From b04e96dc27733d76dd1a4f68dcd628eba1879ae9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ray <ray@6335cc39-0255-0410-8fd6-9bcaacd3b74c>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 00:02:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Now (actually, a while back...) that the Object[] version of
 splice is genericized, we don't need a separate version for String[].

git-svn-id: https://samskivert.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@1899 6335cc39-0255-0410-8fd6-9bcaacd3b74c
---
 src/java/com/samskivert/util/ArrayUtil.java | 57 ---------------------
 1 file changed, 57 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ArrayUtil.java b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ArrayUtil.java
index 9568e291..a4f5a4c2 100644
--- a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ArrayUtil.java
+++ b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ArrayUtil.java
@@ -546,63 +546,6 @@ public class ArrayUtil
         return nvalues;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates and returns a new array sized to fit and populated with the
-     * subset of values from indexes <code>0</code> to </code>offset -
-     * 1</code> (inclusive) in the supplied array.
-     *
-     * @param values the array of values to splice.
-     * @param offset the index within the <code>values</code> array after
-     * which all subsequent values are to be removed.  This must be a
-     * valid index within the <code>values</code> array.
-     */
-    public static String[] splice (String[] values, int offset)
-    {
-        int length = (values == null) ? 0 : values.length - offset;
-        return splice(values, offset, length);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates and returns a new array sized to fit and populated with the
-     * concatenated subset of values from indexes <code>0</code> to
-     * </code>offset - 1</code>, and <code>offset + length</code> to
-     * <code>values.length</code> (inclusive) in the supplied array.
-     *
-     * @param values the array of values to splice.
-     * @param offset the index within the <code>values</code> array at
-     * which the first element will be removed.  This must be a valid
-     * index within the <code>values</code> array.
-     * @param length the number of elements to be removed.  Note that
-     * <code>offset + length</code> must be a valid index within the
-     * <code>values</code> array.
-     */
-    public static String[] splice (String[] values, int offset, int length)
-    {
-        // make sure we've something to work with
-        if (values == null) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can't splice a null array.");
-
-        } else if (length == 0) {
-            // we're not splicing anything!
-            return values;
-        }
-
-        // require that the entire range to remove be within the array bounds
-        int size = values.length;
-        int tstart = offset + length;
-        if (offset < 0 || tstart > size) {
-            throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(
-                "Splice range out of bounds [offset=" + offset +
-                ", length=" + length + ", size=" + size + "].");
-        }
-
-        // create a new array and populate it with the spliced-in values
-        String[] nvalues = new String[size - length];
-        System.arraycopy(values, 0, nvalues, 0, offset);
-        System.arraycopy(values, tstart, nvalues, offset, size - tstart);
-        return nvalues;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates and returns a new array sized to fit and populated with the
      * subset of values from indexes <code>0</code> to </code>offset -