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+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START===================================================
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Amdocs
+ * ============================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=====================================================
+ */
+package org.onap.aai.validation.util;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;
+import org.onap.aai.cl.api.Logger;
+import org.onap.aai.validation.exception.ValidationServiceError;
+import org.onap.aai.validation.exception.ValidationServiceException;
+import org.onap.aai.validation.logging.ApplicationMsgs;
+import org.onap.aai.validation.logging.LogHelper;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class for String manipulation.
+ */
+public class StringUtils {
+
+    private static final Logger applicationLogger = LogHelper.INSTANCE;
+
+    /**
+     * All methods are static.
+     */
+    private StringUtils() {
+        // Do not instantiate
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Utility method to strip a prefix or set of prefixes (identified by a delimiter sequence) from the string. This is
+     * achieved by finding the index of the last prefix delimiter in the string and removing all characters before and
+     * including this index.
+     *
+     * @param string the String to strip prefixes from
+     * @param prefixDelimiter the String that acts as the delimiter for the prefix(es)
+     * @return the String minus the prefixes
+     */
+    public static String stripPrefix(String string, String prefixDelimiter) {
+        return string.contains(prefixDelimiter)
+                ? string.substring(string.lastIndexOf(prefixDelimiter) + prefixDelimiter.length()) : string;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Strips a prefix identified by a delimiter. This is achieved by splitting the string in two around matches of the
+     * first occurrence of the given regular expression.
+     *
+     * @param string a String from which to strip a prefix
+     * @param regex the delimiting regular expression
+     * @return
+     * @throws ValidationServiceException If there is a problem with the provided regular expression.
+     */
+    public static String stripPrefixRegex(String string, String regex) throws ValidationServiceException {
+        String[] strings = validParameters(string, regex) ? string.split(regex, 2) : new String[0];
+        return strings.length == 2 ? strings[1] : string;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Process a list of strings and strip the given suffix from each string in the list.
+     *
+     * @param stringList a list of strings
+     * @param suffix a suffix to be removed from the strings
+     * @return stripped list of strings.
+     */
+    public static List<String> stripSuffix(List<String> stringList, String suffix) {
+        List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (String str : stringList) {
+            String stripped = str.endsWith(suffix) ? str.substring(0, str.indexOf(suffix)) : str;
+            result.add(stripped);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean validParameters(String string, String regex) throws ValidationServiceException {
+        if (string != null && !string.isEmpty() && regex != null && !regex.isEmpty()) {
+            try {
+                Pattern.compile(regex);
+                return true;
+            } catch (PatternSyntaxException e) {
+                applicationLogger.error(ApplicationMsgs.STRING_UTILS_INVALID_REGEX, regex);
+                throw new ValidationServiceException(ValidationServiceError.STRING_UTILS_INVALID_REGEX, e, regex);
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+}