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How do I trim or reverse a String

Java String class provides ability to trim a String.  StringBuilder  provides ability to reverse a String.

Apache Commons StringUtility class provides lot more functionality.  Following features are supported as per their documentation:
  • IsEmpty/IsBlank - checks if a String contains text
  • Trim/Strip - removes leading and trailing whitespace
  • Equals/Compare - compares two strings null-safe
  • startsWith - check if a String starts with a prefix null-safe
  • endsWith - check if a String ends with a suffix null-safe
  • IndexOf/LastIndexOf/Contains - null-safe index-of checks
  • IndexOfAny/LastIndexOfAny/IndexOfAnyBut/LastIndexOfAnyBut - index-of any of a set of Strings
  • ContainsOnly/ContainsNone/ContainsAny - does String contains only/none/any of these characters
  • Substring/Left/Right/Mid - null-safe substring extractions
  • SubstringBefore/SubstringAfter/SubstringBetween - substring extraction relative to other strings
  • Split/Join - splits a String into an array of substrings and vice versa
  • Remove/Delete - removes part of a String
  • Replace/Overlay - Searches a String and replaces one String with another
  • Chomp/Chop - removes the last part of a String
  • AppendIfMissing - appends a suffix to the end of the String if not present
  • PrependIfMissing - prepends a prefix to the start of the String if not present
  • LeftPad/RightPad/Center/Repeat - pads a String
  • UpperCase/LowerCase/SwapCase/Capitalize/Uncapitalize - changes the case of a String
  • CountMatches - counts the number of occurrences of one String in another
  • IsAlpha/IsNumeric/IsWhitespace/IsAsciiPrintable - checks the characters in a String
  • DefaultString - protects against a null input String
  • Rotate - rotate (circular shift) a String
  • Reverse/ReverseDelimited - reverses a String
  • Abbreviate - abbreviates a string using ellipsis or another given String
  • Difference - compares Strings and reports on their differences
  • LevenshteinDistance - the number of changes needed to change one String into another

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