public static String parseString ( String value ) { if ( value != null ) { // Strip angle brackets if present if ( ! value . isEmpty ( ) && value . charAt ( 0 ) == ' ' ) { value = value . substring ( 1 , value . length ( ) - 1 ) ; } // Strip quotes if present if ( ! value . isEmpty ( ) && value . charAt ( 0 ) == ' ' ) { value = value . substring ( 1 , value . length ( ) - 1 ) ; } } return value ; }
Parse a string .