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 * Copyright 2010-2018 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
 * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
 *  http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0
 *
 * or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file is distributed
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 * express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing
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 */
package com.amazonaws.util;

import java.nio.charset.Charset;

/**
 * Utilities for converting objects to strings.
 */
public class StringUtils {

    private static final String DEFAULT_ENCODING = "UTF-8";

    public static final Charset UTF8 = Charset.forName(DEFAULT_ENCODING);

    /**
     * A null-safe trim method. If the input string is null, returns null;
     * otherwise returns a trimmed version of the input.
     */
    public static String trim(String value) {
        if (value == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return value.trim();
    }

    /**
     * @return true if the given value is either null or the empty string
     */
    public static boolean isNullOrEmpty(String value) {
        return value == null || value.isEmpty();
    }
}