in the CharSequence, it will be replaced with the second character from replacementSet.
     * and so on for all provided replacement characters.
     * <p>
     * Here is an example which converts the vowels in a word from lower to uppercase:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert 'hello'.tr('aeiou', 'AEIOU') == 'hEllO'
     * </pre>
     * A character range using regex-style syntax can also be used, e.g. here is an example which converts a word from lower to uppercase:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert 'hello'.tr('a-z', 'A-Z') == 'HELLO'
     * </pre>
     * Hyphens at the start or end of sourceSet or replacementSet are treated as normal hyphens and are not
     * considered to be part of a range specification. Similarly, a hyphen immediately after an earlier range
     * is treated as a normal hyphen. So, '-x', 'x-' have no ranges while 'a-c-e' has the range 'a-c' plus
     * the '-' character plus the 'e' character.
     * <p>
     * Unlike the unix tr command, Groovy's tr command supports reverse ranges, e.g.:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert 'hello'.tr('z-a', 'Z-A') == 'HELLO'
     * </pre>
     * If replacementSet is smaller than sourceSet, then the last character from replacementSet is used as the replacement for all remaining source characters as shown here:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert 'Hello World!'.tr('a-z', 'A') == 'HAAAA WAAAA!'
     * </pre>
     * If sourceSet contains repeated characters, the last specified replacement is used as shown here:
     * <pre class="groovyTestCase">
     * assert 'Hello World!'.tr('lloo', '1234') == 'He224 W4r2d!'
     * </pre>
     * The functionality provided by tr can be achieved using regular expressions but tr provides a much more compact
     * notation and efficient implementation for certain scenarios.
     *
     * @param   self the CharSequence that is to be translated
     * @param   sourceSet the set of characters to translate from
     * @param   replacementSet the set of replacement characters
     * @return  The resulting translated <tt>String</tt>
     * @see org.codehaus.groovy.util.StringUtil#tr(String, String, String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String tr(final CharSequence self, CharSequence sourceSet, CharSequence replacementSet) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        return (String) InvokerHelper.invokeStaticMethod("org.codehaus.groovy.util.StringUtil", "tr", new Object[]{self.toString(), sourceSet.toString(), replacementSet.toString()});
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #tr(CharSequence, CharSequence, CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String tr(final String self, String sourceSet, String replacementSet) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        return tr((CharSequence) self, (CharSequence) sourceSet, (CharSequence) replacementSet);
    }

    /**
     * Replaces sequences of whitespaces with tabs using tabStops of size 8.
     *
     * @param self A CharSequence to unexpand
     * @return an unexpanded String
     * @see #unexpand(String)
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String unexpand(CharSequence self) {
        return unexpand(self, 8);
    }

    /**
     * Replaces sequences of whitespaces with tabs.
     *
     * @param self A CharSequence to unexpand
     * @param tabStop The number of spaces a tab represents
     * @return an unexpanded String
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String unexpand(CharSequence self, int tabStop) {
        if (self.length() == 0) return self.toString();
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        for (String line : new LineIterable(self)) {
            builder.append(unexpandLine((CharSequence)line, tabStop));
            builder.append("\n");
        }
        // remove the normalized ending line ending if it was not present
        if (self.charAt(self.length() - 1) != '\n') {
            builder.deleteCharAt(builder.length() - 1);
        }
        return builder.toString();
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #unexpand(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String unexpand(String self) {
        return unexpand((CharSequence) self);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #unexpand(CharSequence, int)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String unexpand(String self, int tabStop) {
        return unexpand((CharSequence) self, tabStop);
    }

    /**
     * Replaces sequences of whitespaces with tabs within a line.
     *
     * @param self A line to unexpand
     * @param tabStop The number of spaces a tab represents
     * @return an unexpanded String
     * @since 1.8.2
     */
    public static String unexpandLine(CharSequence self, int tabStop) {
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(self.toString());
        int index = 0;
        while (index + tabStop < builder.length()) {
            // cut original string in tabstop-length pieces
            String piece = builder.substring(index, index + tabStop);
            // count trailing whitespace characters
            int count = 0;
            while ((count < tabStop) && (Character.isWhitespace(piece.charAt(tabStop - (count + 1)))))
                count++;
            // replace if whitespace was found
            if (count > 0) {
                piece = piece.substring(0, tabStop - count) + '\t';
                builder.replace(index, index + tabStop, piece);
                index = index + tabStop - (count - 1);
            } else
                index = index + tabStop;
        }
        return builder.toString();
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
     * @see #tokenize(CharSequence)
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String unexpandLine(String self, int tabStop) {
        return unexpandLine((CharSequence) self, tabStop);
    }

    /**
     * Tests if this CharSequence starts with any specified prefixes.
     *
     * @param   prefixes   the prefixes.
     * @return  {@code true} if this CharSequence starts with any specified prefixes.
     * @since   2.4.14
     */
    public static boolean startsWithAny(CharSequence self, CharSequence... prefixes) {
        String str = self.toString();

        for (CharSequence prefix : prefixes) {
            if (str.startsWith(prefix.toString())) {
                return true;
            }
        }

        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Tests if this CharSequence ends with any specified suffixes.
     *
     * @param   suffixes   the suffixes.
     * @return  {@code true} if this CharSequence ends with any specified suffixes
     * @since   2.4.14
     */
    public static boolean endsWithAny(CharSequence self, CharSequence... suffixes) {
        String str = self.toString();

        for (CharSequence suffix : suffixes) {
            if (str.endsWith(suffix.toString())) {
                return true;
            }
        }

        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Tests if this CharSequence is blank
     * @return {@code true} if this CharSequence is blank
     *
     * @since   2.5.0
     */
    public static boolean isBlank(CharSequence self) {
        if (null == self) {
            return true;
        }

        return self.toString().matches("\\s*");
    }
}
