StringUtil (HAPI - Java HL7 API - Base Module 2.3 API)

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`StringUtil()`

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`static String`	`chomp(String theLine)` Removes any line separators (\r ot \n) from the end of a string and returns that string
`static String[]`	`concatenate(String[] array1, String[] array2)`
`static int`	`countLines(String theString)` Counts the number of lines in a string by counting the number of "\n" or "\r" or "\r\n" sequences which appear in it
`static boolean`	`isBlank(String theString)` Returns `true` if the string is null, or contains no non-whitespace characters
`static boolean`	`isNotBlank(String theString)` Inverse of `isBlank(String)`
`static String`	`replace(String theString, String theMatch, String theReplacement)` Search within a string and replace one substring with another.
`static void`	`validateNotEmpty(String theValue)` Throws an IllegalArgumentException if the value is an empty string or null

countLines
```
public static int countLines(String theString)
```
Counts the number of lines in a string by counting the number of "\n" or "\r" or "\r\n" sequences which appear in it

chomp
```
public static String chomp(String theLine)
```
Removes any line separators (\r ot \n) from the end of a string and returns that string

validateNotEmpty
```
public static void validateNotEmpty(String theValue)
```
Throws an IllegalArgumentException if the value is an empty string or null

public static String replace(String theString,
                             String theMatch,
                             String theReplacement)

Search within a string and replace one substring with another. Based on the method within Commons-Lang StringUtils.

public static String[] concatenate(String[] array1,
                                   String[] array2)

isBlank
```
public static boolean isBlank(String theString)
```
Returns true if the string is null, or contains no non-whitespace characters

public static boolean isNotBlank(String theString)

Class StringUtil