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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/* $Id$ */
+
+package org.apache.fop.afp.util;
+
+/**
+ * Library of utility methods useful in dealing with strings.
+ *
+ */
+public class StringUtils {
+
+    /**
+     * Padds the string to the left with the given character for
+     * the specified length.
+     * @param input The input string.
+     * @param padding The char used for padding.
+     * @param length The length of the new string.
+     * @return The padded string.
+     */
+    public static String lpad(String input, char padding, int length) {
+
+        if (input == null) {
+            input = new String();
+        }
+
+        if (input.length() >= length) {
+            return input;
+        } else {
+            StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
+            int numChars = length - input.length();
+            for (int i = 0; i < numChars; i++) {
+                result.append(padding);
+            }
+            result.append(input);
+            return result.toString();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Padds the string to the right with the given character for
+     * the specified length.
+     * @param input The input string.
+     * @param padding The char used for padding.
+     * @param length The length of the new string.
+     * @return The padded string.
+     */
+    public static String rpad(String input, char padding, int length) {
+
+        if (input == null) {
+            input = new String();
+        }
+
+        if (input.length() >= length) {
+            return input;
+        } else {
+            StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(input);
+            int numChars = length - input.length();
+            for (int i = 0; i < numChars; i++) {
+                result.append(padding);
+            }
+            return result.toString();
+        }
+    }
+
+}
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