source: josm/trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/Utils.java@ 11747

// License: GPL. For details, see LICENSE file.
package org.openstreetmap.josm.tools;

import static org.openstreetmap.josm.tools.I18n.marktr;
import static org.openstreetmap.josm.tools.I18n.tr;
import static org.openstreetmap.josm.tools.I18n.trn;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
import java.awt.font.GlyphVector;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLDecoder;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
import java.security.AccessController;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
import java.text.Bidi;
import java.text.MessageFormat;
import java.util.AbstractCollection;
import java.util.AbstractList;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool;
import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread;
import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.function.Predicate;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
import java.util.zip.ZipFile;
import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;

import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;

import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.bzip2.BZip2CompressorInputStream;
import org.openstreetmap.josm.Main;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;

/**
 * Basic utils, that can be useful in different parts of the program.
 */
public final class Utils {

    /** Pattern matching white spaces */
    public static final Pattern WHITE_SPACES_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\s+");

    private static final long MILLIS_OF_SECOND = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(1);
    private static final long MILLIS_OF_MINUTE = TimeUnit.MINUTES.toMillis(1);
    private static final long MILLIS_OF_HOUR = TimeUnit.HOURS.toMillis(1);
    private static final long MILLIS_OF_DAY = TimeUnit.DAYS.toMillis(1);

    /**
     * A list of all characters allowed in URLs
     */
    public static final String URL_CHARS = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-._~:/?#[]@!$&'()*+,;=%";

    private static final char[] DEFAULT_STRIP = {'\u200B', '\uFEFF'};

    private static final String[] SIZE_UNITS = {"B", "kB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB", "EB", "ZB", "YB"};

    private Utils() {
        // Hide default constructor for utils classes
    }

    /**
     * Checks if an item that is an instance of clazz exists in the collection
     * @param <T> The collection type.
     * @param collection The collection
     * @param clazz The class to search for.
     * @return <code>true</code> if that item exists in the collection.
     */
    public static <T> boolean exists(Iterable<T> collection, Class<? extends T> clazz) {
        CheckParameterUtil.ensureParameterNotNull(clazz, "clazz");
        return StreamUtils.toStream(collection).anyMatch(clazz::isInstance);
    }

    /**
     * Finds the first item in the iterable for which the predicate matches.
     * @param <T> The iterable type.
     * @param collection The iterable to search in.
     * @param predicate The predicate to match
     * @return the item or <code>null</code> if there was not match.
     */
    public static <T> T find(Iterable<? extends T> collection, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
        for (T item : collection) {
            if (predicate.test(item)) {
                return item;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Finds the first item in the iterable which is of the given type.
     * @param <T> The iterable type.
     * @param collection The iterable to search in.
     * @param clazz The class to search for.
     * @return the item or <code>null</code> if there was not match.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> T find(Iterable<? extends Object> collection, Class<? extends T> clazz) {
        CheckParameterUtil.ensureParameterNotNull(clazz, "clazz");
        return (T) find(collection, clazz::isInstance);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the first element from {@code items} which is non-null, or null if all elements are null.
     * @param <T> type of items
     * @param items the items to look for
     * @return first non-null item if there is one
     */
    @SafeVarargs
    public static <T> T firstNonNull(T... items) {
        for (T i : items) {
            if (i != null) {
                return i;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Filter a collection by (sub)class.
     * This is an efficient read-only implementation.
     * @param <S> Super type of items
     * @param <T> type of items
     * @param collection the collection
     * @param clazz the (sub)class
     * @return a read-only filtered collection
     */
    public static <S, T extends S> SubclassFilteredCollection<S, T> filteredCollection(Collection<S> collection, final Class<T> clazz) {
        CheckParameterUtil.ensureParameterNotNull(clazz, "clazz");
        return new SubclassFilteredCollection<>(collection, clazz::isInstance);
    }

    /**
     * Find the index of the first item that matches the predicate.
     * @param <T> The iterable type
     * @param collection The iterable to iterate over.
     * @param predicate The predicate to search for.
     * @return The index of the first item or -1 if none was found.
     */
    public static <T> int indexOf(Iterable<? extends T> collection, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
        int i = 0;
        for (T item : collection) {
            if (predicate.test(item))
                return i;
            i++;
        }
        return -1;
    }

    /**
     * Ensures a logical condition is met. Otherwise throws an assertion error.
     * @param condition the condition to be met
     * @param message Formatted error message to raise if condition is not met
     * @param data Message parameters, optional
     * @throws AssertionError if the condition is not met
     */
    public static void ensure(boolean condition, String message, Object...data) {
        if (!condition)
            throw new AssertionError(
                    MessageFormat.format(message, data)
            );
    }

    /**
     * Return the modulus in the range [0, n)
     * @param a dividend
     * @param n divisor
     * @return modulo (remainder of the Euclidian division of a by n)
     */
    public static int mod(int a, int n) {
        if (n <= 0)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("n must be <= 0 but is "+n);
        int res = a % n;
        if (res < 0) {
            res += n;
        }
        return res;
    }

    /**
     * Joins a list of strings (or objects that can be converted to string via
     * Object.toString()) into a single string with fields separated by sep.
     * @param sep the separator
     * @param values collection of objects, null is converted to the
     *  empty string
     * @return null if values is null. The joined string otherwise.
     */
    public static String join(String sep, Collection<?> values) {
        CheckParameterUtil.ensureParameterNotNull(sep, "sep");
        if (values == null)
            return null;
        StringBuilder s = null;
        for (Object a : values) {
            if (a == null) {
                a = "";
            }
            if (s != null) {
                s.append(sep).append(a);
            } else {
                s = new StringBuilder(a.toString());
            }
        }
        return s != null ? s.toString() : "";
    }

    /**
     * Converts the given iterable collection as an unordered HTML list.
     * @param values The iterable collection
     * @return An unordered HTML list
     */
    public static String joinAsHtmlUnorderedList(Iterable<?> values) {
        return StreamUtils.toStream(values).map(Object::toString).collect(StreamUtils.toHtmlList());
    }

    /**
     * convert Color to String
     * (Color.toString() omits alpha value)
     * @param c the color
     * @return the String representation, including alpha
     */
    public static String toString(Color c) {
        if (c == null)
            return "null";
        if (c.getAlpha() == 255)
            return String.format("#%06x", c.getRGB() & 0x00ffffff);
        else
            return String.format("#%06x(alpha=%d)", c.getRGB() & 0x00ffffff, c.getAlpha());
    }

    /**
     * convert float range 0 &lt;= x &lt;= 1 to integer range 0..255
     * when dealing with colors and color alpha value
     * @param val float value between 0 and 1
     * @return null if val is null, the corresponding int if val is in the
     *         range 0...1. If val is outside that range, return 255
     */
    public static Integer colorFloat2int(Float val) {
        if (val == null)
            return null;
        if (val < 0 || val > 1)
            return 255;
        return (int) (255f * val + 0.5f);
    }

    /**
     * convert integer range 0..255 to float range 0 &lt;= x &lt;= 1
     * when dealing with colors and color alpha value
     * @param val integer value
     * @return corresponding float value in range 0 &lt;= x &lt;= 1
     */
    public static Float colorInt2float(Integer val) {
        if (val == null)
            return null;
        if (val < 0 || val > 255)
            return 1f;
        return ((float) val) / 255f;
    }

    /**
     * Multiply the alpha value of the given color with the factor. The alpha value is clamped to 0..255
     * @param color The color
     * @param alphaFactor The factor to multiply alpha with.
     * @return The new color.
     * @since 11692
     */
    public static Color alphaMultiply(Color color, float alphaFactor) {
        int alpha = Utils.colorFloat2int(Utils.colorInt2float(color.getAlpha()) * alphaFactor);
        alpha = clamp(alpha, 0, 255);
        return new Color(color.getRed(), color.getGreen(), color.getBlue(), alpha);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the complementary color of {@code clr}.
     * @param clr the color to complement
     * @return the complementary color of {@code clr}
     */
    public static Color complement(Color clr) {
        return new Color(255 - clr.getRed(), 255 - clr.getGreen(), 255 - clr.getBlue(), clr.getAlpha());
    }

    /**
     * Copies the given array. Unlike {@link Arrays#copyOf}, this method is null-safe.
     * @param <T> type of items
     * @param array The array to copy
     * @return A copy of the original array, or {@code null} if {@code array} is null
     * @since 6221
     */
    public static <T> T[] copyArray(T[] array) {
        if (array != null) {
            return Arrays.copyOf(array, array.length);
        }
        return array;
    }

    /**
     * Copies the given array. Unlike {@link Arrays#copyOf}, this method is null-safe.
     * @param array The array to copy
     * @return A copy of the original array, or {@code null} if {@code array} is null
     * @since 6222
     */
    public static char[] copyArray(char ... array) {
        if (array != null) {
            return Arrays.copyOf(array, array.length);
        }
        return array;
    }

    /**
     * Copies the given array. Unlike {@link Arrays#copyOf}, this method is null-safe.
     * @param array The array to copy
     * @return A copy of the original array, or {@code null} if {@code array} is null
     * @since 7436
     */
    public static int[] copyArray(int... array) {
        if (array != null) {
            return Arrays.copyOf(array, array.length);
        }
        return array;
    }

    /**
     * Simple file copy function that will overwrite the target file.
     * @param in The source file
     * @param out The destination file
     * @return the path to the target file
     * @throws IOException if any I/O error occurs
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code in} or {@code out} is {@code null}
     * @since 7003
     */
    public static Path copyFile(File in, File out) throws IOException {
        CheckParameterUtil.ensureParameterNotNull(in, "in");
        CheckParameterUtil.ensureParameterNotNull(out, "out");
        return Files.copy(in.toPath(), out.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
    }

    /**
     * Recursive directory copy function
     * @param in The source directory
     * @param out The destination directory
     * @throws IOException if any I/O error ooccurs
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code in} or {@code out} is {@code null}
     * @since 7835
     */
    public static void copyDirectory(File in, File out) throws IOException {
        CheckParameterUtil.ensureParameterNotNull(in, "in");
        CheckParameterUtil.ensureParameterNotNull(out, "out");
        if (!out.exists() && !out.mkdirs()) {
            Main.warn("Unable to create directory "+out.getPath());
        }
        File[] files = in.listFiles();
        if (files != null) {
            for (File f : files) {
                File target = new File(out, f.getName());
                if (f.isDirectory()) {
                    copyDirectory(f, target);
                } else {
                    copyFile(f, target);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Deletes a directory recursively.
     * @param path The directory to delete
     * @return  <code>true</code> if and only if the file or directory is
     *          successfully deleted; <code>false</code> otherwise
     */
    public static boolean deleteDirectory(File path) {
        if (path.exists()) {
            File[] files = path.listFiles();
            if (files != null) {
                for (File file : files) {
                    if (file.isDirectory()) {
                        deleteDirectory(file);
                    } else {
                        deleteFile(file);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return path.delete();
    }

    /**
     * Deletes a file and log a default warning if the file exists but the deletion fails.
     * @param file file to delete
     * @return {@code true} if and only if the file does not exist or is successfully deleted; {@code false} otherwise
     * @since 10569
     */
    public static boolean deleteFileIfExists(File file) {
        if (file.exists()) {
            return deleteFile(file);
        } else {
            return true;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Deletes a file and log a default warning if the deletion fails.
     * @param file file to delete
     * @return {@code true} if and only if the file is successfully deleted; {@code false} otherwise
     * @since 9296
     */
    public static boolean deleteFile(File file) {
        return deleteFile(file, marktr("Unable to delete file {0}"));
    }

    /**
     * Deletes a file and log a configurable warning if the deletion fails.
     * @param file file to delete
     * @param warnMsg warning message. It will be translated with {@code tr()}
     * and must contain a single parameter <code>{0}</code> for the file path
     * @return {@code true} if and only if the file is successfully deleted; {@code false} otherwise
     * @since 9296
     */
    public static boolean deleteFile(File file, String warnMsg) {
        boolean result = file.delete();
        if (!result) {
            Main.warn(tr(warnMsg, file.getPath()));
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a directory and log a default warning if the creation fails.
     * @param dir directory to create
     * @return {@code true} if and only if the directory is successfully created; {@code false} otherwise
     * @since 9645
     */
    public static boolean mkDirs(File dir) {
        return mkDirs(dir, marktr("Unable to create directory {0}"));
    }

    /**
     * Creates a directory and log a configurable warning if the creation fails.
     * @param dir directory to create
     * @param warnMsg warning message. It will be translated with {@code tr()}
     * and must contain a single parameter <code>{0}</code> for the directory path
     * @return {@code true} if and only if the directory is successfully created; {@code false} otherwise
     * @since 9645
     */
    public static boolean mkDirs(File dir, String warnMsg) {
        boolean result = dir.mkdirs();
        if (!result) {
            Main.warn(tr(warnMsg, dir.getPath()));
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * <p>Utility method for closing a {@link java.io.Closeable} object.</p>
     *
     * @param c the closeable object. May be null.
     */
    public static void close(Closeable c) {
        if (c == null) return;
        try {
            c.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            Main.warn(e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * <p>Utility method for closing a {@link java.util.zip.ZipFile}.</p>
     *
     * @param zip the zip file. May be null.
     */
    public static void close(ZipFile zip) {
        close((Closeable) zip);
    }

    /**
     * Converts the given file to its URL.
     * @param f The file to get URL from
     * @return The URL of the given file, or {@code null} if not possible.
     * @since 6615
     */
    public static URL fileToURL(File f) {
        if (f != null) {
            try {
                return f.toURI().toURL();
            } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
                Main.error("Unable to convert filename " + f.getAbsolutePath() + " to URL");
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    private static final double EPSILON = 1e-11;

    /**
     * Determines if the two given double values are equal (their delta being smaller than a fixed epsilon)
     * @param a The first double value to compare
     * @param b The second double value to compare
     * @return {@code true} if {@code abs(a - b) <= 1e-11}, {@code false} otherwise
     */
    public static boolean equalsEpsilon(double a, double b) {
        return Math.abs(a - b) <= EPSILON;
    }

    /**
     * Calculate MD5 hash of a string and output in hexadecimal format.
     * @param data arbitrary String
     * @return MD5 hash of data, string of length 32 with characters in range [0-9a-f]
     */
    public static String md5Hex(String data) {
        MessageDigest md = null;
        try {
            md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
            throw new JosmRuntimeException(e);
        }
        byte[] byteData = data.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
        byte[] byteDigest = md.digest(byteData);
        return toHexString(byteDigest);
    }

    private static final char[] HEX_ARRAY = {'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'};

    /**
     * Converts a byte array to a string of hexadecimal characters.
     * Preserves leading zeros, so the size of the output string is always twice
     * the number of input bytes.
     * @param bytes the byte array
     * @return hexadecimal representation
     */
    public static String toHexString(byte[] bytes) {

        if (bytes == null) {
            return "";
        }

        final int len = bytes.length;
        if (len == 0) {
            return "";
        }

        char[] hexChars = new char[len * 2];
        for (int i = 0, j = 0; i < len; i++) {
            final int v = bytes[i];
            hexChars[j++] = HEX_ARRAY[(v & 0xf0) >> 4];
            hexChars[j++] = HEX_ARRAY[v & 0xf];
        }
        return new String(hexChars);
    }

    /**
     * Topological sort.
     * @param <T> type of items
     *
     * @param dependencies contains mappings (key -&gt; value). In the final list of sorted objects, the key will come
     * after the value. (In other words, the key depends on the value(s).)
     * There must not be cyclic dependencies.
     * @return the list of sorted objects
     */
    public static <T> List<T> topologicalSort(final MultiMap<T, T> dependencies) {
        MultiMap<T, T> deps = new MultiMap<>();
        for (T key : dependencies.keySet()) {
            deps.putVoid(key);
            for (T val : dependencies.get(key)) {
                deps.putVoid(val);
                deps.put(key, val);
            }
        }

        int size = deps.size();
        List<T> sorted = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
            T parentless = null;
            for (T key : deps.keySet()) {
                if (deps.get(key).isEmpty()) {
                    parentless = key;
                    break;
                }
            }
            if (parentless == null) throw new JosmRuntimeException("parentless");
            sorted.add(parentless);
            deps.remove(parentless);
            for (T key : deps.keySet()) {
                deps.remove(key, parentless);
            }
        }
        if (sorted.size() != size) throw new JosmRuntimeException("Wrong size");
        return sorted;
    }

    /**
     * Replaces some HTML reserved characters (&lt;, &gt; and &amp;) by their equivalent entity (&amp;lt;, &amp;gt; and &amp;amp;);
     * @param s The unescaped string
     * @return The escaped string
     */
    public static String escapeReservedCharactersHTML(String s) {
        return s == null ? "" : s.replace("&", "&amp;").replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;");
    }

    /**
     * Transforms the collection {@code c} into an unmodifiable collection and
     * applies the {@link Function} {@code f} on each element upon access.
     * @param <A> class of input collection
     * @param <B> class of transformed collection
     * @param c a collection
     * @param f a function that transforms objects of {@code A} to objects of {@code B}
     * @return the transformed unmodifiable collection
     */
    public static <A, B> Collection<B> transform(final Collection<? extends A> c, final Function<A, B> f) {
        return new AbstractCollection<B>() {

            @Override
            public int size() {
                return c.size();
            }

            @Override
            public Iterator<B> iterator() {
                return new Iterator<B>() {

                    private Iterator<? extends A> it = c.iterator();

                    @Override
                    public boolean hasNext() {
                        return it.hasNext();
                    }

                    @Override
                    public B next() {
                        return f.apply(it.next());
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void remove() {
                        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
                    }
                };
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Transforms the list {@code l} into an unmodifiable list and
     * applies the {@link Function} {@code f} on each element upon access.
     * @param <A> class of input collection
     * @param <B> class of transformed collection
     * @param l a collection
     * @param f a function that transforms objects of {@code A} to objects of {@code B}
     * @return the transformed unmodifiable list
     */
    public static <A, B> List<B> transform(final List<? extends A> l, final Function<A, B> f) {
        return new AbstractList<B>() {

            @Override
            public int size() {
                return l.size();
            }

            @Override
            public B get(int index) {
                return f.apply(l.get(index));
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Returns a Bzip2 input stream wrapping given input stream.
     * @param in The raw input stream
     * @return a Bzip2 input stream wrapping given input stream, or {@code null} if {@code in} is {@code null}
     * @throws IOException if the given input stream does not contain valid BZ2 header
     * @since 7867
     */
    public static BZip2CompressorInputStream getBZip2InputStream(InputStream in) throws IOException {
        if (in == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return new BZip2CompressorInputStream(in, /* see #9537 */ true);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a Gzip input stream wrapping given input stream.
     * @param in The raw input stream
     * @return a Gzip input stream wrapping given input stream, or {@code null} if {@code in} is {@code null}
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error has occurred
     * @since 7119
     */
    public static GZIPInputStream getGZipInputStream(InputStream in) throws IOException {
        if (in == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return new GZIPInputStream(in);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a Zip input stream wrapping given input stream.
     * @param in The raw input stream
     * @return a Zip input stream wrapping given input stream, or {@code null} if {@code in} is {@code null}
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error has occurred
     * @since 7119
     */
    public static ZipInputStream getZipInputStream(InputStream in) throws IOException {
        if (in == null) {
            return null;
        }
        ZipInputStream zis = new ZipInputStream(in, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
        // Positions the stream at the beginning of first entry
        ZipEntry ze = zis.getNextEntry();
        if (ze != null && Main.isDebugEnabled()) {
            Main.debug("Zip entry: "+ze.getName());
        }
        return zis;
    }

    /**
     * Determines if the given String would be empty if stripped.
     * This is an efficient alternative to {@code strip(s).isEmpty()} that avoids to create useless String object.
     * @param str The string to test
     * @return {@code true} if the stripped version of {@code s} would be empty.
     * @since 11435
     */
    public static boolean isStripEmpty(String str) {
        if (str != null) {
            for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
                if (!isStrippedChar(str.charAt(i), DEFAULT_STRIP)) {
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * An alternative to {@link String#trim()} to effectively remove all leading
     * and trailing white characters, including Unicode ones.
     * @param str The string to strip
     * @return <code>str</code>, without leading and trailing characters, according to
     *         {@link Character#isWhitespace(char)} and {@link Character#isSpaceChar(char)}.
     * @see <a href="http://closingbraces.net/2008/11/11/javastringtrim/">Java String.trim has a strange idea of whitespace</a>
     * @see <a href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-4080617">JDK bug 4080617</a>
     * @see <a href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-7190385">JDK bug 7190385</a>
     * @since 5772
     */
    public static String strip(final String str) {
        if (str == null || str.isEmpty()) {
            return str;
        }
        return strip(str, DEFAULT_STRIP);
    }

    /**
     * An alternative to {@link String#trim()} to effectively remove all leading
     * and trailing white characters, including Unicode ones.
     * @param str The string to strip
     * @param skipChars additional characters to skip
     * @return <code>str</code>, without leading and trailing characters, according to
     *         {@link Character#isWhitespace(char)}, {@link Character#isSpaceChar(char)} and skipChars.
     * @since 8435
     */
    public static String strip(final String str, final String skipChars) {
        if (str == null || str.isEmpty()) {
            return str;
        }
        return strip(str, stripChars(skipChars));
    }

    private static String strip(final String str, final char ... skipChars) {

        int start = 0;
        int end = str.length();
        boolean leadingSkipChar = true;
        while (leadingSkipChar && start < end) {
            leadingSkipChar = isStrippedChar(str.charAt(start), skipChars);
            if (leadingSkipChar) {
                start++;
            }
        }
        boolean trailingSkipChar = true;
        while (trailingSkipChar && end > start + 1) {
            trailingSkipChar = isStrippedChar(str.charAt(end - 1), skipChars);
            if (trailingSkipChar) {
                end--;
            }
        }

        return str.substring(start, end);
    }

    private static boolean isStrippedChar(char c, final char ... skipChars) {
        return Character.isWhitespace(c) || Character.isSpaceChar(c) || stripChar(skipChars, c);
    }

    private static char[] stripChars(final String skipChars) {
        if (skipChars == null || skipChars.isEmpty()) {
            return DEFAULT_STRIP;
        }

        char[] chars = new char[DEFAULT_STRIP.length + skipChars.length()];
        System.arraycopy(DEFAULT_STRIP, 0, chars, 0, DEFAULT_STRIP.length);
        skipChars.getChars(0, skipChars.length(), chars, DEFAULT_STRIP.length);

        return chars;
    }

    private static boolean stripChar(final char[] strip, char c) {
        for (char s : strip) {
            if (c == s) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Runs an external command and returns the standard output.
     *
     * The program is expected to execute fast.
     *
     * @param command the command with arguments
     * @return the output
     * @throws IOException when there was an error, e.g. command does not exist
     */
    public static String execOutput(List<String> command) throws IOException {
        if (Main.isDebugEnabled()) {
            Main.debug(join(" ", command));
        }
        Process p = new ProcessBuilder(command).start();
        try (BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
            StringBuilder all = null;
            String line;
            while ((line = input.readLine()) != null) {
                if (all == null) {
                    all = new StringBuilder(line);
                } else {
                    all.append('\n');
                    all.append(line);
                }
            }
            return all != null ? all.toString() : null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the JOSM temp directory.
     * @return The JOSM temp directory ({@code <java.io.tmpdir>/JOSM}), or {@code null} if {@code java.io.tmpdir} is not defined
     * @since 6245
     */
    public static File getJosmTempDir() {
        String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
        if (tmpDir == null) {
            return null;
        }
        File josmTmpDir = new File(tmpDir, "JOSM");
        if (!josmTmpDir.exists() && !josmTmpDir.mkdirs()) {
            Main.warn("Unable to create temp directory " + josmTmpDir);
        }
        return josmTmpDir;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a simple human readable (hours, minutes, seconds) string for a given duration in milliseconds.
     * @param elapsedTime The duration in milliseconds
     * @return A human readable string for the given duration
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if elapsedTime is &lt; 0
     * @since 6354
     */
    public static String getDurationString(long elapsedTime) {
        if (elapsedTime < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("elapsedTime must be >= 0");
        }
        // Is it less than 1 second ?
        if (elapsedTime < MILLIS_OF_SECOND) {
            return String.format("%d %s", elapsedTime, tr("ms"));
        }
        // Is it less than 1 minute ?
        if (elapsedTime < MILLIS_OF_MINUTE) {
            return String.format("%.1f %s", elapsedTime / (double) MILLIS_OF_SECOND, tr("s"));
        }
        // Is it less than 1 hour ?
        if (elapsedTime < MILLIS_OF_HOUR) {
            final long min = elapsedTime / MILLIS_OF_MINUTE;
            return String.format("%d %s %d %s", min, tr("min"), (elapsedTime - min * MILLIS_OF_MINUTE) / MILLIS_OF_SECOND, tr("s"));
        }
        // Is it less than 1 day ?
        if (elapsedTime < MILLIS_OF_DAY) {
            final long hour = elapsedTime / MILLIS_OF_HOUR;
            return String.format("%d %s %d %s", hour, tr("h"), (elapsedTime - hour * MILLIS_OF_HOUR) / MILLIS_OF_MINUTE, tr("min"));
        }
        long days = elapsedTime / MILLIS_OF_DAY;
        return String.format("%d %s %d %s", days, trn("day", "days", days), (elapsedTime - days * MILLIS_OF_DAY) / MILLIS_OF_HOUR, tr("h"));
    }

    /**
     * Returns a human readable representation (B, kB, MB, ...) for the given number of byes.
     * @param bytes the number of bytes
     * @param locale the locale used for formatting
     * @return a human readable representation
     * @since 9274
     */
    public static String getSizeString(long bytes, Locale locale) {
        if (bytes < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("bytes must be >= 0");
        }
        int unitIndex = 0;
        double value = bytes;
        while (value >= 1024 && unitIndex < SIZE_UNITS.length) {
            value /= 1024;
            unitIndex++;
        }
        if (value > 100 || unitIndex == 0) {
            return String.format(locale, "%.0f %s", value, SIZE_UNITS[unitIndex]);
        } else if (value > 10) {
            return String.format(locale, "%.1f %s", value, SIZE_UNITS[unitIndex]);
        } else {
            return String.format(locale, "%.2f %s", value, SIZE_UNITS[unitIndex]);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns a human readable representation of a list of positions.
     * <p>
     * For instance, {@code [1,5,2,6,7} yields "1-2,5-7
     * @param positionList a list of positions
     * @return a human readable representation
     */
    public static String getPositionListString(List<Integer> positionList) {
        Collections.sort(positionList);
        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(32);
        sb.append(positionList.get(0));
        int cnt = 0;
        int last = positionList.get(0);
        for (int i = 1; i < positionList.size(); ++i) {
            int cur = positionList.get(i);
            if (cur == last + 1) {
                ++cnt;
            } else if (cnt == 0) {
                sb.append(',').append(cur);
            } else {
                sb.append('-').append(last);
                sb.append(',').append(cur);
                cnt = 0;
            }
            last = cur;
        }
        if (cnt >= 1) {
            sb.append('-').append(last);
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Returns a list of capture groups if {@link Matcher#matches()}, or {@code null}.
     * The first element (index 0) is the complete match.
     * Further elements correspond to the parts in parentheses of the regular expression.
     * @param m the matcher
     * @return a list of capture groups if {@link Matcher#matches()}, or {@code null}.
     */
    public static List<String> getMatches(final Matcher m) {
        if (m.matches()) {
            List<String> result = new ArrayList<>(m.groupCount() + 1);
            for (int i = 0; i <= m.groupCount(); i++) {
                result.add(m.group(i));
            }
            return result;
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Cast an object savely.
     * @param <T> the target type
     * @param o the object to cast
     * @param klass the target class (same as T)
     * @return null if <code>o</code> is null or the type <code>o</code> is not
     *  a subclass of <code>klass</code>. The casted value otherwise.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> T cast(Object o, Class<T> klass) {
        if (klass.isInstance(o)) {
            return (T) o;
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the root cause of a throwable object.
     * @param t The object to get root cause for
     * @return the root cause of {@code t}
     * @since 6639
     */
    public static Throwable getRootCause(Throwable t) {
        Throwable result = t;
        if (result != null) {
            Throwable cause = result.getCause();
            while (cause != null && !cause.equals(result)) {
                result = cause;
                cause = result.getCause();
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Adds the given item at the end of a new copy of given array.
     * @param <T> type of items
     * @param array The source array
     * @param item The item to add
     * @return An extended copy of {@code array} containing {@code item} as additional last element
     * @since 6717
     */
    public static <T> T[] addInArrayCopy(T[] array, T item) {
        T[] biggerCopy = Arrays.copyOf(array, array.length + 1);
        biggerCopy[array.length] = item;
        return biggerCopy;
    }

    /**
     * If the string {@code s} is longer than {@code maxLength}, the string is cut and "..." is appended.
     * @param s String to shorten
     * @param maxLength maximum number of characters to keep (not including the "...")
     * @return the shortened string
     */
    public static String shortenString(String s, int maxLength) {
        if (s != null && s.length() > maxLength) {
            return s.substring(0, maxLength - 3) + "...";
        } else {
            return s;
        }
    }

    /**
     * If the string {@code s} is longer than {@code maxLines} lines, the string is cut and a "..." line is appended.
     * @param s String to shorten
     * @param maxLines maximum number of lines to keep (including including the "..." line)
     * @return the shortened string
     */
    public static String restrictStringLines(String s, int maxLines) {
        if (s == null) {
            return null;
        } else {
            return join("\n", limit(Arrays.asList(s.split("\\n")), maxLines, "..."));
        }
    }

    /**
     * If the collection {@code elements} is larger than {@code maxElements} elements,
     * the collection is shortened and the {@code overflowIndicator} is appended.
     * @param <T> type of elements
     * @param elements collection to shorten
     * @param maxElements maximum number of elements to keep (including including the {@code overflowIndicator})
     * @param overflowIndicator the element used to indicate that the collection has been shortened
     * @return the shortened collection
     */
    public static <T> Collection<T> limit(Collection<T> elements, int maxElements, T overflowIndicator) {
        if (elements == null) {
            return null;
        } else {
            if (elements.size() > maxElements) {
                final Collection<T> r = new ArrayList<>(maxElements);
                final Iterator<T> it = elements.iterator();
                while (r.size() < maxElements - 1) {
                    r.add(it.next());
                }
                r.add(overflowIndicator);
                return r;
            } else {
                return elements;
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Fixes URL with illegal characters in the query (and fragment) part by
     * percent encoding those characters.
     *
     * special characters like &amp; and # are not encoded
     *
     * @param url the URL that should be fixed
     * @return the repaired URL
     */
    public static String fixURLQuery(String url) {
        if (url == null || url.indexOf('?') == -1)
            return url;

        String query = url.substring(url.indexOf('?') + 1);

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(url.substring(0, url.indexOf('?') + 1));

        for (int i = 0; i < query.length(); i++) {
            String c = query.substring(i, i + 1);
            if (URL_CHARS.contains(c)) {
                sb.append(c);
            } else {
                sb.append(encodeUrl(c));
            }
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Translates a string into <code>application/x-www-form-urlencoded</code>
     * format. This method uses UTF-8 encoding scheme to obtain the bytes for unsafe
     * characters.
     *
     * @param   s <code>String</code> to be translated.
     * @return  the translated <code>String</code>.
     * @see #decodeUrl(String)
     * @since 8304
     */
    public static String encodeUrl(String s) {
        final String enc = StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name();
        try {
            return URLEncoder.encode(s, enc);
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Decodes a <code>application/x-www-form-urlencoded</code> string.
     * UTF-8 encoding is used to determine
     * what characters are represented by any consecutive sequences of the
     * form "<code>%<i>xy</i></code>".
     *
     * @param s the <code>String</code> to decode
     * @return the newly decoded <code>String</code>
     * @see #encodeUrl(String)
     * @since 8304
     */
    public static String decodeUrl(String s) {
        final String enc = StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name();
        try {
            return URLDecoder.decode(s, enc);
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Determines if the given URL denotes a file on a local filesystem.
     * @param url The URL to test
     * @return {@code true} if the url points to a local file
     * @since 7356
     */
    public static boolean isLocalUrl(String url) {
        if (url == null || url.startsWith("http://") || url.startsWith("https://") || url.startsWith("resource://"))
            return false;
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Determines if the given URL is valid.
     * @param url The URL to test
     * @return {@code true} if the url is valid
     * @since 10294
     */
    public static boolean isValidUrl(String url) {
        if (url != null) {
            try {
                new URL(url);
                return true;
            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                Main.trace(e);
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new {@link ThreadFactory} which creates threads with names according to {@code nameFormat}.
     * @param nameFormat a {@link String#format(String, Object...)} compatible name format; its first argument is a unique thread index
     * @param threadPriority the priority of the created threads, see {@link Thread#setPriority(int)}
     * @return a new {@link ThreadFactory}
     */
    public static ThreadFactory newThreadFactory(final String nameFormat, final int threadPriority) {
        return new ThreadFactory() {
            final AtomicLong count = new AtomicLong(0);
            @Override
            public Thread newThread(final Runnable runnable) {
                final Thread thread = new Thread(runnable, String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, nameFormat, count.getAndIncrement()));
                thread.setPriority(threadPriority);
                return thread;
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Returns a {@link ForkJoinPool} with the parallelism given by the preference key.
     * @param pref The preference key to determine parallelism
     * @param nameFormat see {@link #newThreadFactory(String, int)}
     * @param threadPriority see {@link #newThreadFactory(String, int)}
     * @return a {@link ForkJoinPool}
     */
    public static ForkJoinPool newForkJoinPool(String pref, final String nameFormat, final int threadPriority) {
        int noThreads = Main.pref.getInteger(pref, Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors());
        return new ForkJoinPool(noThreads, new ForkJoinPool.ForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory() {
            final AtomicLong count = new AtomicLong(0);
            @Override
            public ForkJoinWorkerThread newThread(ForkJoinPool pool) {
                final ForkJoinWorkerThread thread = ForkJoinPool.defaultForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory.newThread(pool);
                thread.setName(String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, nameFormat, count.getAndIncrement()));
                thread.setPriority(threadPriority);
                return thread;
            }
        }, null, true);
    }

    /**
     * Returns an executor which executes commands in the calling thread
     * @return an executor
     */
    public static Executor newDirectExecutor() {
        return Runnable::run;
    }

    /**
     * Updates a given system property.
     * @param key The property key
     * @param value The property value
     * @return the previous value of the system property, or {@code null} if it did not have one.
     * @since 7894
     */
    public static String updateSystemProperty(String key, String value) {
        if (value != null) {
            String old = System.setProperty(key, value);
            if (Main.isDebugEnabled()) {
                if (!key.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH).contains("password")) {
                    Main.debug("System property '" + key + "' set to '" + value + "'. Old value was '" + old + '\'');
                } else {
                    Main.debug("System property '" + key + "' changed.");
                }
            }
            return old;
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new secure DOM builder, supporting XML namespaces.
     * @return a new secure DOM builder, supporting XML namespaces
     * @throws ParserConfigurationException if a parser cannot be created which satisfies the requested configuration.
     * @throws ParserConfigurationException if a parser cannot be created which satisfies the requested configuration.
     * @since 10404
     */
    public static DocumentBuilder newSafeDOMBuilder() throws ParserConfigurationException {
        DocumentBuilderFactory builderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
        builderFactory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
        builderFactory.setNamespaceAware(true);
        builderFactory.setValidating(false);
        return builderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
    }

    /**
     * Parse the content given {@link InputStream} as XML.
     * This method uses a secure DOM builder, supporting XML namespaces.
     *
     * @param is The InputStream containing the content to be parsed.
     * @return the result DOM document
     * @throws ParserConfigurationException if a parser cannot be created which satisfies the requested configuration.
     * @throws IOException if any IO errors occur.
     * @throws SAXException for SAX errors.
     * @since 10404
     */
    public static Document parseSafeDOM(InputStream is) throws ParserConfigurationException, IOException, SAXException {
        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
        if (Main.isDebugEnabled()) {
            Main.debug("Starting DOM parsing of " + is);
        }
        Document result = newSafeDOMBuilder().parse(is);
        if (Main.isDebugEnabled()) {
            Main.debug("DOM parsing done in " + getDurationString(System.currentTimeMillis() - start));
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new secure SAX parser, supporting XML namespaces.
     * @return a new secure SAX parser, supporting XML namespaces
     * @throws ParserConfigurationException if a parser cannot be created which satisfies the requested configuration.
     * @throws SAXException for SAX errors.
     * @since 8287
     */
    public static SAXParser newSafeSAXParser() throws ParserConfigurationException, SAXException {
        SAXParserFactory parserFactory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
        parserFactory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
        parserFactory.setNamespaceAware(true);
        return parserFactory.newSAXParser();
    }

    /**
     * Parse the content given {@link org.xml.sax.InputSource} as XML using the specified {@link org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler}.
     * This method uses a secure SAX parser, supporting XML namespaces.
     *
     * @param is The InputSource containing the content to be parsed.
     * @param dh The SAX DefaultHandler to use.
     * @throws ParserConfigurationException if a parser cannot be created which satisfies the requested configuration.
     * @throws SAXException for SAX errors.
     * @throws IOException if any IO errors occur.
     * @since 8347
     */
    public static void parseSafeSAX(InputSource is, DefaultHandler dh) throws ParserConfigurationException, SAXException, IOException {
        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
        if (Main.isDebugEnabled()) {
            Main.debug("Starting SAX parsing of " + is + " using " + dh);
        }
        newSafeSAXParser().parse(is, dh);
        if (Main.isDebugEnabled()) {
            Main.debug("SAX parsing done in " + getDurationString(System.currentTimeMillis() - start));
        }
    }

    /**
     * Determines if the filename has one of the given extensions, in a robust manner.
     * The comparison is case and locale insensitive.
     * @param filename The file name
     * @param extensions The list of extensions to look for (without dot)
     * @return {@code true} if the filename has one of the given extensions
     * @since 8404
     */
    public static boolean hasExtension(String filename, String... extensions) {
        String name = filename.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH).replace("?format=raw", "");
        for (String ext : extensions) {
            if (name.endsWith('.' + ext.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH)))
                return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Determines if the file's name has one of the given extensions, in a robust manner.
     * The comparison is case and locale insensitive.
     * @param file The file
     * @param extensions The list of extensions to look for (without dot)
     * @return {@code true} if the file's name has one of the given extensions
     * @since 8404
     */
    public static boolean hasExtension(File file, String... extensions) {
        return hasExtension(file.getName(), extensions);
    }

    /**
     * Reads the input stream and closes the stream at the end of processing (regardless if an exception was thrown)
     *
     * @param stream input stream
     * @return byte array of data in input stream (empty if stream is null)
     * @throws IOException if any I/O error occurs
     */
    public static byte[] readBytesFromStream(InputStream stream) throws IOException {
        if (stream == null) {
            return new byte[0];
        }
        try {
            ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream(stream.available());
            byte[] buffer = new byte[2048];
            boolean finished = false;
            do {
                int read = stream.read(buffer);
                if (read >= 0) {
                    bout.write(buffer, 0, read);
                } else {
                    finished = true;
                }
            } while (!finished);
            if (bout.size() == 0)
                return new byte[0];
            return bout.toByteArray();
        } finally {
            stream.close();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the initial capacity to pass to the HashMap / HashSet constructor
     * when it is initialized with a known number of entries.
     *
     * When a HashMap is filled with entries, the underlying array is copied over
     * to a larger one multiple times. To avoid this process when the number of
     * entries is known in advance, the initial capacity of the array can be
     * given to the HashMap constructor. This method returns a suitable value
     * that avoids rehashing but doesn't waste memory.
     * @param nEntries the number of entries expected
     * @param loadFactor the load factor
     * @return the initial capacity for the HashMap constructor
     */
    public static int hashMapInitialCapacity(int nEntries, double loadFactor) {
        return (int) Math.ceil(nEntries / loadFactor);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the initial capacity to pass to the HashMap / HashSet constructor
     * when it is initialized with a known number of entries.
     *
     * When a HashMap is filled with entries, the underlying array is copied over
     * to a larger one multiple times. To avoid this process when the number of
     * entries is known in advance, the initial capacity of the array can be
     * given to the HashMap constructor. This method returns a suitable value
     * that avoids rehashing but doesn't waste memory.
     *
     * Assumes default load factor (0.75).
     * @param nEntries the number of entries expected
     * @return the initial capacity for the HashMap constructor
     */
    public static int hashMapInitialCapacity(int nEntries) {
        return hashMapInitialCapacity(nEntries, 0.75d);
    }

    /**
     * Utility class to save a string along with its rendering direction
     * (left-to-right or right-to-left).
     */
    private static class DirectionString {
        public final int direction;
        public final String str;

        DirectionString(int direction, String str) {
            this.direction = direction;
            this.str = str;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Convert a string to a list of {@link GlyphVector}s. The string may contain
     * bi-directional text. The result will be in correct visual order.
     * Each element of the resulting list corresponds to one section of the
     * string with consistent writing direction (left-to-right or right-to-left).
     *
     * @param string the string to render
     * @param font the font
     * @param frc a FontRenderContext object
     * @return a list of GlyphVectors
     */
    public static List<GlyphVector> getGlyphVectorsBidi(String string, Font font, FontRenderContext frc) {
        List<GlyphVector> gvs = new ArrayList<>();
        Bidi bidi = new Bidi(string, Bidi.DIRECTION_DEFAULT_LEFT_TO_RIGHT);
        byte[] levels = new byte[bidi.getRunCount()];
        DirectionString[] dirStrings = new DirectionString[levels.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < levels.length; ++i) {
            levels[i] = (byte) bidi.getRunLevel(i);
            String substr = string.substring(bidi.getRunStart(i), bidi.getRunLimit(i));
            int dir = levels[i] % 2 == 0 ? Bidi.DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT : Bidi.DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT;
            dirStrings[i] = new DirectionString(dir, substr);
        }
        Bidi.reorderVisually(levels, 0, dirStrings, 0, levels.length);
        for (int i = 0; i < dirStrings.length; ++i) {
            char[] chars = dirStrings[i].str.toCharArray();
            gvs.add(font.layoutGlyphVector(frc, chars, 0, chars.length, dirStrings[i].direction));
        }
        return gvs;
    }

    /**
     * Sets {@code AccessibleObject}(s) accessible.
     * @param objects objects
     * @see AccessibleObject#setAccessible
     * @since 10223
     */
    public static void setObjectsAccessible(final AccessibleObject ... objects) {
        if (objects != null && objects.length > 0) {
            AccessController.doPrivileged((PrivilegedAction<Object>) () -> {
                for (AccessibleObject o : objects) {
                    o.setAccessible(true);
                }
                return null;
            });
        }
    }

    /**
     * Clamp a value to the given range
     * @param val The value
     * @param min minimum value
     * @param max maximum value
     * @return the value
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code min > max}
     * @since 10805
     */
    public static double clamp(double val, double min, double max) {
        if (min > max) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(MessageFormat.format("Parameter min ({0}) cannot be greater than max ({1})", min, max));
        } else if (val < min) {
            return min;
        } else if (val > max) {
            return max;
        } else {
            return val;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Clamp a integer value to the given range
     * @param val The value
     * @param min minimum value
     * @param max maximum value
     * @return the value
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code min > max}
     * @since 11055
     */
    public static int clamp(int val, int min, int max) {
        if (min > max) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(MessageFormat.format("Parameter min ({0}) cannot be greater than max ({1})", min, max));
        } else if (val < min) {
            return min;
        } else if (val > max) {
            return max;
        } else {
            return val;
        }
    }
}