public class StringManipulator { public String trimAndConcat(String s1, String s2) { return s1.replace("", "").concat(s2.replace("", "")); } public Integer getIndexOrNull(String s, char c) { if(s.indexOf(c) != -1) { return s.indexOf(c); } else { return null; } } public Integer getIndexOrNull(String s1, String s2) { if(s1.indexOf(s2) != -1) { return s1.indexOf(s2); } else { return null; } } public String concatSubstring(String s1, int i1, int i2, String s2) { if(i1 >= 0 && i2 < s1.length()) { return s1.substring(i1, i2).concat(s2); } else { return null; } } }