/*
 * Copyright (c) 2005 Pablo Costantini (www.luminicbox.com). All rights reserved.
 * 
 * Licensed under the MOZILLA PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 1.1 (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.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html
 * 
 * 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.
 */

/**
* Static class containing string utilities.
*/
class LuminicBox.Utils.StringUtility {
	
	private function StringUtility() { }
	
	/**
	* Duplicates a given string for the amount of given times.
	* @param str String to duplicate.
	* @paran Amount of time to duplicate.
	*/
	public static function multiply(str:String, n:Number) {
		var ret:String = "";
		for(var i=0;i<n;i++) ret += str;
		return ret;
	}
	
	/**
	* String replacement function. These implementation causes some perform penalties.
	* @param string Original string
	* @param oldValue A string to be replaced
	* @param newValue A string to replace all occurrences of oldValue.
	*/
	public static function replace(string:String, oldValue:String, newValue:String):String {
		return string.split(oldValue).join(newValue);
	}

	
}