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[commons-text] branch master updated: Sort members.

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ggregory pushed a commit to branch master
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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push:
     new 3674e3d  Sort members.
3674e3d is described below

commit 3674e3ddf6917891c6831064c63e2803bc95d62c
Author: Gary Gregory <ga...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun Jan 17 10:42:23 2021 -0500

    Sort members.
---
 .../java/org/apache/commons/text/StrBuilder.java   | 3778 ++++++++++----------
 .../java/org/apache/commons/text/StrTokenizer.java |  884 ++---
 .../org/apache/commons/text/StringTokenizer.java   |  842 ++---
 3 files changed, 2752 insertions(+), 2752 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StrBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StrBuilder.java
index d11dbd2..ea92359 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StrBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StrBuilder.java
@@ -73,24 +73,202 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 @Deprecated
 public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Builder<String> {
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Inner class to allow StrBuilder to operate as a reader.
+     */
+    class StrBuilderReader extends Reader {
+        /** The current stream position. */
+        private int pos;
+        /** The last mark position. */
+        private int mark;
+
+        /**
+         * Default constructor.
+         */
+        StrBuilderReader() {
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public void close() {
+            // do nothing
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public void mark(final int readAheadLimit) {
+            mark = pos;
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public boolean markSupported() {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public int read() {
+            if (!ready()) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+            return StrBuilder.this.charAt(pos++);
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public int read(final char[] b, final int off, int len) {
+            if (off < 0 || len < 0 || off > b.length
+                    || off + len > b.length || off + len < 0) {
+                throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+            }
+            if (len == 0) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            if (pos >= StrBuilder.this.size()) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+            if (pos + len > size()) {
+                len = StrBuilder.this.size() - pos;
+            }
+            StrBuilder.this.getChars(pos, pos + len, b, off);
+            pos += len;
+            return len;
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public boolean ready() {
+            return pos < StrBuilder.this.size();
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public void reset() {
+            pos = mark;
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public long skip(long n) {
+            if (pos + n > StrBuilder.this.size()) {
+                n = StrBuilder.this.size() - pos;
+            }
+            if (n < 0) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            pos += n;
+            return n;
+        }
+    }
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Inner class to allow StrBuilder to operate as a tokenizer.
+     */
+    class StrBuilderTokenizer extends StrTokenizer {
+
+        /**
+         * Default constructor.
+         */
+        StrBuilderTokenizer() {
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public String getContent() {
+            final String str = super.getContent();
+            if (str == null) {
+                return StrBuilder.this.toString();
+            }
+            return str;
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        protected List<String> tokenize(final char[] chars, final int offset, final int count) {
+            if (chars == null) {
+                return super.tokenize(
+                        StrBuilder.this.buffer, 0, StrBuilder.this.size());
+            }
+            return super.tokenize(chars, offset, count);
+        }
+    }
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Inner class to allow StrBuilder to operate as a writer.
+     */
+    class StrBuilderWriter extends Writer {
+
+        /**
+         * Default constructor.
+         */
+        StrBuilderWriter() {
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public void close() {
+            // do nothing
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public void flush() {
+            // do nothing
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public void write(final char[] cbuf) {
+            StrBuilder.this.append(cbuf);
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public void write(final char[] cbuf, final int off, final int len) {
+            StrBuilder.this.append(cbuf, off, len);
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public void write(final int c) {
+            StrBuilder.this.append((char) c);
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public void write(final String str) {
+            StrBuilder.this.append(str);
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public void write(final String str, final int off, final int len) {
+            StrBuilder.this.append(str, off, len);
+        }
+    }
     /**
      * The extra capacity for new builders.
      */
     static final int CAPACITY = 32;
-
     /**
      * Required for serialization support.
      *
      * @see java.io.Serializable
      */
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 7628716375283629643L;
-
     /** Internal data storage. */
     char[] buffer; // package-protected for test code use only
+
     /** Current size of the buffer. */
     private int size;
+
     /** The new line. */
     private String newLine;
+
     /** The null text. */
     private String nullText;
 
@@ -129,443 +307,297 @@ public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Build
         }
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    /**
-     * Gets the text to be appended when a new line is added.
-     *
-     * @return The new line text, null means use system default
-     */
-    public String getNewLineText() {
-        return newLine;
-    }
-
     /**
-     * Sets the text to be appended when a new line is added.
+     * Appends a boolean value to the string builder.
      *
-     * @param newLine  the new line text, null means use system default
+     * @param value  the value to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder setNewLineText(final String newLine) {
-        this.newLine = newLine;
+    public StrBuilder append(final boolean value) {
+        if (value) {
+            ensureCapacity(size + 4);
+            buffer[size++] = 't';
+            buffer[size++] = 'r';
+            buffer[size++] = 'u';
+            buffer[size++] = 'e';
+        } else {
+            ensureCapacity(size + 5);
+            buffer[size++] = 'f';
+            buffer[size++] = 'a';
+            buffer[size++] = 'l';
+            buffer[size++] = 's';
+            buffer[size++] = 'e';
+        }
         return this;
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Gets the text to be appended when null is added.
+     * Appends a char value to the string builder.
      *
-     * @return The null text, null means no append
+     * @param ch  the value to append
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public String getNullText() {
-        return nullText;
+    @Override
+    public StrBuilder append(final char ch) {
+        final int len = length();
+        ensureCapacity(len + 1);
+        buffer[size++] = ch;
+        return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the text to be appended when null is added.
+     * Appends a char array to the string builder.
+     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @param nullText  the null text, null means no append
+     * @param chars  the char array to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder setNullText(String nullText) {
-        if (nullText != null && nullText.isEmpty()) {
-            nullText = null;
+    public StrBuilder append(final char[] chars) {
+        if (chars == null) {
+            return appendNull();
+        }
+        final int strLen = chars.length;
+        if (strLen > 0) {
+            final int len = length();
+            ensureCapacity(len + strLen);
+            System.arraycopy(chars, 0, buffer, len, strLen);
+            size += strLen;
         }
-        this.nullText = nullText;
         return this;
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Gets the length of the string builder.
+     * Appends a char array to the string builder.
+     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @return The length
+     * @param chars  the char array to append
+     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
+     * @param length  the length to append, must be valid
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    @Override
-    public int length() {
-        return size;
+    public StrBuilder append(final char[] chars, final int startIndex, final int length) {
+        if (chars == null) {
+            return appendNull();
+        }
+        if (startIndex < 0 || startIndex > chars.length) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("Invalid startIndex: " + length);
+        }
+        if (length < 0 || startIndex + length > chars.length) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("Invalid length: " + length);
+        }
+        if (length > 0) {
+            final int len = length();
+            ensureCapacity(len + length);
+            System.arraycopy(chars, startIndex, buffer, len, length);
+            size += length;
+        }
+        return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Updates the length of the builder by either dropping the last characters
-     * or adding filler of Unicode zero.
+     * Appends the contents of a char buffer to this string builder.
+     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @param length  the length to set to, must be zero or positive
+     * @param buf  the char buffer to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the length is negative
      */
-    public StrBuilder setLength(final int length) {
-        if (length < 0) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(length);
+    public StrBuilder append(final CharBuffer buf) {
+        if (buf == null) {
+            return appendNull();
         }
-        if (length < size) {
-            size = length;
-        } else if (length > size) {
-            ensureCapacity(length);
-            final int oldEnd = size;
-            final int newEnd = length;
-            size = length;
-            for (int i = oldEnd; i < newEnd; i++) {
-                buffer[i] = '\0';
-            }
+        if (buf.hasArray()) {
+            final int length = buf.remaining();
+            final int len = length();
+            ensureCapacity(len + length);
+            System.arraycopy(buf.array(), buf.arrayOffset() + buf.position(), buffer, len, length);
+            size += length;
+        } else {
+            append(buf.toString());
         }
         return this;
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Gets the current size of the internal character array buffer.
+     * Appends the contents of a char buffer to this string builder.
+     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @return The capacity
+     * @param buf  the char buffer to append
+     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
+     * @param length  the length to append, must be valid
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public int capacity() {
-        return buffer.length;
+    public StrBuilder append(final CharBuffer buf, final int startIndex, final int length) {
+        if (buf == null) {
+            return appendNull();
+        }
+        if (buf.hasArray()) {
+            final int totalLength = buf.remaining();
+            if (startIndex < 0 || startIndex > totalLength) {
+                throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("startIndex must be valid");
+            }
+            if (length < 0 || startIndex + length > totalLength) {
+                throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("length must be valid");
+            }
+            final int len = length();
+            ensureCapacity(len + length);
+            System.arraycopy(buf.array(), buf.arrayOffset() + buf.position() + startIndex, buffer, len, length);
+            size += length;
+        } else {
+            append(buf.toString(), startIndex, length);
+        }
+        return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks the capacity and ensures that it is at least the size specified.
+     * Appends a CharSequence to this string builder.
+     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @param capacity  the capacity to ensure
+     * @param seq  the CharSequence to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder ensureCapacity(final int capacity) {
-        if (capacity > buffer.length) {
-            final char[] old = buffer;
-            buffer = new char[capacity * 2];
-            System.arraycopy(old, 0, buffer, 0, size);
+    @Override
+    public StrBuilder append(final CharSequence seq) {
+        if (seq == null) {
+            return appendNull();
         }
-        return this;
+        if (seq instanceof StrBuilder) {
+            return append((StrBuilder) seq);
+        }
+        if (seq instanceof StringBuilder) {
+            return append((StringBuilder) seq);
+        }
+        if (seq instanceof StringBuffer) {
+            return append((StringBuffer) seq);
+        }
+        if (seq instanceof CharBuffer) {
+            return append((CharBuffer) seq);
+        }
+        return append(seq.toString());
     }
 
     /**
-     * Minimizes the capacity to the actual length of the string.
+     * Appends part of a CharSequence to this string builder.
+     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
+     * @param seq  the CharSequence to append
+     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
+     * @param length  the length to append, must be valid
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder minimizeCapacity() {
-        if (buffer.length > length()) {
-            final char[] old = buffer;
-            buffer = new char[length()];
-            System.arraycopy(old, 0, buffer, 0, size);
+    @Override
+    public StrBuilder append(final CharSequence seq, final int startIndex, final int length) {
+        if (seq == null) {
+            return appendNull();
         }
-        return this;
+        return append(seq.toString(), startIndex, length);
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Gets the length of the string builder.
-     * <p>
-     * This method is the same as {@link #length()} and is provided to match the
-     * API of Collections.
+     * Appends a double value to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
      *
-     * @return The length
+     * @param value  the value to append
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public int size() {
-        return size;
+    public StrBuilder append(final double value) {
+        return append(String.valueOf(value));
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks is the string builder is empty (convenience Collections API style method).
-     * <p>
-     * This method is the same as checking {@link #length()} and is provided to match the
-     * API of Collections.
+     * Appends a float value to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
      *
-     * @return {@code true} if the size is {@code 0}.
+     * @param value  the value to append
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public boolean isEmpty() {
-        return size == 0;
+    public StrBuilder append(final float value) {
+        return append(String.valueOf(value));
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks is the string builder is not empty (convenience Collections API style method).
-     * <p>
-     * This method is the same as checking {@link #length()} and is provided to match the
-     * API of Collections.
+     * Appends an int value to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
      *
-     * @return {@code true} if the size is greater than {@code 0}.
-     * @since 1.10.0
+     * @param value  the value to append
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public boolean isNotEmpty() {
-        return size > 0;
+    public StrBuilder append(final int value) {
+        return append(String.valueOf(value));
     }
 
     /**
-     * Clears the string builder (convenience Collections API style method).
-     * <p>
-     * This method does not reduce the size of the internal character buffer.
-     * To do that, call {@code clear()} followed by {@link #minimizeCapacity()}.
-     * <p>
-     * This method is the same as {@link #setLength(int)} called with zero
-     * and is provided to match the API of Collections.
+     * Appends a long value to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
      *
+     * @param value  the value to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder clear() {
-        size = 0;
-        return this;
+    public StrBuilder append(final long value) {
+        return append(String.valueOf(value));
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Gets the character at the specified index.
+     * Appends an object to this string builder.
+     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @see #setCharAt(int, char)
-     * @see #deleteCharAt(int)
-     * @param index  the index to retrieve, must be valid
-     * @return The character at the index
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
+     * @param obj  the object to append
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    @Override
-    public char charAt(final int index) {
-        if (index < 0 || index >= length()) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
+    public StrBuilder append(final Object obj) {
+        if (obj == null) {
+            return appendNull();
         }
-        return buffer[index];
+        if (obj instanceof CharSequence) {
+            return append((CharSequence) obj);
+        }
+        return append(obj.toString());
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the character at the specified index.
+     * Appends another string builder to this string builder.
+     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @see #charAt(int)
-     * @see #deleteCharAt(int)
-     * @param index  the index to set
-     * @param ch  the new character
+     * @param str  the string builder to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder setCharAt(final int index, final char ch) {
-        if (index < 0 || index >= length()) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
+    public StrBuilder append(final StrBuilder str) {
+        if (str == null) {
+            return appendNull();
+        }
+        final int strLen = str.length();
+        if (strLen > 0) {
+            final int len = length();
+            ensureCapacity(len + strLen);
+            System.arraycopy(str.buffer, 0, buffer, len, strLen);
+            size += strLen;
         }
-        buffer[index] = ch;
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Deletes the character at the specified index.
+     * Appends part of a string builder to this string builder.
+     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @see #charAt(int)
-     * @see #setCharAt(int, char)
-     * @param index  the index to delete
+     * @param str  the string to append
+     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
+     * @param length  the length to append, must be valid
      * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder deleteCharAt(final int index) {
-        if (index < 0 || index >= size) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
+    public StrBuilder append(final StrBuilder str, final int startIndex, final int length) {
+        if (str == null) {
+            return appendNull();
+        }
+        if (startIndex < 0 || startIndex > str.length()) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("startIndex must be valid");
+        }
+        if (length < 0 || startIndex + length > str.length()) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("length must be valid");
+        }
+        if (length > 0) {
+            final int len = length();
+            ensureCapacity(len + length);
+            str.getChars(startIndex, startIndex + length, buffer, len);
+            size += length;
         }
-        deleteImpl(index, index + 1, 1);
         return this;
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    /**
-     * Copies the builder's character array into a new character array.
-     *
-     * @return a new array that represents the contents of the builder
-     */
-    public char[] toCharArray() {
-        if (size == 0) {
-            return ArrayUtils.EMPTY_CHAR_ARRAY;
-        }
-        final char[] chars = new char[size];
-        System.arraycopy(buffer, 0, chars, 0, size);
-        return chars;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Copies part of the builder's character array into a new character array.
-     *
-     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
-     * @param endIndex  the end index, exclusive, must be valid except that
-     *  if too large it is treated as end of string
-     * @return a new array that holds part of the contents of the builder
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if startIndex is invalid,
-     *  or if endIndex is invalid (but endIndex greater than size is valid)
-     */
-    public char[] toCharArray(final int startIndex, int endIndex) {
-        endIndex = validateRange(startIndex, endIndex);
-        final int len = endIndex - startIndex;
-        if (len == 0) {
-            return ArrayUtils.EMPTY_CHAR_ARRAY;
-        }
-        final char[] chars = new char[len];
-        System.arraycopy(buffer, startIndex, chars, 0, len);
-        return chars;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Copies the character array into the specified array.
-     *
-     * @param destination  the destination array, null will cause an array to be created
-     * @return The input array, unless that was null or too small
-     */
-    public char[] getChars(char[] destination) {
-        final int len = length();
-        if (destination == null || destination.length < len) {
-            destination = new char[len];
-        }
-        System.arraycopy(buffer, 0, destination, 0, len);
-        return destination;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Copies the character array into the specified array.
-     *
-     * @param startIndex  first index to copy, inclusive, must be valid
-     * @param endIndex  last index, exclusive, must be valid
-     * @param destination  the destination array, must not be null or too small
-     * @param destinationIndex  the index to start copying in destination
-     * @throws NullPointerException if the array is null
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if any index is invalid
-     */
-    public void getChars(final int startIndex,
-                         final int endIndex,
-                         final char[] destination,
-                         final int destinationIndex) {
-        if (startIndex < 0) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(startIndex);
-        }
-        if (endIndex < 0 || endIndex > length()) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(endIndex);
-        }
-        if (startIndex > endIndex) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("end < start");
-        }
-        System.arraycopy(buffer, startIndex, destination, destinationIndex, endIndex - startIndex);
-    }
-
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    /**
-     * If possible, reads chars from the provided {@link Readable} directly into underlying
-     * character buffer without making extra copies.
-     *
-     * @param readable  object to read from
-     * @return The number of characters read
-     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
-     *
-     * @see #appendTo(Appendable)
-     */
-    public int readFrom(final Readable readable) throws IOException {
-        final int oldSize = size;
-        if (readable instanceof Reader) {
-            final Reader r = (Reader) readable;
-            ensureCapacity(size + 1);
-            int read;
-            while ((read = r.read(buffer, size, buffer.length - size)) != -1) {
-                size += read;
-                ensureCapacity(size + 1);
-            }
-        } else if (readable instanceof CharBuffer) {
-            final CharBuffer cb = (CharBuffer) readable;
-            final int remaining = cb.remaining();
-            ensureCapacity(size + remaining);
-            cb.get(buffer, size, remaining);
-            size += remaining;
-        } else {
-            while (true) {
-                ensureCapacity(size + 1);
-                final CharBuffer buf = CharBuffer.wrap(buffer, size, buffer.length - size);
-                final int read = readable.read(buf);
-                if (read == -1) {
-                    break;
-                }
-                size += read;
-            }
-        }
-        return size - oldSize;
-    }
-
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    /**
-     * Appends the new line string to this string builder.
-     * <p>
-     * The new line string can be altered using {@link #setNewLineText(String)}.
-     * This might be used to force the output to always use Unix line endings
-     * even when on Windows.
-     *
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StrBuilder appendNewLine() {
-        if (newLine == null)  {
-            append(System.lineSeparator());
-            return this;
-        }
-        return append(newLine);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Appends the text representing {@code null} to this string builder.
-     *
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StrBuilder appendNull() {
-        if (nullText == null)  {
-            return this;
-        }
-        return append(nullText);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Appends an object to this string builder.
-     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
-     *
-     * @param obj  the object to append
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StrBuilder append(final Object obj) {
-        if (obj == null) {
-            return appendNull();
-        }
-        if (obj instanceof CharSequence) {
-            return append((CharSequence) obj);
-        }
-        return append(obj.toString());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Appends a CharSequence to this string builder.
-     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
-     *
-     * @param seq  the CharSequence to append
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    @Override
-    public StrBuilder append(final CharSequence seq) {
-        if (seq == null) {
-            return appendNull();
-        }
-        if (seq instanceof StrBuilder) {
-            return append((StrBuilder) seq);
-        }
-        if (seq instanceof StringBuilder) {
-            return append((StringBuilder) seq);
-        }
-        if (seq instanceof StringBuffer) {
-            return append((StringBuffer) seq);
-        }
-        if (seq instanceof CharBuffer) {
-            return append((CharBuffer) seq);
-        }
-        return append(seq.toString());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Appends part of a CharSequence to this string builder.
-     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
-     *
-     * @param seq  the CharSequence to append
-     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
-     * @param length  the length to append, must be valid
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    @Override
-    public StrBuilder append(final CharSequence seq, final int startIndex, final int length) {
-        if (seq == null) {
-            return appendNull();
-        }
-        return append(seq.toString(), startIndex, length);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Appends a string to this string builder.
      * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
@@ -587,7 +619,6 @@ public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Build
         return this;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Appends part of a string to this string builder.
      * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
@@ -629,110 +660,56 @@ public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Build
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends the contents of a char buffer to this string builder.
+     * Appends a string buffer to this string builder.
      * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @param buf  the char buffer to append
+     * @param str  the string buffer to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder append(final CharBuffer buf) {
-        if (buf == null) {
+    public StrBuilder append(final StringBuffer str) {
+        if (str == null) {
             return appendNull();
         }
-        if (buf.hasArray()) {
-            final int length = buf.remaining();
+        final int strLen = str.length();
+        if (strLen > 0) {
             final int len = length();
-            ensureCapacity(len + length);
-            System.arraycopy(buf.array(), buf.arrayOffset() + buf.position(), buffer, len, length);
-            size += length;
-        } else {
-            append(buf.toString());
+            ensureCapacity(len + strLen);
+            str.getChars(0, strLen, buffer, len);
+            size += strLen;
         }
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends the contents of a char buffer to this string builder.
+     * Appends part of a string buffer to this string builder.
      * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @param buf  the char buffer to append
+     * @param str  the string to append
      * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
      * @param length  the length to append, must be valid
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder append(final CharBuffer buf, final int startIndex, final int length) {
-        if (buf == null) {
+    public StrBuilder append(final StringBuffer str, final int startIndex, final int length) {
+        if (str == null) {
             return appendNull();
         }
-        if (buf.hasArray()) {
-            final int totalLength = buf.remaining();
-            if (startIndex < 0 || startIndex > totalLength) {
-                throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("startIndex must be valid");
-            }
-            if (length < 0 || startIndex + length > totalLength) {
-                throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("length must be valid");
-            }
+        if (startIndex < 0 || startIndex > str.length()) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("startIndex must be valid");
+        }
+        if (length < 0 || startIndex + length > str.length()) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("length must be valid");
+        }
+        if (length > 0) {
             final int len = length();
             ensureCapacity(len + length);
-            System.arraycopy(buf.array(), buf.arrayOffset() + buf.position() + startIndex, buffer, len, length);
+            str.getChars(startIndex, startIndex + length, buffer, len);
             size += length;
-        } else {
-            append(buf.toString(), startIndex, length);
         }
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a string buffer to this string builder.
-     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
-     *
-     * @param str  the string buffer to append
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StrBuilder append(final StringBuffer str) {
-        if (str == null) {
-            return appendNull();
-        }
-        final int strLen = str.length();
-        if (strLen > 0) {
-            final int len = length();
-            ensureCapacity(len + strLen);
-            str.getChars(0, strLen, buffer, len);
-            size += strLen;
-        }
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Appends part of a string buffer to this string builder.
-     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
-     *
-     * @param str  the string to append
-     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
-     * @param length  the length to append, must be valid
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StrBuilder append(final StringBuffer str, final int startIndex, final int length) {
-        if (str == null) {
-            return appendNull();
-        }
-        if (startIndex < 0 || startIndex > str.length()) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("startIndex must be valid");
-        }
-        if (length < 0 || startIndex + length > str.length()) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("length must be valid");
-        }
-        if (length > 0) {
-            final int len = length();
-            ensureCapacity(len + length);
-            str.getChars(startIndex, startIndex + length, buffer, len);
-            size += length;
-        }
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Appends a StringBuilder to this string builder.
+     * Appends a StringBuilder to this string builder.
      * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
      * @param str the StringBuilder to append
@@ -781,275 +758,254 @@ public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Build
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends another string builder to this string builder.
-     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
+     * Appends each item in an iterable to the builder without any separators.
+     * Appending a null iterable will have no effect.
+     * Each object is appended using {@link #append(Object)}.
      *
-     * @param str  the string builder to append
+     * @param iterable  the iterable to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder append(final StrBuilder str) {
-        if (str == null) {
-            return appendNull();
-        }
-        final int strLen = str.length();
-        if (strLen > 0) {
-            final int len = length();
-            ensureCapacity(len + strLen);
-            System.arraycopy(str.buffer, 0, buffer, len, strLen);
-            size += strLen;
+    public StrBuilder appendAll(final Iterable<?> iterable) {
+        if (iterable != null) {
+            for (final Object o : iterable) {
+                append(o);
+            }
         }
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends part of a string builder to this string builder.
-     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
+     * Appends each item in an iterator to the builder without any separators.
+     * Appending a null iterator will have no effect.
+     * Each object is appended using {@link #append(Object)}.
      *
-     * @param str  the string to append
-     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
-     * @param length  the length to append, must be valid
+     * @param it  the iterator to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder append(final StrBuilder str, final int startIndex, final int length) {
-        if (str == null) {
-            return appendNull();
-        }
-        if (startIndex < 0 || startIndex > str.length()) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("startIndex must be valid");
-        }
-        if (length < 0 || startIndex + length > str.length()) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("length must be valid");
-        }
-        if (length > 0) {
-            final int len = length();
-            ensureCapacity(len + length);
-            str.getChars(startIndex, startIndex + length, buffer, len);
-            size += length;
+    public StrBuilder appendAll(final Iterator<?> it) {
+        if (it != null) {
+            while (it.hasNext()) {
+                append(it.next());
+            }
         }
         return this;
     }
 
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Appends a char array to the string builder.
-     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
+     * Appends each item in an array to the builder without any separators.
+     * Appending a null array will have no effect.
+     * Each object is appended using {@link #append(Object)}.
      *
-     * @param chars  the char array to append
+     * @param <T>  the element type
+     * @param array  the array to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder append(final char[] chars) {
-        if (chars == null) {
-            return appendNull();
-        }
-        final int strLen = chars.length;
-        if (strLen > 0) {
-            final int len = length();
-            ensureCapacity(len + strLen);
-            System.arraycopy(chars, 0, buffer, len, strLen);
-            size += strLen;
+    public <T> StrBuilder appendAll(@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") final T... array) {
+        /*
+         * @SuppressWarnings used to hide warning about vararg usage. We cannot
+         * use @SafeVarargs, since this method is not final. Using @SuppressWarnings
+         * is fine, because it isn't inherited by subclasses, so each subclass must
+         * vouch for itself whether its use of 'array' is safe.
+         */
+        if (array != null && array.length > 0) {
+            for (final Object element : array) {
+                append(element);
+            }
         }
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a char array to the string builder.
-     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
+     * Appends an object to the builder padding on the left to a fixed width.
+     * The {@code String.valueOf} of the {@code int} value is used.
+     * If the formatted value is larger than the length, the left hand side is lost.
      *
-     * @param chars  the char array to append
-     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
-     * @param length  the length to append, must be valid
+     * @param value  the value to append
+     * @param width  the fixed field width, zero or negative has no effect
+     * @param padChar  the pad character to use
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder append(final char[] chars, final int startIndex, final int length) {
-        if (chars == null) {
-            return appendNull();
-        }
-        if (startIndex < 0 || startIndex > chars.length) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("Invalid startIndex: " + length);
-        }
-        if (length < 0 || startIndex + length > chars.length) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("Invalid length: " + length);
-        }
-        if (length > 0) {
-            final int len = length();
-            ensureCapacity(len + length);
-            System.arraycopy(chars, startIndex, buffer, len, length);
-            size += length;
-        }
-        return this;
+    public StrBuilder appendFixedWidthPadLeft(final int value, final int width, final char padChar) {
+        return appendFixedWidthPadLeft(String.valueOf(value), width, padChar);
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Appends a boolean value to the string builder.
+     * Appends an object to the builder padding on the left to a fixed width.
+     * The {@code toString} of the object is used.
+     * If the object is larger than the length, the left hand side is lost.
+     * If the object is null, the null text value is used.
      *
-     * @param value  the value to append
+     * @param obj  the object to append, null uses null text
+     * @param width  the fixed field width, zero or negative has no effect
+     * @param padChar  the pad character to use
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder append(final boolean value) {
-        if (value) {
-            ensureCapacity(size + 4);
-            buffer[size++] = 't';
-            buffer[size++] = 'r';
-            buffer[size++] = 'u';
-            buffer[size++] = 'e';
-        } else {
-            ensureCapacity(size + 5);
-            buffer[size++] = 'f';
-            buffer[size++] = 'a';
-            buffer[size++] = 'l';
-            buffer[size++] = 's';
-            buffer[size++] = 'e';
+    public StrBuilder appendFixedWidthPadLeft(final Object obj, final int width, final char padChar) {
+        if (width > 0) {
+            ensureCapacity(size + width);
+            String str = obj == null ? getNullText() : obj.toString();
+            if (str == null) {
+                str = StringUtils.EMPTY;
+            }
+            final int strLen = str.length();
+            if (strLen >= width) {
+                str.getChars(strLen - width, strLen, buffer, size);
+            } else {
+                final int padLen = width - strLen;
+                for (int i = 0; i < padLen; i++) {
+                    buffer[size + i] = padChar;
+                }
+                str.getChars(0, strLen, buffer, size + padLen);
+            }
+            size += width;
         }
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a char value to the string builder.
+     * Appends an object to the builder padding on the right to a fixed length.
+     * The {@code String.valueOf} of the {@code int} value is used.
+     * If the object is larger than the length, the right hand side is lost.
      *
-     * @param ch  the value to append
+     * @param value  the value to append
+     * @param width  the fixed field width, zero or negative has no effect
+     * @param padChar  the pad character to use
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    @Override
-    public StrBuilder append(final char ch) {
-        final int len = length();
-        ensureCapacity(len + 1);
-        buffer[size++] = ch;
-        return this;
+    public StrBuilder appendFixedWidthPadRight(final int value, final int width, final char padChar) {
+        return appendFixedWidthPadRight(String.valueOf(value), width, padChar);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends an int value to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
+     * Appends an object to the builder padding on the right to a fixed length.
+     * The {@code toString} of the object is used.
+     * If the object is larger than the length, the right hand side is lost.
+     * If the object is null, null text value is used.
      *
-     * @param value  the value to append
+     * @param obj  the object to append, null uses null text
+     * @param width  the fixed field width, zero or negative has no effect
+     * @param padChar  the pad character to use
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder append(final int value) {
-        return append(String.valueOf(value));
+    public StrBuilder appendFixedWidthPadRight(final Object obj, final int width, final char padChar) {
+        if (width > 0) {
+            ensureCapacity(size + width);
+            String str = obj == null ? getNullText() : obj.toString();
+            if (str == null) {
+                str = StringUtils.EMPTY;
+            }
+            final int strLen = str.length();
+            if (strLen >= width) {
+                str.getChars(0, width, buffer, size);
+            } else {
+                final int padLen = width - strLen;
+                str.getChars(0, strLen, buffer, size);
+                for (int i = 0; i < padLen; i++) {
+                    buffer[size + strLen + i] = padChar;
+                }
+            }
+            size += width;
+        }
+        return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a long value to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
+     * Appends a boolean value followed by a new line to the string builder.
      *
      * @param value  the value to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder append(final long value) {
-        return append(String.valueOf(value));
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final boolean value) {
+        return append(value).appendNewLine();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a float value to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
-     *
-     * @param value  the value to append
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StrBuilder append(final float value) {
-        return append(String.valueOf(value));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Appends a double value to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
-     *
-     * @param value  the value to append
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StrBuilder append(final double value) {
-        return append(String.valueOf(value));
-    }
-
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    /**
-     * Appends an object followed by a new line to this string builder.
-     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
+     * Appends a char value followed by a new line to the string builder.
      *
-     * @param obj  the object to append
+     * @param ch  the value to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final Object obj) {
-        return append(obj).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final char ch) {
+        return append(ch).appendNewLine();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a string followed by a new line to this string builder.
+     * Appends a char array followed by a new line to the string builder.
      * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @param str  the string to append
+     * @param chars  the char array to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final String str) {
-        return append(str).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final char[] chars) {
+        return append(chars).appendNewLine();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends part of a string followed by a new line to this string builder.
+     * Appends a char array followed by a new line to the string builder.
      * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @param str  the string to append
+     * @param chars  the char array to append
      * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
      * @param length  the length to append, must be valid
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final String str, final int startIndex, final int length) {
-        return append(str, startIndex, length).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final char[] chars, final int startIndex, final int length) {
+        return append(chars, startIndex, length).appendNewLine();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Calls {@link String#format(String, Object...)} and appends the result.
+     * Appends a double value followed by a new line to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
      *
-     * @param format the format string
-     * @param objs the objects to use in the format string
-     * @return {@code this} to enable chaining
-     * @see String#format(String, Object...)
+     * @param value  the value to append
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final String format, final Object... objs) {
-        return append(format, objs).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final double value) {
+        return append(value).appendNewLine();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a string buffer followed by a new line to this string builder.
-     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
+     * Appends a float value followed by a new line to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
      *
-     * @param str  the string buffer to append
+     * @param value  the value to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final StringBuffer str) {
-        return append(str).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final float value) {
+        return append(value).appendNewLine();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a string builder followed by a new line to this string builder.
-     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
+     * Appends an int value followed by a new line to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
      *
-     * @param str  the string builder to append
+     * @param value  the value to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final StringBuilder str) {
-        return append(str).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final int value) {
+        return append(value).appendNewLine();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends part of a string builder followed by a new line to this string builder.
-     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
+     * Appends a long value followed by a new line to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
      *
-     * @param str  the string builder to append
-     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
-     * @param length  the length to append, must be valid
+     * @param value  the value to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final StringBuilder str, final int startIndex, final int length) {
-        return append(str, startIndex, length).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final long value) {
+        return append(value).appendNewLine();
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Appends part of a string buffer followed by a new line to this string builder.
+     * Appends an object followed by a new line to this string builder.
      * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @param str  the string to append
-     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
-     * @param length  the length to append, must be valid
+     * @param obj  the object to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final StringBuffer str, final int startIndex, final int length) {
-        return append(str, startIndex, length).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final Object obj) {
+        return append(obj).appendNewLine();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1077,214 +1033,204 @@ public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Build
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a char array followed by a new line to the string builder.
+     * Appends a string followed by a new line to this string builder.
      * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @param chars  the char array to append
+     * @param str  the string to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final char[] chars) {
-        return append(chars).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final String str) {
+        return append(str).appendNewLine();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a char array followed by a new line to the string builder.
+     * Appends part of a string followed by a new line to this string builder.
      * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @param chars  the char array to append
+     * @param str  the string to append
      * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
      * @param length  the length to append, must be valid
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final char[] chars, final int startIndex, final int length) {
-        return append(chars, startIndex, length).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final String str, final int startIndex, final int length) {
+        return append(str, startIndex, length).appendNewLine();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a boolean value followed by a new line to the string builder.
+     * Calls {@link String#format(String, Object...)} and appends the result.
      *
-     * @param value  the value to append
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @param format the format string
+     * @param objs the objects to use in the format string
+     * @return {@code this} to enable chaining
+     * @see String#format(String, Object...)
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final boolean value) {
-        return append(value).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final String format, final Object... objs) {
+        return append(format, objs).appendNewLine();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a char value followed by a new line to the string builder.
+     * Appends a string buffer followed by a new line to this string builder.
+     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @param ch  the value to append
+     * @param str  the string buffer to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final char ch) {
-        return append(ch).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final StringBuffer str) {
+        return append(str).appendNewLine();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends an int value followed by a new line to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
+     * Appends part of a string buffer followed by a new line to this string builder.
+     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @param value  the value to append
+     * @param str  the string to append
+     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
+     * @param length  the length to append, must be valid
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final int value) {
-        return append(value).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final StringBuffer str, final int startIndex, final int length) {
+        return append(str, startIndex, length).appendNewLine();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a long value followed by a new line to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
+     * Appends a string builder followed by a new line to this string builder.
+     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @param value  the value to append
+     * @param str  the string builder to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final long value) {
-        return append(value).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final StringBuilder str) {
+        return append(str).appendNewLine();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a float value followed by a new line to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
+     * Appends part of a string builder followed by a new line to this string builder.
+     * Appending null will call {@link #appendNull()}.
      *
-     * @param value  the value to append
+     * @param str  the string builder to append
+     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
+     * @param length  the length to append, must be valid
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final float value) {
-        return append(value).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendln(final StringBuilder str, final int startIndex, final int length) {
+        return append(str, startIndex, length).appendNewLine();
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Appends a double value followed by a new line to the string builder using {@code String.valueOf}.
+     * Appends the new line string to this string builder.
+     * <p>
+     * The new line string can be altered using {@link #setNewLineText(String)}.
+     * This might be used to force the output to always use Unix line endings
+     * even when on Windows.
      *
-     * @param value  the value to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendln(final double value) {
-        return append(value).appendNewLine();
+    public StrBuilder appendNewLine() {
+        if (newLine == null)  {
+            append(System.lineSeparator());
+            return this;
+        }
+        return append(newLine);
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Appends each item in an array to the builder without any separators.
-     * Appending a null array will have no effect.
-     * Each object is appended using {@link #append(Object)}.
+     * Appends the text representing {@code null} to this string builder.
      *
-     * @param <T>  the element type
-     * @param array  the array to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public <T> StrBuilder appendAll(@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") final T... array) {
-        /*
-         * @SuppressWarnings used to hide warning about vararg usage. We cannot
-         * use @SafeVarargs, since this method is not final. Using @SuppressWarnings
-         * is fine, because it isn't inherited by subclasses, so each subclass must
-         * vouch for itself whether its use of 'array' is safe.
-         */
-        if (array != null && array.length > 0) {
-            for (final Object element : array) {
-                append(element);
-            }
+    public StrBuilder appendNull() {
+        if (nullText == null)  {
+            return this;
         }
-        return this;
+        return append(nullText);
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Appends each item in an iterable to the builder without any separators.
-     * Appending a null iterable will have no effect.
-     * Each object is appended using {@link #append(Object)}.
+     * Appends the pad character to the builder the specified number of times.
      *
-     * @param iterable  the iterable to append
+     * @param length  the length to append, negative means no append
+     * @param padChar  the character to append
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendAll(final Iterable<?> iterable) {
-        if (iterable != null) {
-            for (final Object o : iterable) {
-                append(o);
+    public StrBuilder appendPadding(final int length, final char padChar) {
+        if (length >= 0) {
+            ensureCapacity(size + length);
+            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+                buffer[size++] = padChar;
             }
         }
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends each item in an iterator to the builder without any separators.
-     * Appending a null iterator will have no effect.
-     * Each object is appended using {@link #append(Object)}.
+     * Appends a separator if the builder is currently non-empty.
+     * The separator is appended using {@link #append(char)}.
+     * <p>
+     * This method is useful for adding a separator each time around the
+     * loop except the first.
+     * <pre>
+     * for (Iterator it = list.iterator(); it.hasNext();){
+     *   appendSeparator(',');
+     *   append(it.next());
+     * }
+     * </pre>
+     * Note that for this simple example, you should use
+     * {@link #appendWithSeparators(Iterable, String)}.
      *
-     * @param it  the iterator to append
+     * @param separator  the separator to use
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendAll(final Iterator<?> it) {
-        if (it != null) {
-            while (it.hasNext()) {
-                append(it.next());
-            }
+    public StrBuilder appendSeparator(final char separator) {
+        if (isNotEmpty()) {
+            append(separator);
         }
         return this;
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Appends an array placing separators between each value, but
-     * not before the first or after the last.
-     * Appending a null array will have no effect.
-     * Each object is appended using {@link #append(Object)}.
+     * Append one of both separators to the builder
+     * If the builder is currently empty it will append the defaultIfEmpty-separator
+     * Otherwise it will append the standard-separator
      *
-     * @param array  the array to append
-     * @param separator  the separator to use, null means no separator
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StrBuilder appendWithSeparators(final Object[] array, final String separator) {
-        if (array != null && array.length > 0) {
-            final String sep = Objects.toString(separator, StringUtils.EMPTY);
-            append(array[0]);
-            for (int i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
-                append(sep);
-                append(array[i]);
-            }
-        }
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Appends an iterable placing separators between each value, but
-     * not before the first or after the last.
-     * Appending a null iterable will have no effect.
-     * Each object is appended using {@link #append(Object)}.
-     *
-     * @param iterable  the iterable to append
-     * @param separator  the separator to use, null means no separator
+     * The separator is appended using {@link #append(char)}.
+     * @param standard the separator if builder is not empty
+     * @param defaultIfEmpty the separator if builder is empty
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendWithSeparators(final Iterable<?> iterable, final String separator) {
-        if (iterable != null) {
-            final String sep = Objects.toString(separator, StringUtils.EMPTY);
-            final Iterator<?> it = iterable.iterator();
-            while (it.hasNext()) {
-                append(it.next());
-                if (it.hasNext()) {
-                    append(sep);
-                }
-            }
+    public StrBuilder appendSeparator(final char standard, final char defaultIfEmpty) {
+        if (isNotEmpty()) {
+            append(standard);
+        } else {
+            append(defaultIfEmpty);
         }
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends an iterator placing separators between each value, but
-     * not before the first or after the last.
-     * Appending a null iterator will have no effect.
-     * Each object is appended using {@link #append(Object)}.
+     * Appends a separator to the builder if the loop index is greater than zero.
+     * The separator is appended using {@link #append(char)}.
+     * <p>
+     * This method is useful for adding a separator each time around the
+     * loop except the first.
+     * </p>
+     * <pre>
+     * for (int i = 0; i &lt; list.size(); i++) {
+     *   appendSeparator(",", i);
+     *   append(list.get(i));
+     * }
+     * </pre>
+     * Note that for this simple example, you should use
+     * {@link #appendWithSeparators(Iterable, String)}.
      *
-     * @param it  the iterator to append
-     * @param separator  the separator to use, null means no separator
+     * @param separator  the separator to use
+     * @param loopIndex  the loop index
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendWithSeparators(final Iterator<?> it, final String separator) {
-        if (it != null) {
-            final String sep = Objects.toString(separator, StringUtils.EMPTY);
-            while (it.hasNext()) {
-                append(it.next());
-                if (it.hasNext()) {
-                    append(sep);
-                }
-            }
+    public StrBuilder appendSeparator(final char separator, final int loopIndex) {
+        if (loopIndex > 0) {
+            append(separator);
         }
         return this;
     }
@@ -1314,6 +1260,34 @@ public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Build
     }
 
     /**
+     * Appends a separator to the builder if the loop index is greater than zero.
+     * Appending a null separator will have no effect.
+     * The separator is appended using {@link #append(String)}.
+     * <p>
+     * This method is useful for adding a separator each time around the
+     * loop except the first.
+     * </p>
+     * <pre>
+     * for (int i = 0; i &lt; list.size(); i++) {
+     *   appendSeparator(",", i);
+     *   append(list.get(i));
+     * }
+     * </pre>
+     * Note that for this simple example, you should use
+     * {@link #appendWithSeparators(Iterable, String)}.
+     *
+     * @param separator  the separator to use, null means no separator
+     * @param loopIndex  the loop index
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     */
+    public StrBuilder appendSeparator(final String separator, final int loopIndex) {
+        if (separator != null && loopIndex > 0) {
+            append(separator);
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Appends one of both separators to the StrBuilder.
      * If the builder is currently empty it will append the defaultIfEmpty-separator
      * Otherwise it will append the standard-separator
@@ -1348,116 +1322,95 @@ public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Build
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a separator if the builder is currently non-empty.
-     * The separator is appended using {@link #append(char)}.
+     * Appends current contents of this {@code StrBuilder} to the
+     * provided {@link Appendable}.
      * <p>
-     * This method is useful for adding a separator each time around the
-     * loop except the first.
-     * <pre>
-     * for (Iterator it = list.iterator(); it.hasNext();){
-     *   appendSeparator(',');
-     *   append(it.next());
-     * }
-     * </pre>
-     * Note that for this simple example, you should use
-     * {@link #appendWithSeparators(Iterable, String)}.
+     * This method tries to avoid doing any extra copies of contents.
      *
-     * @param separator  the separator to use
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StrBuilder appendSeparator(final char separator) {
-        if (isNotEmpty()) {
-            append(separator);
-        }
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Append one of both separators to the builder
-     * If the builder is currently empty it will append the defaultIfEmpty-separator
-     * Otherwise it will append the standard-separator
+     * @param appendable  the appendable to append data to
+     * @throws IOException  if an I/O error occurs
      *
-     * The separator is appended using {@link #append(char)}.
-     * @param standard the separator if builder is not empty
-     * @param defaultIfEmpty the separator if builder is empty
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @see #readFrom(Readable)
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendSeparator(final char standard, final char defaultIfEmpty) {
-        if (isNotEmpty()) {
-            append(standard);
+    public void appendTo(final Appendable appendable) throws IOException {
+        if (appendable instanceof Writer) {
+            ((Writer) appendable).write(buffer, 0, size);
+        } else if (appendable instanceof StringBuilder) {
+            ((StringBuilder) appendable).append(buffer, 0, size);
+        } else if (appendable instanceof StringBuffer) {
+            ((StringBuffer) appendable).append(buffer, 0, size);
+        } else if (appendable instanceof CharBuffer) {
+            ((CharBuffer) appendable).put(buffer, 0, size);
         } else {
-            append(defaultIfEmpty);
+            appendable.append(this);
         }
-        return this;
     }
+
     /**
-     * Appends a separator to the builder if the loop index is greater than zero.
-     * Appending a null separator will have no effect.
-     * The separator is appended using {@link #append(String)}.
-     * <p>
-     * This method is useful for adding a separator each time around the
-     * loop except the first.
-     * </p>
-     * <pre>
-     * for (int i = 0; i &lt; list.size(); i++) {
-     *   appendSeparator(",", i);
-     *   append(list.get(i));
-     * }
-     * </pre>
-     * Note that for this simple example, you should use
-     * {@link #appendWithSeparators(Iterable, String)}.
+     * Appends an iterable placing separators between each value, but
+     * not before the first or after the last.
+     * Appending a null iterable will have no effect.
+     * Each object is appended using {@link #append(Object)}.
      *
+     * @param iterable  the iterable to append
      * @param separator  the separator to use, null means no separator
-     * @param loopIndex  the loop index
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendSeparator(final String separator, final int loopIndex) {
-        if (separator != null && loopIndex > 0) {
-            append(separator);
+    public StrBuilder appendWithSeparators(final Iterable<?> iterable, final String separator) {
+        if (iterable != null) {
+            final String sep = Objects.toString(separator, StringUtils.EMPTY);
+            final Iterator<?> it = iterable.iterator();
+            while (it.hasNext()) {
+                append(it.next());
+                if (it.hasNext()) {
+                    append(sep);
+                }
+            }
         }
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends a separator to the builder if the loop index is greater than zero.
-     * The separator is appended using {@link #append(char)}.
-     * <p>
-     * This method is useful for adding a separator each time around the
-     * loop except the first.
-     * </p>
-     * <pre>
-     * for (int i = 0; i &lt; list.size(); i++) {
-     *   appendSeparator(",", i);
-     *   append(list.get(i));
-     * }
-     * </pre>
-     * Note that for this simple example, you should use
-     * {@link #appendWithSeparators(Iterable, String)}.
+     * Appends an iterator placing separators between each value, but
+     * not before the first or after the last.
+     * Appending a null iterator will have no effect.
+     * Each object is appended using {@link #append(Object)}.
      *
-     * @param separator  the separator to use
-     * @param loopIndex  the loop index
+     * @param it  the iterator to append
+     * @param separator  the separator to use, null means no separator
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendSeparator(final char separator, final int loopIndex) {
-        if (loopIndex > 0) {
-            append(separator);
+    public StrBuilder appendWithSeparators(final Iterator<?> it, final String separator) {
+        if (it != null) {
+            final String sep = Objects.toString(separator, StringUtils.EMPTY);
+            while (it.hasNext()) {
+                append(it.next());
+                if (it.hasNext()) {
+                    append(sep);
+                }
+            }
         }
         return this;
     }
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Appends the pad character to the builder the specified number of times.
+     * Appends an array placing separators between each value, but
+     * not before the first or after the last.
+     * Appending a null array will have no effect.
+     * Each object is appended using {@link #append(Object)}.
      *
-     * @param length  the length to append, negative means no append
-     * @param padChar  the character to append
+     * @param array  the array to append
+     * @param separator  the separator to use, null means no separator
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendPadding(final int length, final char padChar) {
-        if (length >= 0) {
-            ensureCapacity(size + length);
-            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-                buffer[size++] = padChar;
+    public StrBuilder appendWithSeparators(final Object[] array, final String separator) {
+        if (array != null && array.length > 0) {
+            final String sep = Objects.toString(separator, StringUtils.EMPTY);
+            append(array[0]);
+            for (int i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
+                append(sep);
+                append(array[i]);
             }
         }
         return this;
@@ -1465,799 +1418,987 @@ public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Build
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Appends an object to the builder padding on the left to a fixed width.
-     * The {@code toString} of the object is used.
-     * If the object is larger than the length, the left hand side is lost.
-     * If the object is null, the null text value is used.
-     *
-     * @param obj  the object to append, null uses null text
-     * @param width  the fixed field width, zero or negative has no effect
-     * @param padChar  the pad character to use
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StrBuilder appendFixedWidthPadLeft(final Object obj, final int width, final char padChar) {
-        if (width > 0) {
-            ensureCapacity(size + width);
-            String str = obj == null ? getNullText() : obj.toString();
-            if (str == null) {
-                str = StringUtils.EMPTY;
-            }
-            final int strLen = str.length();
-            if (strLen >= width) {
-                str.getChars(strLen - width, strLen, buffer, size);
-            } else {
-                final int padLen = width - strLen;
-                for (int i = 0; i < padLen; i++) {
-                    buffer[size + i] = padChar;
-                }
-                str.getChars(0, strLen, buffer, size + padLen);
-            }
-            size += width;
+     * Gets the contents of this builder as a Reader.
+     * <p>
+     * This method allows the contents of the builder to be read
+     * using any standard method that expects a Reader.
+     * <p>
+     * To use, simply create a {@code StrBuilder}, populate it with
+     * data, call {@code asReader}, and then read away.
+     * <p>
+     * The internal character array is shared between the builder and the reader.
+     * This allows you to append to the builder after creating the reader,
+     * and the changes will be picked up.
+     * Note however, that no synchronization occurs, so you must perform
+     * all operations with the builder and the reader in one thread.
+     * <p>
+     * The returned reader supports marking, and ignores the flush method.
+     *
+     * @return a reader that reads from this builder
+     */
+    public Reader asReader() {
+        return new StrBuilderReader();
+    }
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Creates a tokenizer that can tokenize the contents of this builder.
+     * <p>
+     * This method allows the contents of this builder to be tokenized.
+     * The tokenizer will be setup by default to tokenize on space, tab,
+     * newline and form feed (as per StringTokenizer). These values can be
+     * changed on the tokenizer class, before retrieving the tokens.
+     * <p>
+     * The returned tokenizer is linked to this builder. You may intermix
+     * calls to the builder and tokenizer within certain limits, however
+     * there is no synchronization. Once the tokenizer has been used once,
+     * it must be {@link StrTokenizer#reset() reset} to pickup the latest
+     * changes in the builder. For example:
+     * <pre>
+     * StrBuilder b = new StrBuilder();
+     * b.append("a b ");
+     * StrTokenizer t = b.asTokenizer();
+     * String[] tokens1 = t.getTokenArray();  // returns a,b
+     * b.append("c d ");
+     * String[] tokens2 = t.getTokenArray();  // returns a,b (c and d ignored)
+     * t.reset();              // reset causes builder changes to be picked up
+     * String[] tokens3 = t.getTokenArray();  // returns a,b,c,d
+     * </pre>
+     * In addition to simply intermixing appends and tokenization, you can also
+     * call the set methods on the tokenizer to alter how it tokenizes. Just
+     * remember to call reset when you want to pickup builder changes.
+     * <p>
+     * Calling {@link StrTokenizer#reset(String)} or {@link StrTokenizer#reset(char[])}
+     * with a non-null value will break the link with the builder.
+     *
+     * @return a tokenizer that is linked to this builder
+     */
+    public StrTokenizer asTokenizer() {
+        return new StrBuilderTokenizer();
+    }
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Gets this builder as a Writer that can be written to.
+     * <p>
+     * This method allows you to populate the contents of the builder
+     * using any standard method that takes a Writer.
+     * <p>
+     * To use, simply create a {@code StrBuilder},
+     * call {@code asWriter}, and populate away. The data is available
+     * at any time using the methods of the {@code StrBuilder}.
+     * <p>
+     * The internal character array is shared between the builder and the writer.
+     * This allows you to intermix calls that append to the builder and
+     * write using the writer and the changes will be occur correctly.
+     * Note however, that no synchronization occurs, so you must perform
+     * all operations with the builder and the writer in one thread.
+     * <p>
+     * The returned writer ignores the close and flush methods.
+     *
+     * @return a writer that populates this builder
+     */
+    public Writer asWriter() {
+        return new StrBuilderWriter();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Implement the {@link Builder} interface.
+     * @return The builder as a String
+     * @see #toString()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String build() {
+        return toString();
+    }
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Gets the current size of the internal character array buffer.
+     *
+     * @return The capacity
+     */
+    public int capacity() {
+        return buffer.length;
+    }
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Gets the character at the specified index.
+     *
+     * @see #setCharAt(int, char)
+     * @see #deleteCharAt(int)
+     * @param index  the index to retrieve, must be valid
+     * @return The character at the index
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
+     */
+    @Override
+    public char charAt(final int index) {
+        if (index < 0 || index >= length()) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
         }
+        return buffer[index];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Clears the string builder (convenience Collections API style method).
+     * <p>
+     * This method does not reduce the size of the internal character buffer.
+     * To do that, call {@code clear()} followed by {@link #minimizeCapacity()}.
+     * <p>
+     * This method is the same as {@link #setLength(int)} called with zero
+     * and is provided to match the API of Collections.
+     *
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     */
+    public StrBuilder clear() {
+        size = 0;
         return this;
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Appends an object to the builder padding on the left to a fixed width.
-     * The {@code String.valueOf} of the {@code int} value is used.
-     * If the formatted value is larger than the length, the left hand side is lost.
+     * Checks if the string builder contains the specified char.
      *
-     * @param value  the value to append
-     * @param width  the fixed field width, zero or negative has no effect
-     * @param padChar  the pad character to use
+     * @param ch  the character to find
+     * @return true if the builder contains the character
+     */
+    public boolean contains(final char ch) {
+        final char[] thisBuf = buffer;
+        for (int i = 0; i < this.size; i++) {
+            if (thisBuf[i] == ch) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the string builder contains the specified string.
+     *
+     * @param str  the string to find
+     * @return true if the builder contains the string
+     */
+    public boolean contains(final String str) {
+        return indexOf(str, 0) >= 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the string builder contains a string matched using the
+     * specified matcher.
+     * <p>
+     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced searching behavior.
+     * For example you could write a matcher to search for the character
+     * 'a' followed by a number.
+     *
+     * @param matcher  the matcher to use, null returns -1
+     * @return true if the matcher finds a match in the builder
+     */
+    public boolean contains(final StrMatcher matcher) {
+        return indexOf(matcher, 0) >= 0;
+    }
+    /**
+     * Deletes the characters between the two specified indices.
+     *
+     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
+     * @param endIndex  the end index, exclusive, must be valid except
+     *  that if too large it is treated as end of string
      * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendFixedWidthPadLeft(final int value, final int width, final char padChar) {
-        return appendFixedWidthPadLeft(String.valueOf(value), width, padChar);
+    public StrBuilder delete(final int startIndex, int endIndex) {
+        endIndex = validateRange(startIndex, endIndex);
+        final int len = endIndex - startIndex;
+        if (len > 0) {
+            deleteImpl(startIndex, endIndex, len);
+        }
+        return this;
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Appends an object to the builder padding on the right to a fixed length.
-     * The {@code toString} of the object is used.
-     * If the object is larger than the length, the right hand side is lost.
-     * If the object is null, null text value is used.
+     * Deletes the character wherever it occurs in the builder.
      *
-     * @param obj  the object to append, null uses null text
-     * @param width  the fixed field width, zero or negative has no effect
-     * @param padChar  the pad character to use
+     * @param ch  the character to delete
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendFixedWidthPadRight(final Object obj, final int width, final char padChar) {
-        if (width > 0) {
-            ensureCapacity(size + width);
-            String str = obj == null ? getNullText() : obj.toString();
-            if (str == null) {
-                str = StringUtils.EMPTY;
-            }
-            final int strLen = str.length();
-            if (strLen >= width) {
-                str.getChars(0, width, buffer, size);
-            } else {
-                final int padLen = width - strLen;
-                str.getChars(0, strLen, buffer, size);
-                for (int i = 0; i < padLen; i++) {
-                    buffer[size + strLen + i] = padChar;
+    public StrBuilder deleteAll(final char ch) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            if (buffer[i] == ch) {
+                final int start = i;
+                while (++i < size) {
+                    if (buffer[i] != ch) {
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
+                final int len = i - start;
+                deleteImpl(start, i, len);
+                i -= len;
             }
-            size += width;
         }
         return this;
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Appends an object to the builder padding on the right to a fixed length.
-     * The {@code String.valueOf} of the {@code int} value is used.
-     * If the object is larger than the length, the right hand side is lost.
+     * Deletes the string wherever it occurs in the builder.
      *
-     * @param value  the value to append
-     * @param width  the fixed field width, zero or negative has no effect
-     * @param padChar  the pad character to use
+     * @param str  the string to delete, null causes no action
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrBuilder appendFixedWidthPadRight(final int value, final int width, final char padChar) {
-        return appendFixedWidthPadRight(String.valueOf(value), width, padChar);
+    public StrBuilder deleteAll(final String str) {
+        final int len = str == null ? 0 : str.length();
+        if (len > 0) {
+            int index = indexOf(str, 0);
+            while (index >= 0) {
+                deleteImpl(index, index + len, len);
+                index = indexOf(str, index);
+            }
+        }
+        return this;
     }
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Inserts the string representation of an object into this builder.
-     * Inserting null will use the stored null text value.
+     * Deletes all parts of the builder that the matcher matches.
+     * <p>
+     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced deletion behavior.
+     * For example you could write a matcher to delete all occurrences
+     * where the character 'a' is followed by a number.
      *
-     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
-     * @param obj  the object to insert
+     * @param matcher  the matcher to use to find the deletion, null causes no action
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     */
+    public StrBuilder deleteAll(final StrMatcher matcher) {
+        return replace(matcher, null, 0, size, -1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes the character at the specified index.
+     *
+     * @see #charAt(int)
+     * @see #setCharAt(int, char)
+     * @param index  the index to delete
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final Object obj) {
-        if (obj == null) {
-            return insert(index, nullText);
+    public StrBuilder deleteCharAt(final int index) {
+        if (index < 0 || index >= size) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
         }
-        return insert(index, obj.toString());
+        deleteImpl(index, index + 1, 1);
+        return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Inserts the string into this builder.
-     * Inserting null will use the stored null text value.
+     * Deletes the character wherever it occurs in the builder.
      *
-     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
-     * @param str  the string to insert
+     * @param ch  the character to delete
      * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, String str) {
-        validateIndex(index);
-        if (str == null) {
-            str = nullText;
+    public StrBuilder deleteFirst(final char ch) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            if (buffer[i] == ch) {
+                deleteImpl(i, i + 1, 1);
+                break;
+            }
         }
-        if (str != null) {
-            final int strLen = str.length();
-            if (strLen > 0) {
-                final int newSize = size + strLen;
-                ensureCapacity(newSize);
-                System.arraycopy(buffer, index, buffer, index + strLen, size - index);
-                size = newSize;
-                str.getChars(0, strLen, buffer, index);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes the string wherever it occurs in the builder.
+     *
+     * @param str  the string to delete, null causes no action
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     */
+    public StrBuilder deleteFirst(final String str) {
+        final int len = str == null ? 0 : str.length();
+        if (len > 0) {
+            final int index = indexOf(str, 0);
+            if (index >= 0) {
+                deleteImpl(index, index + len, len);
             }
         }
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Inserts the character array into this builder.
-     * Inserting null will use the stored null text value.
+     * Deletes the first match within the builder using the specified matcher.
+     * <p>
+     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced deletion behavior.
+     * For example you could write a matcher to delete
+     * where the character 'a' is followed by a number.
      *
-     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
-     * @param chars  the char array to insert
+     * @param matcher  the matcher to use to find the deletion, null causes no action
      * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final char[] chars) {
-        validateIndex(index);
-        if (chars == null) {
-            return insert(index, nullText);
+    public StrBuilder deleteFirst(final StrMatcher matcher) {
+        return replace(matcher, null, 0, size, 1);
+    }
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Internal method to delete a range without validation.
+     *
+     * @param startIndex  the start index, must be valid
+     * @param endIndex  the end index (exclusive), must be valid
+     * @param len  the length, must be valid
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if any index is invalid
+     */
+    private void deleteImpl(final int startIndex, final int endIndex, final int len) {
+        System.arraycopy(buffer, endIndex, buffer, startIndex, size - endIndex);
+        size -= len;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks whether this builder ends with the specified string.
+     * <p>
+     * Note that this method handles null input quietly, unlike String.
+     *
+     * @param str  the string to search for, null returns false
+     * @return true if the builder ends with the string
+     */
+    public boolean endsWith(final String str) {
+        if (str == null) {
+            return false;
         }
-        final int len = chars.length;
-        if (len > 0) {
-            ensureCapacity(size + len);
-            System.arraycopy(buffer, index, buffer, index + len, size - index);
-            System.arraycopy(chars, 0, buffer, index, len);
-            size += len;
+        final int len = str.length();
+        if (len == 0) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (len > size) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        int pos = size - len;
+        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++, pos++) {
+            if (buffer[pos] != str.charAt(i)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks the capacity and ensures that it is at least the size specified.
+     *
+     * @param capacity  the capacity to ensure
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     */
+    public StrBuilder ensureCapacity(final int capacity) {
+        if (capacity > buffer.length) {
+            final char[] old = buffer;
+            buffer = new char[capacity * 2];
+            System.arraycopy(old, 0, buffer, 0, size);
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks the contents of this builder against another to see if they
+     * contain the same character content.
+     *
+     * @param obj  the object to check, null returns false
+     * @return true if the builders contain the same characters in the same order
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
+        return obj instanceof StrBuilder
+                && equals((StrBuilder) obj);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks the contents of this builder against another to see if they
+     * contain the same character content.
+     *
+     * @param other  the object to check, null returns false
+     * @return true if the builders contain the same characters in the same order
+     */
+    public boolean equals(final StrBuilder other) {
+        if (this == other) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (other == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (this.size != other.size) {
+            return false;
         }
-        return this;
+        final char[] thisBuf = this.buffer;
+        final char[] otherBuf = other.buffer;
+        for (int i = size - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            if (thisBuf[i] != otherBuf[i]) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Inserts part of the character array into this builder.
-     * Inserting null will use the stored null text value.
+     * Checks the contents of this builder against another to see if they
+     * contain the same character content ignoring case.
      *
-     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
-     * @param chars  the char array to insert
-     * @param offset  the offset into the character array to start at, must be valid
-     * @param length  the length of the character array part to copy, must be positive
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if any index is invalid
+     * @param other  the object to check, null returns false
+     * @return true if the builders contain the same characters in the same order
      */
-    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final char[] chars, final int offset, final int length) {
-        validateIndex(index);
-        if (chars == null) {
-            return insert(index, nullText);
-        }
-        if (offset < 0 || offset > chars.length) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("Invalid offset: " + offset);
+    public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(final StrBuilder other) {
+        if (this == other) {
+            return true;
         }
-        if (length < 0 || offset + length > chars.length) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("Invalid length: " + length);
+        if (this.size != other.size) {
+            return false;
         }
-        if (length > 0) {
-            ensureCapacity(size + length);
-            System.arraycopy(buffer, index, buffer, index + length, size - index);
-            System.arraycopy(chars, offset, buffer, index, length);
-            size += length;
+        final char[] thisBuf = this.buffer;
+        final char[] otherBuf = other.buffer;
+        for (int i = size - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            final char c1 = thisBuf[i];
+            final char c2 = otherBuf[i];
+            if (c1 != c2 && Character.toUpperCase(c1) != Character.toUpperCase(c2)) {
+                return false;
+            }
         }
-        return this;
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Inserts the value into this builder.
+     * Copies the character array into the specified array.
      *
-     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
-     * @param value  the value to insert
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
+     * @param destination  the destination array, null will cause an array to be created
+     * @return The input array, unless that was null or too small
      */
-    public StrBuilder insert(int index, final boolean value) {
-        validateIndex(index);
-        if (value) {
-            ensureCapacity(size + 4);
-            System.arraycopy(buffer, index, buffer, index + 4, size - index);
-            buffer[index++] = 't';
-            buffer[index++] = 'r';
-            buffer[index++] = 'u';
-            buffer[index] = 'e';
-            size += 4;
-        } else {
-            ensureCapacity(size + 5);
-            System.arraycopy(buffer, index, buffer, index + 5, size - index);
-            buffer[index++] = 'f';
-            buffer[index++] = 'a';
-            buffer[index++] = 'l';
-            buffer[index++] = 's';
-            buffer[index] = 'e';
-            size += 5;
+    public char[] getChars(char[] destination) {
+        final int len = length();
+        if (destination == null || destination.length < len) {
+            destination = new char[len];
         }
-        return this;
+        System.arraycopy(buffer, 0, destination, 0, len);
+        return destination;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Inserts the value into this builder.
+     * Copies the character array into the specified array.
      *
-     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
-     * @param value  the value to insert
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
+     * @param startIndex  first index to copy, inclusive, must be valid
+     * @param endIndex  last index, exclusive, must be valid
+     * @param destination  the destination array, must not be null or too small
+     * @param destinationIndex  the index to start copying in destination
+     * @throws NullPointerException if the array is null
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if any index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final char value) {
-        validateIndex(index);
-        ensureCapacity(size + 1);
-        System.arraycopy(buffer, index, buffer, index + 1, size - index);
-        buffer[index] = value;
-        size++;
-        return this;
+    public void getChars(final int startIndex,
+                         final int endIndex,
+                         final char[] destination,
+                         final int destinationIndex) {
+        if (startIndex < 0) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(startIndex);
+        }
+        if (endIndex < 0 || endIndex > length()) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(endIndex);
+        }
+        if (startIndex > endIndex) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("end < start");
+        }
+        System.arraycopy(buffer, startIndex, destination, destinationIndex, endIndex - startIndex);
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Inserts the value into this builder.
+     * Gets the text to be appended when a new line is added.
      *
-     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
-     * @param value  the value to insert
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
+     * @return The new line text, null means use system default
      */
-    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final int value) {
-        return insert(index, String.valueOf(value));
+    public String getNewLineText() {
+        return newLine;
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Inserts the value into this builder.
+     * Gets the text to be appended when null is added.
      *
-     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
-     * @param value  the value to insert
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
+     * @return The null text, null means no append
      */
-    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final long value) {
-        return insert(index, String.valueOf(value));
+    public String getNullText() {
+        return nullText;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Inserts the value into this builder.
+     * Gets a suitable hash code for this builder.
      *
-     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
-     * @param value  the value to insert
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
+     * @return a hash code
      */
-    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final float value) {
-        return insert(index, String.valueOf(value));
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        final char[] buf = buffer;
+        int hash = 0;
+        for (int i = size - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            hash = 31 * hash + buf[i];
+        }
+        return hash;
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Inserts the value into this builder.
+     * Searches the string builder to find the first reference to the specified char.
      *
-     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
-     * @param value  the value to insert
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
+     * @param ch  the character to find
+     * @return The first index of the character, or -1 if not found
      */
-    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final double value) {
-        return insert(index, String.valueOf(value));
+    public int indexOf(final char ch) {
+        return indexOf(ch, 0);
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Internal method to delete a range without validation.
+     * Searches the string builder to find the first reference to the specified char.
      *
-     * @param startIndex  the start index, must be valid
-     * @param endIndex  the end index (exclusive), must be valid
-     * @param len  the length, must be valid
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if any index is invalid
+     * @param ch  the character to find
+     * @param startIndex  the index to start at, invalid index rounded to edge
+     * @return The first index of the character, or -1 if not found
      */
-    private void deleteImpl(final int startIndex, final int endIndex, final int len) {
-        System.arraycopy(buffer, endIndex, buffer, startIndex, size - endIndex);
-        size -= len;
+    public int indexOf(final char ch, int startIndex) {
+        startIndex = startIndex < 0 ? 0 : startIndex;
+        if (startIndex >= size) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        final char[] thisBuf = buffer;
+        for (int i = startIndex; i < size; i++) {
+            if (thisBuf[i] == ch) {
+                return i;
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Deletes the characters between the two specified indices.
+     * Searches the string builder to find the first reference to the specified string.
+     * <p>
+     * Note that a null input string will return -1, whereas the JDK throws an exception.
      *
-     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
-     * @param endIndex  the end index, exclusive, must be valid except
-     *  that if too large it is treated as end of string
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
+     * @param str  the string to find, null returns -1
+     * @return The first index of the string, or -1 if not found
      */
-    public StrBuilder delete(final int startIndex, int endIndex) {
-        endIndex = validateRange(startIndex, endIndex);
-        final int len = endIndex - startIndex;
-        if (len > 0) {
-            deleteImpl(startIndex, endIndex, len);
-        }
-        return this;
+    public int indexOf(final String str) {
+        return indexOf(str, 0);
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Deletes the character wherever it occurs in the builder.
+     * Searches the string builder to find the first reference to the specified
+     * string starting searching from the given index.
+     * <p>
+     * Note that a null input string will return -1, whereas the JDK throws an exception.
      *
-     * @param ch  the character to delete
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @param str  the string to find, null returns -1
+     * @param startIndex  the index to start at, invalid index rounded to edge
+     * @return The first index of the string, or -1 if not found
      */
-    public StrBuilder deleteAll(final char ch) {
-        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-            if (buffer[i] == ch) {
-                final int start = i;
-                while (++i < size) {
-                    if (buffer[i] != ch) {
-                        break;
-                    }
+    public int indexOf(final String str, int startIndex) {
+        startIndex = startIndex < 0 ? 0 : startIndex;
+        if (str == null || startIndex >= size) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        final int strLen = str.length();
+        if (strLen == 1) {
+            return indexOf(str.charAt(0), startIndex);
+        }
+        if (strLen == 0) {
+            return startIndex;
+        }
+        if (strLen > size) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        final char[] thisBuf = buffer;
+        final int len = size - strLen + 1;
+        outer:
+        for (int i = startIndex; i < len; i++) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < strLen; j++) {
+                if (str.charAt(j) != thisBuf[i + j]) {
+                    continue outer;
                 }
-                final int len = i - start;
-                deleteImpl(start, i, len);
-                i -= len;
             }
+            return i;
         }
-        return this;
+        return -1;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Deletes the character wherever it occurs in the builder.
+     * Searches the string builder using the matcher to find the first match.
+     * <p>
+     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced searching behavior.
+     * For example you could write a matcher to find the character 'a'
+     * followed by a number.
      *
-     * @param ch  the character to delete
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @param matcher  the matcher to use, null returns -1
+     * @return The first index matched, or -1 if not found
      */
-    public StrBuilder deleteFirst(final char ch) {
-        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-            if (buffer[i] == ch) {
-                deleteImpl(i, i + 1, 1);
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        return this;
+    public int indexOf(final StrMatcher matcher) {
+        return indexOf(matcher, 0);
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Deletes the string wherever it occurs in the builder.
+     * Searches the string builder using the matcher to find the first
+     * match searching from the given index.
+     * <p>
+     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced searching behavior.
+     * For example you could write a matcher to find the character 'a'
+     * followed by a number.
      *
-     * @param str  the string to delete, null causes no action
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @param matcher  the matcher to use, null returns -1
+     * @param startIndex  the index to start at, invalid index rounded to edge
+     * @return The first index matched, or -1 if not found
      */
-    public StrBuilder deleteAll(final String str) {
-        final int len = str == null ? 0 : str.length();
-        if (len > 0) {
-            int index = indexOf(str, 0);
-            while (index >= 0) {
-                deleteImpl(index, index + len, len);
-                index = indexOf(str, index);
+    public int indexOf(final StrMatcher matcher, int startIndex) {
+        startIndex = startIndex < 0 ? 0 : startIndex;
+        if (matcher == null || startIndex >= size) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        final int len = size;
+        final char[] buf = buffer;
+        for (int i = startIndex; i < len; i++) {
+            if (matcher.isMatch(buf, i, startIndex, len) > 0) {
+                return i;
             }
         }
-        return this;
+        return -1;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Deletes the string wherever it occurs in the builder.
+     * Inserts the value into this builder.
      *
-     * @param str  the string to delete, null causes no action
+     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
+     * @param value  the value to insert
      * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder deleteFirst(final String str) {
-        final int len = str == null ? 0 : str.length();
-        if (len > 0) {
-            final int index = indexOf(str, 0);
-            if (index >= 0) {
-                deleteImpl(index, index + len, len);
-            }
+    public StrBuilder insert(int index, final boolean value) {
+        validateIndex(index);
+        if (value) {
+            ensureCapacity(size + 4);
+            System.arraycopy(buffer, index, buffer, index + 4, size - index);
+            buffer[index++] = 't';
+            buffer[index++] = 'r';
+            buffer[index++] = 'u';
+            buffer[index] = 'e';
+            size += 4;
+        } else {
+            ensureCapacity(size + 5);
+            System.arraycopy(buffer, index, buffer, index + 5, size - index);
+            buffer[index++] = 'f';
+            buffer[index++] = 'a';
+            buffer[index++] = 'l';
+            buffer[index++] = 's';
+            buffer[index] = 'e';
+            size += 5;
         }
         return this;
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Deletes all parts of the builder that the matcher matches.
-     * <p>
-     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced deletion behavior.
-     * For example you could write a matcher to delete all occurrences
-     * where the character 'a' is followed by a number.
+     * Inserts the value into this builder.
      *
-     * @param matcher  the matcher to use to find the deletion, null causes no action
+     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
+     * @param value  the value to insert
      * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder deleteAll(final StrMatcher matcher) {
-        return replace(matcher, null, 0, size, -1);
+    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final char value) {
+        validateIndex(index);
+        ensureCapacity(size + 1);
+        System.arraycopy(buffer, index, buffer, index + 1, size - index);
+        buffer[index] = value;
+        size++;
+        return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Deletes the first match within the builder using the specified matcher.
-     * <p>
-     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced deletion behavior.
-     * For example you could write a matcher to delete
-     * where the character 'a' is followed by a number.
+     * Inserts the character array into this builder.
+     * Inserting null will use the stored null text value.
      *
-     * @param matcher  the matcher to use to find the deletion, null causes no action
+     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
+     * @param chars  the char array to insert
      * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder deleteFirst(final StrMatcher matcher) {
-        return replace(matcher, null, 0, size, 1);
-    }
-
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    /**
-     * Internal method to delete a range without validation.
-     *
-     * @param startIndex  the start index, must be valid
-     * @param endIndex  the end index (exclusive), must be valid
-     * @param removeLen  the length to remove (endIndex - startIndex), must be valid
-     * @param insertStr  the string to replace with, null means delete range
-     * @param insertLen  the length of the insert string, must be valid
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if any index is invalid
-     */
-    private void replaceImpl(final int startIndex,
-                             final int endIndex,
-                             final int removeLen,
-                             final String insertStr,
-                             final int insertLen) {
-        final int newSize = size - removeLen + insertLen;
-        if (insertLen != removeLen) {
-            ensureCapacity(newSize);
-            System.arraycopy(buffer, endIndex, buffer, startIndex + insertLen, size - endIndex);
-            size = newSize;
+    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final char[] chars) {
+        validateIndex(index);
+        if (chars == null) {
+            return insert(index, nullText);
         }
-        if (insertLen > 0) {
-            insertStr.getChars(0, insertLen, buffer, startIndex);
+        final int len = chars.length;
+        if (len > 0) {
+            ensureCapacity(size + len);
+            System.arraycopy(buffer, index, buffer, index + len, size - index);
+            System.arraycopy(chars, 0, buffer, index, len);
+            size += len;
         }
+        return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Replaces a portion of the string builder with another string.
-     * The length of the inserted string does not have to match the removed length.
+     * Inserts part of the character array into this builder.
+     * Inserting null will use the stored null text value.
      *
-     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
-     * @param endIndex  the end index, exclusive, must be valid except
-     *  that if too large it is treated as end of string
-     * @param replaceStr  the string to replace with, null means delete range
+     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
+     * @param chars  the char array to insert
+     * @param offset  the offset into the character array to start at, must be valid
+     * @param length  the length of the character array part to copy, must be positive
      * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if any index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder replace(final int startIndex, int endIndex, final String replaceStr) {
-        endIndex = validateRange(startIndex, endIndex);
-        final int insertLen = replaceStr == null ? 0 : replaceStr.length();
-        replaceImpl(startIndex, endIndex, endIndex - startIndex, replaceStr, insertLen);
+    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final char[] chars, final int offset, final int length) {
+        validateIndex(index);
+        if (chars == null) {
+            return insert(index, nullText);
+        }
+        if (offset < 0 || offset > chars.length) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("Invalid offset: " + offset);
+        }
+        if (length < 0 || offset + length > chars.length) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("Invalid length: " + length);
+        }
+        if (length > 0) {
+            ensureCapacity(size + length);
+            System.arraycopy(buffer, index, buffer, index + length, size - index);
+            System.arraycopy(chars, offset, buffer, index, length);
+            size += length;
+        }
         return this;
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Replaces the search character with the replace character
-     * throughout the builder.
+     * Inserts the value into this builder.
      *
-     * @param search  the search character
-     * @param replace  the replace character
+     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
+     * @param value  the value to insert
      * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder replaceAll(final char search, final char replace) {
-        if (search != replace) {
-            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-                if (buffer[i] == search) {
-                    buffer[i] = replace;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return this;
+    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final double value) {
+        return insert(index, String.valueOf(value));
     }
 
     /**
-     * Replaces the first instance of the search character with the
-     * replace character in the builder.
+     * Inserts the value into this builder.
      *
-     * @param search  the search character
-     * @param replace  the replace character
+     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
+     * @param value  the value to insert
      * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder replaceFirst(final char search, final char replace) {
-        if (search != replace) {
-            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-                if (buffer[i] == search) {
-                    buffer[i] = replace;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return this;
+    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final float value) {
+        return insert(index, String.valueOf(value));
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Replaces the search string with the replace string throughout the builder.
+     * Inserts the value into this builder.
      *
-     * @param searchStr  the search string, null causes no action to occur
-     * @param replaceStr  the replace string, null is equivalent to an empty string
+     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
+     * @param value  the value to insert
      * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StrBuilder replaceAll(final String searchStr, final String replaceStr) {
-        final int searchLen = searchStr == null ? 0 : searchStr.length();
-        if (searchLen > 0) {
-            final int replaceLen = replaceStr == null ? 0 : replaceStr.length();
-            int index = indexOf(searchStr, 0);
-            while (index >= 0) {
-                replaceImpl(index, index + searchLen, searchLen, replaceStr, replaceLen);
-                index = indexOf(searchStr, index + replaceLen);
-            }
-        }
-        return this;
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
+     */
+    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final int value) {
+        return insert(index, String.valueOf(value));
     }
 
     /**
-     * Replaces the first instance of the search string with the replace string.
+     * Inserts the value into this builder.
      *
-     * @param searchStr  the search string, null causes no action to occur
-     * @param replaceStr  the replace string, null is equivalent to an empty string
+     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
+     * @param value  the value to insert
      * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder replaceFirst(final String searchStr, final String replaceStr) {
-        final int searchLen = searchStr == null ? 0 : searchStr.length();
-        if (searchLen > 0) {
-            final int index = indexOf(searchStr, 0);
-            if (index >= 0) {
-                final int replaceLen = replaceStr == null ? 0 : replaceStr.length();
-                replaceImpl(index, index + searchLen, searchLen, replaceStr, replaceLen);
-            }
-        }
-        return this;
+    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final long value) {
+        return insert(index, String.valueOf(value));
     }
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Replaces all matches within the builder with the replace string.
-     * <p>
-     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced replace behavior.
-     * For example you could write a matcher to replace all occurrences
-     * where the character 'a' is followed by a number.
+     * Inserts the string representation of an object into this builder.
+     * Inserting null will use the stored null text value.
      *
-     * @param matcher  the matcher to use to find the deletion, null causes no action
-     * @param replaceStr  the replace string, null is equivalent to an empty string
+     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
+     * @param obj  the object to insert
      * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder replaceAll(final StrMatcher matcher, final String replaceStr) {
-        return replace(matcher, replaceStr, 0, size, -1);
+    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, final Object obj) {
+        if (obj == null) {
+            return insert(index, nullText);
+        }
+        return insert(index, obj.toString());
     }
 
     /**
-     * Replaces the first match within the builder with the replace string.
-     * <p>
-     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced replace behavior.
-     * For example you could write a matcher to replace
-     * where the character 'a' is followed by a number.
+     * Inserts the string into this builder.
+     * Inserting null will use the stored null text value.
      *
-     * @param matcher  the matcher to use to find the deletion, null causes no action
-     * @param replaceStr  the replace string, null is equivalent to an empty string
+     * @param index  the index to add at, must be valid
+     * @param str  the string to insert
      * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public StrBuilder replaceFirst(final StrMatcher matcher, final String replaceStr) {
-        return replace(matcher, replaceStr, 0, size, 1);
+    public StrBuilder insert(final int index, String str) {
+        validateIndex(index);
+        if (str == null) {
+            str = nullText;
+        }
+        if (str != null) {
+            final int strLen = str.length();
+            if (strLen > 0) {
+                final int newSize = size + strLen;
+                ensureCapacity(newSize);
+                System.arraycopy(buffer, index, buffer, index + strLen, size - index);
+                size = newSize;
+                str.getChars(0, strLen, buffer, index);
+            }
+        }
+        return this;
     }
 
-    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Advanced search and replaces within the builder using a matcher.
+     * Checks is the string builder is empty (convenience Collections API style method).
      * <p>
-     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced behavior.
-     * For example you could write a matcher to delete all occurrences
-     * where the character 'a' is followed by a number.
+     * This method is the same as checking {@link #length()} and is provided to match the
+     * API of Collections.
      *
-     * @param matcher  the matcher to use to find the deletion, null causes no action
-     * @param replaceStr  the string to replace the match with, null is a delete
-     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
-     * @param endIndex  the end index, exclusive, must be valid except
-     *  that if too large it is treated as end of string
-     * @param replaceCount  the number of times to replace, -1 for replace all
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if start index is invalid
+     * @return {@code true} if the size is {@code 0}.
      */
-    public StrBuilder replace(
-            final StrMatcher matcher, final String replaceStr,
-            final int startIndex, int endIndex, final int replaceCount) {
-        endIndex = validateRange(startIndex, endIndex);
-        return replaceImpl(matcher, replaceStr, startIndex, endIndex, replaceCount);
+    public boolean isEmpty() {
+        return size == 0;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Replaces within the builder using a matcher.
+     * Checks is the string builder is not empty (convenience Collections API style method).
      * <p>
-     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced behavior.
-     * For example you could write a matcher to delete all occurrences
-     * where the character 'a' is followed by a number.
+     * This method is the same as checking {@link #length()} and is provided to match the
+     * API of Collections.
      *
-     * @param matcher  the matcher to use to find the deletion, null causes no action
-     * @param replaceStr  the string to replace the match with, null is a delete
-     * @param from  the start index, must be valid
-     * @param to  the end index (exclusive), must be valid
-     * @param replaceCount  the number of times to replace, -1 for replace all
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if any index is invalid
+     * @return {@code true} if the size is greater than {@code 0}.
+     * @since 1.10.0
      */
-    private StrBuilder replaceImpl(
-            final StrMatcher matcher, final String replaceStr,
-            final int from, int to, int replaceCount) {
-        if (matcher == null || size == 0) {
-            return this;
-        }
-        final int replaceLen = replaceStr == null ? 0 : replaceStr.length();
-        for (int i = from; i < to && replaceCount != 0; i++) {
-            final char[] buf = buffer;
-            final int removeLen = matcher.isMatch(buf, i, from, to);
-            if (removeLen > 0) {
-                replaceImpl(i, i + removeLen, removeLen, replaceStr, replaceLen);
-                to = to - removeLen + replaceLen;
-                i = i + replaceLen - 1;
-                if (replaceCount > 0) {
-                    replaceCount--;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return this;
+    public boolean isNotEmpty() {
+        return size > 0;
     }
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Reverses the string builder placing each character in the opposite index.
+     * Searches the string builder to find the last reference to the specified char.
      *
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @param ch  the character to find
+     * @return The last index of the character, or -1 if not found
      */
-    public StrBuilder reverse() {
-        if (size == 0) {
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        final int half = size / 2;
-        final char[] buf = buffer;
-        for (int leftIdx = 0, rightIdx = size - 1; leftIdx < half; leftIdx++, rightIdx--) {
-            final char swap = buf[leftIdx];
-            buf[leftIdx] = buf[rightIdx];
-            buf[rightIdx] = swap;
-        }
-        return this;
+    public int lastIndexOf(final char ch) {
+        return lastIndexOf(ch, size - 1);
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Trims the builder by removing characters less than or equal to a space
-     * from the beginning and end.
+     * Searches the string builder to find the last reference to the specified char.
      *
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @param ch  the character to find
+     * @param startIndex  the index to start at, invalid index rounded to edge
+     * @return The last index of the character, or -1 if not found
      */
-    public StrBuilder trim() {
-        if (size == 0) {
-            return this;
-        }
-        int len = size;
-        final char[] buf = buffer;
-        int pos = 0;
-        while (pos < len && buf[pos] <= ' ') {
-            pos++;
-        }
-        while (pos < len && buf[len - 1] <= ' ') {
-            len--;
-        }
-        if (len < size) {
-            delete(len, size);
+    public int lastIndexOf(final char ch, int startIndex) {
+        startIndex = startIndex >= size ? size - 1 : startIndex;
+        if (startIndex < 0) {
+            return -1;
         }
-        if (pos > 0) {
-            delete(0, pos);
+        for (int i = startIndex; i >= 0; i--) {
+            if (buffer[i] == ch) {
+                return i;
+            }
         }
-        return this;
+        return -1;
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Checks whether this builder starts with the specified string.
+     * Searches the string builder to find the last reference to the specified string.
      * <p>
-     * Note that this method handles null input quietly, unlike String.
+     * Note that a null input string will return -1, whereas the JDK throws an exception.
      *
-     * @param str  the string to search for, null returns false
-     * @return true if the builder starts with the string
+     * @param str  the string to find, null returns -1
+     * @return The last index of the string, or -1 if not found
      */
-    public boolean startsWith(final String str) {
-        if (str == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        final int len = str.length();
-        if (len == 0) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        if (len > size) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-            if (buffer[i] != str.charAt(i)) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-        return true;
+    public int lastIndexOf(final String str) {
+        return lastIndexOf(str, size - 1);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks whether this builder ends with the specified string.
+     * Searches the string builder to find the last reference to the specified
+     * string starting searching from the given index.
      * <p>
-     * Note that this method handles null input quietly, unlike String.
+     * Note that a null input string will return -1, whereas the JDK throws an exception.
      *
-     * @param str  the string to search for, null returns false
-     * @return true if the builder ends with the string
+     * @param str  the string to find, null returns -1
+     * @param startIndex  the index to start at, invalid index rounded to edge
+     * @return The last index of the string, or -1 if not found
      */
-    public boolean endsWith(final String str) {
-        if (str == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        final int len = str.length();
-        if (len == 0) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        if (len > size) {
-            return false;
+    public int lastIndexOf(final String str, int startIndex) {
+        startIndex = startIndex >= size ? size - 1 : startIndex;
+        if (str == null || startIndex < 0) {
+            return -1;
         }
-        int pos = size - len;
-        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++, pos++) {
-            if (buffer[pos] != str.charAt(i)) {
-                return false;
+        final int strLen = str.length();
+        if (strLen > 0 && strLen <= size) {
+            if (strLen == 1) {
+                return lastIndexOf(str.charAt(0), startIndex);
+            }
+
+            outer:
+            for (int i = startIndex - strLen + 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                for (int j = 0; j < strLen; j++) {
+                    if (str.charAt(j) != buffer[i + j]) {
+                        continue outer;
+                    }
+                }
+                return i;
             }
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    /**
-     * {@inheritDoc}
-     */
-    @Override
-    public CharSequence subSequence(final int startIndex, final int endIndex) {
-      if (startIndex < 0) {
-          throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(startIndex);
-      }
-      if (endIndex > size) {
-          throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(endIndex);
-      }
-      if (startIndex > endIndex) {
-          throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(endIndex - startIndex);
-      }
-      return substring(startIndex, endIndex);
+        } else if (strLen == 0) {
+            return startIndex;
+        }
+        return -1;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Extracts a portion of this string builder as a string.
+     * Searches the string builder using the matcher to find the last match.
+     * <p>
+     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced searching behavior.
+     * For example you could write a matcher to find the character 'a'
+     * followed by a number.
      *
-     * @param start  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
-     * @return The new string
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
+     * @param matcher  the matcher to use, null returns -1
+     * @return The last index matched, or -1 if not found
      */
-    public String substring(final int start) {
-        return substring(start, size);
+    public int lastIndexOf(final StrMatcher matcher) {
+        return lastIndexOf(matcher, size);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Extracts a portion of this string builder as a string.
+     * Searches the string builder using the matcher to find the last
+     * match searching from the given index.
      * <p>
-     * Note: This method treats an endIndex greater than the length of the
-     * builder as equal to the length of the builder, and continues
-     * without error, unlike StringBuffer or String.
+     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced searching behavior.
+     * For example you could write a matcher to find the character 'a'
+     * followed by a number.
      *
-     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
-     * @param endIndex  the end index, exclusive, must be valid except
-     *  that if too large it is treated as end of string
-     * @return The new string
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
+     * @param matcher  the matcher to use, null returns -1
+     * @param startIndex  the index to start at, invalid index rounded to edge
+     * @return The last index matched, or -1 if not found
      */
-    public String substring(final int startIndex, int endIndex) {
-        endIndex = validateRange(startIndex, endIndex);
-        return new String(buffer, startIndex, endIndex - startIndex);
+    public int lastIndexOf(final StrMatcher matcher, int startIndex) {
+        startIndex = startIndex >= size ? size - 1 : startIndex;
+        if (matcher == null || startIndex < 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        final char[] buf = buffer;
+        final int endIndex = startIndex + 1;
+        for (int i = startIndex; i >= 0; i--) {
+            if (matcher.isMatch(buf, i, 0, endIndex) > 0) {
+                return i;
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2282,26 +2423,15 @@ public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Build
         }
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Extracts the rightmost characters from the string builder without
-     * throwing an exception.
-     * <p>
-     * This method extracts the right {@code length} characters from
-     * the builder. If this many characters are not available, the whole
-     * builder is returned. Thus the returned string may be shorter than the
-     * length requested.
+     * Gets the length of the string builder.
      *
-     * @param length  the number of characters to extract, negative returns empty string
-     * @return The new string
+     * @return The length
      */
-    public String rightString(final int length) {
-        if (length <= 0) {
-            return StringUtils.EMPTY;
-        } else if (length >= size) {
-            return new String(buffer, 0, size);
-        } else {
-            return new String(buffer, size - length, length);
-        }
+    @Override
+    public int length() {
+        return size;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2333,483 +2463,512 @@ public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Build
         return new String(buffer, index, length);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Minimizes the capacity to the actual length of the string.
+     *
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     */
+    public StrBuilder minimizeCapacity() {
+        if (buffer.length > length()) {
+            final char[] old = buffer;
+            buffer = new char[length()];
+            System.arraycopy(old, 0, buffer, 0, size);
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Checks if the string builder contains the specified char.
+     * If possible, reads chars from the provided {@link Readable} directly into underlying
+     * character buffer without making extra copies.
      *
-     * @param ch  the character to find
-     * @return true if the builder contains the character
+     * @param readable  object to read from
+     * @return The number of characters read
+     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
+     *
+     * @see #appendTo(Appendable)
      */
-    public boolean contains(final char ch) {
-        final char[] thisBuf = buffer;
-        for (int i = 0; i < this.size; i++) {
-            if (thisBuf[i] == ch) {
-                return true;
+    public int readFrom(final Readable readable) throws IOException {
+        final int oldSize = size;
+        if (readable instanceof Reader) {
+            final Reader r = (Reader) readable;
+            ensureCapacity(size + 1);
+            int read;
+            while ((read = r.read(buffer, size, buffer.length - size)) != -1) {
+                size += read;
+                ensureCapacity(size + 1);
+            }
+        } else if (readable instanceof CharBuffer) {
+            final CharBuffer cb = (CharBuffer) readable;
+            final int remaining = cb.remaining();
+            ensureCapacity(size + remaining);
+            cb.get(buffer, size, remaining);
+            size += remaining;
+        } else {
+            while (true) {
+                ensureCapacity(size + 1);
+                final CharBuffer buf = CharBuffer.wrap(buffer, size, buffer.length - size);
+                final int read = readable.read(buf);
+                if (read == -1) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                size += read;
             }
         }
-        return false;
+        return size - oldSize;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks if the string builder contains the specified string.
+     * Replaces a portion of the string builder with another string.
+     * The length of the inserted string does not have to match the removed length.
      *
-     * @param str  the string to find
-     * @return true if the builder contains the string
+     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
+     * @param endIndex  the end index, exclusive, must be valid except
+     *  that if too large it is treated as end of string
+     * @param replaceStr  the string to replace with, null means delete range
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public boolean contains(final String str) {
-        return indexOf(str, 0) >= 0;
+    public StrBuilder replace(final int startIndex, int endIndex, final String replaceStr) {
+        endIndex = validateRange(startIndex, endIndex);
+        final int insertLen = replaceStr == null ? 0 : replaceStr.length();
+        replaceImpl(startIndex, endIndex, endIndex - startIndex, replaceStr, insertLen);
+        return this;
     }
 
+    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Checks if the string builder contains a string matched using the
-     * specified matcher.
+     * Advanced search and replaces within the builder using a matcher.
      * <p>
-     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced searching behavior.
-     * For example you could write a matcher to search for the character
-     * 'a' followed by a number.
+     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced behavior.
+     * For example you could write a matcher to delete all occurrences
+     * where the character 'a' is followed by a number.
      *
-     * @param matcher  the matcher to use, null returns -1
-     * @return true if the matcher finds a match in the builder
+     * @param matcher  the matcher to use to find the deletion, null causes no action
+     * @param replaceStr  the string to replace the match with, null is a delete
+     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
+     * @param endIndex  the end index, exclusive, must be valid except
+     *  that if too large it is treated as end of string
+     * @param replaceCount  the number of times to replace, -1 for replace all
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if start index is invalid
      */
-    public boolean contains(final StrMatcher matcher) {
-        return indexOf(matcher, 0) >= 0;
+    public StrBuilder replace(
+            final StrMatcher matcher, final String replaceStr,
+            final int startIndex, int endIndex, final int replaceCount) {
+        endIndex = validateRange(startIndex, endIndex);
+        return replaceImpl(matcher, replaceStr, startIndex, endIndex, replaceCount);
     }
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Searches the string builder to find the first reference to the specified char.
+     * Replaces the search character with the replace character
+     * throughout the builder.
      *
-     * @param ch  the character to find
-     * @return The first index of the character, or -1 if not found
+     * @param search  the search character
+     * @param replace  the replace character
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public int indexOf(final char ch) {
-        return indexOf(ch, 0);
+    public StrBuilder replaceAll(final char search, final char replace) {
+        if (search != replace) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+                if (buffer[i] == search) {
+                    buffer[i] = replace;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return this;
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Searches the string builder to find the first reference to the specified char.
+     * Replaces the search string with the replace string throughout the builder.
      *
-     * @param ch  the character to find
-     * @param startIndex  the index to start at, invalid index rounded to edge
-     * @return The first index of the character, or -1 if not found
+     * @param searchStr  the search string, null causes no action to occur
+     * @param replaceStr  the replace string, null is equivalent to an empty string
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public int indexOf(final char ch, int startIndex) {
-        startIndex = startIndex < 0 ? 0 : startIndex;
-        if (startIndex >= size) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-        final char[] thisBuf = buffer;
-        for (int i = startIndex; i < size; i++) {
-            if (thisBuf[i] == ch) {
-                return i;
+    public StrBuilder replaceAll(final String searchStr, final String replaceStr) {
+        final int searchLen = searchStr == null ? 0 : searchStr.length();
+        if (searchLen > 0) {
+            final int replaceLen = replaceStr == null ? 0 : replaceStr.length();
+            int index = indexOf(searchStr, 0);
+            while (index >= 0) {
+                replaceImpl(index, index + searchLen, searchLen, replaceStr, replaceLen);
+                index = indexOf(searchStr, index + replaceLen);
             }
         }
-        return -1;
+        return this;
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Searches the string builder to find the first reference to the specified string.
+     * Replaces all matches within the builder with the replace string.
      * <p>
-     * Note that a null input string will return -1, whereas the JDK throws an exception.
+     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced replace behavior.
+     * For example you could write a matcher to replace all occurrences
+     * where the character 'a' is followed by a number.
      *
-     * @param str  the string to find, null returns -1
-     * @return The first index of the string, or -1 if not found
+     * @param matcher  the matcher to use to find the deletion, null causes no action
+     * @param replaceStr  the replace string, null is equivalent to an empty string
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public int indexOf(final String str) {
-        return indexOf(str, 0);
+    public StrBuilder replaceAll(final StrMatcher matcher, final String replaceStr) {
+        return replace(matcher, replaceStr, 0, size, -1);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Searches the string builder to find the first reference to the specified
-     * string starting searching from the given index.
-     * <p>
-     * Note that a null input string will return -1, whereas the JDK throws an exception.
+     * Replaces the first instance of the search character with the
+     * replace character in the builder.
      *
-     * @param str  the string to find, null returns -1
-     * @param startIndex  the index to start at, invalid index rounded to edge
-     * @return The first index of the string, or -1 if not found
+     * @param search  the search character
+     * @param replace  the replace character
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public int indexOf(final String str, int startIndex) {
-        startIndex = startIndex < 0 ? 0 : startIndex;
-        if (str == null || startIndex >= size) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-        final int strLen = str.length();
-        if (strLen == 1) {
-            return indexOf(str.charAt(0), startIndex);
-        }
-        if (strLen == 0) {
-            return startIndex;
-        }
-        if (strLen > size) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-        final char[] thisBuf = buffer;
-        final int len = size - strLen + 1;
-        outer:
-        for (int i = startIndex; i < len; i++) {
-            for (int j = 0; j < strLen; j++) {
-                if (str.charAt(j) != thisBuf[i + j]) {
-                    continue outer;
+    public StrBuilder replaceFirst(final char search, final char replace) {
+        if (search != replace) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+                if (buffer[i] == search) {
+                    buffer[i] = replace;
+                    break;
                 }
             }
-            return i;
         }
-        return -1;
+        return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Searches the string builder using the matcher to find the first match.
-     * <p>
-     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced searching behavior.
-     * For example you could write a matcher to find the character 'a'
-     * followed by a number.
+     * Replaces the first instance of the search string with the replace string.
      *
-     * @param matcher  the matcher to use, null returns -1
-     * @return The first index matched, or -1 if not found
+     * @param searchStr  the search string, null causes no action to occur
+     * @param replaceStr  the replace string, null is equivalent to an empty string
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public int indexOf(final StrMatcher matcher) {
-        return indexOf(matcher, 0);
+    public StrBuilder replaceFirst(final String searchStr, final String replaceStr) {
+        final int searchLen = searchStr == null ? 0 : searchStr.length();
+        if (searchLen > 0) {
+            final int index = indexOf(searchStr, 0);
+            if (index >= 0) {
+                final int replaceLen = replaceStr == null ? 0 : replaceStr.length();
+                replaceImpl(index, index + searchLen, searchLen, replaceStr, replaceLen);
+            }
+        }
+        return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Searches the string builder using the matcher to find the first
-     * match searching from the given index.
+     * Replaces the first match within the builder with the replace string.
      * <p>
-     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced searching behavior.
-     * For example you could write a matcher to find the character 'a'
-     * followed by a number.
+     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced replace behavior.
+     * For example you could write a matcher to replace
+     * where the character 'a' is followed by a number.
      *
-     * @param matcher  the matcher to use, null returns -1
-     * @param startIndex  the index to start at, invalid index rounded to edge
-     * @return The first index matched, or -1 if not found
+     * @param matcher  the matcher to use to find the deletion, null causes no action
+     * @param replaceStr  the replace string, null is equivalent to an empty string
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public int indexOf(final StrMatcher matcher, int startIndex) {
-        startIndex = startIndex < 0 ? 0 : startIndex;
-        if (matcher == null || startIndex >= size) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-        final int len = size;
-        final char[] buf = buffer;
-        for (int i = startIndex; i < len; i++) {
-            if (matcher.isMatch(buf, i, startIndex, len) > 0) {
-                return i;
-            }
-        }
-        return -1;
+    public StrBuilder replaceFirst(final StrMatcher matcher, final String replaceStr) {
+        return replace(matcher, replaceStr, 0, size, 1);
     }
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Searches the string builder to find the last reference to the specified char.
+     * Internal method to delete a range without validation.
      *
-     * @param ch  the character to find
-     * @return The last index of the character, or -1 if not found
+     * @param startIndex  the start index, must be valid
+     * @param endIndex  the end index (exclusive), must be valid
+     * @param removeLen  the length to remove (endIndex - startIndex), must be valid
+     * @param insertStr  the string to replace with, null means delete range
+     * @param insertLen  the length of the insert string, must be valid
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if any index is invalid
      */
-    public int lastIndexOf(final char ch) {
-        return lastIndexOf(ch, size - 1);
+    private void replaceImpl(final int startIndex,
+                             final int endIndex,
+                             final int removeLen,
+                             final String insertStr,
+                             final int insertLen) {
+        final int newSize = size - removeLen + insertLen;
+        if (insertLen != removeLen) {
+            ensureCapacity(newSize);
+            System.arraycopy(buffer, endIndex, buffer, startIndex + insertLen, size - endIndex);
+            size = newSize;
+        }
+        if (insertLen > 0) {
+            insertStr.getChars(0, insertLen, buffer, startIndex);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
-     * Searches the string builder to find the last reference to the specified char.
+     * Replaces within the builder using a matcher.
+     * <p>
+     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced behavior.
+     * For example you could write a matcher to delete all occurrences
+     * where the character 'a' is followed by a number.
      *
-     * @param ch  the character to find
-     * @param startIndex  the index to start at, invalid index rounded to edge
-     * @return The last index of the character, or -1 if not found
+     * @param matcher  the matcher to use to find the deletion, null causes no action
+     * @param replaceStr  the string to replace the match with, null is a delete
+     * @param from  the start index, must be valid
+     * @param to  the end index (exclusive), must be valid
+     * @param replaceCount  the number of times to replace, -1 for replace all
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if any index is invalid
      */
-    public int lastIndexOf(final char ch, int startIndex) {
-        startIndex = startIndex >= size ? size - 1 : startIndex;
-        if (startIndex < 0) {
-            return -1;
+    private StrBuilder replaceImpl(
+            final StrMatcher matcher, final String replaceStr,
+            final int from, int to, int replaceCount) {
+        if (matcher == null || size == 0) {
+            return this;
         }
-        for (int i = startIndex; i >= 0; i--) {
-            if (buffer[i] == ch) {
-                return i;
+        final int replaceLen = replaceStr == null ? 0 : replaceStr.length();
+        for (int i = from; i < to && replaceCount != 0; i++) {
+            final char[] buf = buffer;
+            final int removeLen = matcher.isMatch(buf, i, from, to);
+            if (removeLen > 0) {
+                replaceImpl(i, i + removeLen, removeLen, replaceStr, replaceLen);
+                to = to - removeLen + replaceLen;
+                i = i + replaceLen - 1;
+                if (replaceCount > 0) {
+                    replaceCount--;
+                }
             }
         }
-        return -1;
+        return this;
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Searches the string builder to find the last reference to the specified string.
-     * <p>
-     * Note that a null input string will return -1, whereas the JDK throws an exception.
+     * Reverses the string builder placing each character in the opposite index.
      *
-     * @param str  the string to find, null returns -1
-     * @return The last index of the string, or -1 if not found
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public int lastIndexOf(final String str) {
-        return lastIndexOf(str, size - 1);
+    public StrBuilder reverse() {
+        if (size == 0) {
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        final int half = size / 2;
+        final char[] buf = buffer;
+        for (int leftIdx = 0, rightIdx = size - 1; leftIdx < half; leftIdx++, rightIdx--) {
+            final char swap = buf[leftIdx];
+            buf[leftIdx] = buf[rightIdx];
+            buf[rightIdx] = swap;
+        }
+        return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Searches the string builder to find the last reference to the specified
-     * string starting searching from the given index.
+     * Extracts the rightmost characters from the string builder without
+     * throwing an exception.
      * <p>
-     * Note that a null input string will return -1, whereas the JDK throws an exception.
+     * This method extracts the right {@code length} characters from
+     * the builder. If this many characters are not available, the whole
+     * builder is returned. Thus the returned string may be shorter than the
+     * length requested.
      *
-     * @param str  the string to find, null returns -1
-     * @param startIndex  the index to start at, invalid index rounded to edge
-     * @return The last index of the string, or -1 if not found
+     * @param length  the number of characters to extract, negative returns empty string
+     * @return The new string
      */
-    public int lastIndexOf(final String str, int startIndex) {
-        startIndex = startIndex >= size ? size - 1 : startIndex;
-        if (str == null || startIndex < 0) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-        final int strLen = str.length();
-        if (strLen > 0 && strLen <= size) {
-            if (strLen == 1) {
-                return lastIndexOf(str.charAt(0), startIndex);
-            }
-
-            outer:
-            for (int i = startIndex - strLen + 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-                for (int j = 0; j < strLen; j++) {
-                    if (str.charAt(j) != buffer[i + j]) {
-                        continue outer;
-                    }
-                }
-                return i;
-            }
-
-        } else if (strLen == 0) {
-            return startIndex;
+    public String rightString(final int length) {
+        if (length <= 0) {
+            return StringUtils.EMPTY;
+        } else if (length >= size) {
+            return new String(buffer, 0, size);
+        } else {
+            return new String(buffer, size - length, length);
         }
-        return -1;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Searches the string builder using the matcher to find the last match.
-     * <p>
-     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced searching behavior.
-     * For example you could write a matcher to find the character 'a'
-     * followed by a number.
+     * Sets the character at the specified index.
      *
-     * @param matcher  the matcher to use, null returns -1
-     * @return The last index matched, or -1 if not found
+     * @see #charAt(int)
+     * @see #deleteCharAt(int)
+     * @param index  the index to set
+     * @param ch  the new character
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public int lastIndexOf(final StrMatcher matcher) {
-        return lastIndexOf(matcher, size);
+    public StrBuilder setCharAt(final int index, final char ch) {
+        if (index < 0 || index >= length()) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
+        }
+        buffer[index] = ch;
+        return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Searches the string builder using the matcher to find the last
-     * match searching from the given index.
-     * <p>
-     * Matchers can be used to perform advanced searching behavior.
-     * For example you could write a matcher to find the character 'a'
-     * followed by a number.
+     * Updates the length of the builder by either dropping the last characters
+     * or adding filler of Unicode zero.
      *
-     * @param matcher  the matcher to use, null returns -1
-     * @param startIndex  the index to start at, invalid index rounded to edge
-     * @return The last index matched, or -1 if not found
+     * @param length  the length to set to, must be zero or positive
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the length is negative
      */
-    public int lastIndexOf(final StrMatcher matcher, int startIndex) {
-        startIndex = startIndex >= size ? size - 1 : startIndex;
-        if (matcher == null || startIndex < 0) {
-            return -1;
+    public StrBuilder setLength(final int length) {
+        if (length < 0) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(length);
         }
-        final char[] buf = buffer;
-        final int endIndex = startIndex + 1;
-        for (int i = startIndex; i >= 0; i--) {
-            if (matcher.isMatch(buf, i, 0, endIndex) > 0) {
-                return i;
+        if (length < size) {
+            size = length;
+        } else if (length > size) {
+            ensureCapacity(length);
+            final int oldEnd = size;
+            final int newEnd = length;
+            size = length;
+            for (int i = oldEnd; i < newEnd; i++) {
+                buffer[i] = '\0';
             }
         }
-        return -1;
+        return this;
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Creates a tokenizer that can tokenize the contents of this builder.
-     * <p>
-     * This method allows the contents of this builder to be tokenized.
-     * The tokenizer will be setup by default to tokenize on space, tab,
-     * newline and form feed (as per StringTokenizer). These values can be
-     * changed on the tokenizer class, before retrieving the tokens.
-     * <p>
-     * The returned tokenizer is linked to this builder. You may intermix
-     * calls to the builder and tokenizer within certain limits, however
-     * there is no synchronization. Once the tokenizer has been used once,
-     * it must be {@link StrTokenizer#reset() reset} to pickup the latest
-     * changes in the builder. For example:
-     * <pre>
-     * StrBuilder b = new StrBuilder();
-     * b.append("a b ");
-     * StrTokenizer t = b.asTokenizer();
-     * String[] tokens1 = t.getTokenArray();  // returns a,b
-     * b.append("c d ");
-     * String[] tokens2 = t.getTokenArray();  // returns a,b (c and d ignored)
-     * t.reset();              // reset causes builder changes to be picked up
-     * String[] tokens3 = t.getTokenArray();  // returns a,b,c,d
-     * </pre>
-     * In addition to simply intermixing appends and tokenization, you can also
-     * call the set methods on the tokenizer to alter how it tokenizes. Just
-     * remember to call reset when you want to pickup builder changes.
-     * <p>
-     * Calling {@link StrTokenizer#reset(String)} or {@link StrTokenizer#reset(char[])}
-     * with a non-null value will break the link with the builder.
+     * Sets the text to be appended when a new line is added.
      *
-     * @return a tokenizer that is linked to this builder
+     * @param newLine  the new line text, null means use system default
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrTokenizer asTokenizer() {
-        return new StrBuilderTokenizer();
+    public StrBuilder setNewLineText(final String newLine) {
+        this.newLine = newLine;
+        return this;
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Gets the contents of this builder as a Reader.
-     * <p>
-     * This method allows the contents of the builder to be read
-     * using any standard method that expects a Reader.
-     * <p>
-     * To use, simply create a {@code StrBuilder}, populate it with
-     * data, call {@code asReader}, and then read away.
-     * <p>
-     * The internal character array is shared between the builder and the reader.
-     * This allows you to append to the builder after creating the reader,
-     * and the changes will be picked up.
-     * Note however, that no synchronization occurs, so you must perform
-     * all operations with the builder and the reader in one thread.
-     * <p>
-     * The returned reader supports marking, and ignores the flush method.
+     * Sets the text to be appended when null is added.
      *
-     * @return a reader that reads from this builder
+     * @param nullText  the null text, null means no append
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public Reader asReader() {
-        return new StrBuilderReader();
+    public StrBuilder setNullText(String nullText) {
+        if (nullText != null && nullText.isEmpty()) {
+            nullText = null;
+        }
+        this.nullText = nullText;
+        return this;
     }
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Gets this builder as a Writer that can be written to.
-     * <p>
-     * This method allows you to populate the contents of the builder
-     * using any standard method that takes a Writer.
-     * <p>
-     * To use, simply create a {@code StrBuilder},
-     * call {@code asWriter}, and populate away. The data is available
-     * at any time using the methods of the {@code StrBuilder}.
-     * <p>
-     * The internal character array is shared between the builder and the writer.
-     * This allows you to intermix calls that append to the builder and
-     * write using the writer and the changes will be occur correctly.
-     * Note however, that no synchronization occurs, so you must perform
-     * all operations with the builder and the writer in one thread.
+     * Gets the length of the string builder.
      * <p>
-     * The returned writer ignores the close and flush methods.
+     * This method is the same as {@link #length()} and is provided to match the
+     * API of Collections.
      *
-     * @return a writer that populates this builder
+     * @return The length
      */
-    public Writer asWriter() {
-        return new StrBuilderWriter();
+    public int size() {
+        return size;
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Appends current contents of this {@code StrBuilder} to the
-     * provided {@link Appendable}.
+     * Checks whether this builder starts with the specified string.
      * <p>
-     * This method tries to avoid doing any extra copies of contents.
-     *
-     * @param appendable  the appendable to append data to
-     * @throws IOException  if an I/O error occurs
+     * Note that this method handles null input quietly, unlike String.
      *
-     * @see #readFrom(Readable)
+     * @param str  the string to search for, null returns false
+     * @return true if the builder starts with the string
      */
-    public void appendTo(final Appendable appendable) throws IOException {
-        if (appendable instanceof Writer) {
-            ((Writer) appendable).write(buffer, 0, size);
-        } else if (appendable instanceof StringBuilder) {
-            ((StringBuilder) appendable).append(buffer, 0, size);
-        } else if (appendable instanceof StringBuffer) {
-            ((StringBuffer) appendable).append(buffer, 0, size);
-        } else if (appendable instanceof CharBuffer) {
-            ((CharBuffer) appendable).put(buffer, 0, size);
-        } else {
-            appendable.append(this);
+    public boolean startsWith(final String str) {
+        if (str == null) {
+            return false;
         }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks the contents of this builder against another to see if they
-     * contain the same character content ignoring case.
-     *
-     * @param other  the object to check, null returns false
-     * @return true if the builders contain the same characters in the same order
-     */
-    public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(final StrBuilder other) {
-        if (this == other) {
+        final int len = str.length();
+        if (len == 0) {
             return true;
         }
-        if (this.size != other.size) {
+        if (len > size) {
             return false;
         }
-        final char[] thisBuf = this.buffer;
-        final char[] otherBuf = other.buffer;
-        for (int i = size - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-            final char c1 = thisBuf[i];
-            final char c2 = otherBuf[i];
-            if (c1 != c2 && Character.toUpperCase(c1) != Character.toUpperCase(c2)) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+            if (buffer[i] != str.charAt(i)) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
         return true;
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Checks the contents of this builder against another to see if they
-     * contain the same character content.
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public CharSequence subSequence(final int startIndex, final int endIndex) {
+      if (startIndex < 0) {
+          throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(startIndex);
+      }
+      if (endIndex > size) {
+          throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(endIndex);
+      }
+      if (startIndex > endIndex) {
+          throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(endIndex - startIndex);
+      }
+      return substring(startIndex, endIndex);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts a portion of this string builder as a string.
      *
-     * @param other  the object to check, null returns false
-     * @return true if the builders contain the same characters in the same order
+     * @param start  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
+     * @return The new string
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    public boolean equals(final StrBuilder other) {
-        if (this == other) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        if (other == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (this.size != other.size) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        final char[] thisBuf = this.buffer;
-        final char[] otherBuf = other.buffer;
-        for (int i = size - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-            if (thisBuf[i] != otherBuf[i]) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-        return true;
+    public String substring(final int start) {
+        return substring(start, size);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks the contents of this builder against another to see if they
-     * contain the same character content.
+     * Extracts a portion of this string builder as a string.
+     * <p>
+     * Note: This method treats an endIndex greater than the length of the
+     * builder as equal to the length of the builder, and continues
+     * without error, unlike StringBuffer or String.
      *
-     * @param obj  the object to check, null returns false
-     * @return true if the builders contain the same characters in the same order
+     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
+     * @param endIndex  the end index, exclusive, must be valid except
+     *  that if too large it is treated as end of string
+     * @return The new string
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    @Override
-    public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
-        return obj instanceof StrBuilder
-                && equals((StrBuilder) obj);
+    public String substring(final int startIndex, int endIndex) {
+        endIndex = validateRange(startIndex, endIndex);
+        return new String(buffer, startIndex, endIndex - startIndex);
+    }
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Copies the builder's character array into a new character array.
+     *
+     * @return a new array that represents the contents of the builder
+     */
+    public char[] toCharArray() {
+        if (size == 0) {
+            return ArrayUtils.EMPTY_CHAR_ARRAY;
+        }
+        final char[] chars = new char[size];
+        System.arraycopy(buffer, 0, chars, 0, size);
+        return chars;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets a suitable hash code for this builder.
+     * Copies part of the builder's character array into a new character array.
      *
-     * @return a hash code
+     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
+     * @param endIndex  the end index, exclusive, must be valid except that
+     *  if too large it is treated as end of string
+     * @return a new array that holds part of the contents of the builder
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if startIndex is invalid,
+     *  or if endIndex is invalid (but endIndex greater than size is valid)
      */
-    @Override
-    public int hashCode() {
-        final char[] buf = buffer;
-        int hash = 0;
-        for (int i = size - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-            hash = 31 * hash + buf[i];
+    public char[] toCharArray(final int startIndex, int endIndex) {
+        endIndex = validateRange(startIndex, endIndex);
+        final int len = endIndex - startIndex;
+        if (len == 0) {
+            return ArrayUtils.EMPTY_CHAR_ARRAY;
         }
-        return hash;
+        final char[] chars = new char[len];
+        System.arraycopy(buffer, startIndex, chars, 0, len);
+        return chars;
     }
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2847,37 +3006,33 @@ public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Build
         return new StringBuilder(size).append(buffer, 0, size);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Implement the {@link Builder} interface.
-     * @return The builder as a String
-     * @see #toString()
-     */
-    @Override
-    public String build() {
-        return toString();
-    }
-
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Validates parameters defining a range of the builder.
+     * Trims the builder by removing characters less than or equal to a space
+     * from the beginning and end.
      *
-     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
-     * @param endIndex  the end index, exclusive, must be valid except
-     *  that if too large it is treated as end of string
-     * @return The new string
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    protected int validateRange(final int startIndex, int endIndex) {
-        if (startIndex < 0) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(startIndex);
+    public StrBuilder trim() {
+        if (size == 0) {
+            return this;
         }
-        if (endIndex > size) {
-            endIndex = size;
+        int len = size;
+        final char[] buf = buffer;
+        int pos = 0;
+        while (pos < len && buf[pos] <= ' ') {
+            pos++;
         }
-        if (startIndex > endIndex) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("end < start");
+        while (pos < len && buf[len - 1] <= ' ') {
+            len--;
         }
-        return endIndex;
+        if (len < size) {
+            delete(len, size);
+        }
+        if (pos > 0) {
+            delete(0, pos);
+        }
+        return this;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2894,180 +3049,25 @@ public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Build
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Inner class to allow StrBuilder to operate as a tokenizer.
-     */
-    class StrBuilderTokenizer extends StrTokenizer {
-
-        /**
-         * Default constructor.
-         */
-        StrBuilderTokenizer() {
-        }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        protected List<String> tokenize(final char[] chars, final int offset, final int count) {
-            if (chars == null) {
-                return super.tokenize(
-                        StrBuilder.this.buffer, 0, StrBuilder.this.size());
-            }
-            return super.tokenize(chars, offset, count);
-        }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public String getContent() {
-            final String str = super.getContent();
-            if (str == null) {
-                return StrBuilder.this.toString();
-            }
-            return str;
-        }
-    }
-
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    /**
-     * Inner class to allow StrBuilder to operate as a reader.
-     */
-    class StrBuilderReader extends Reader {
-        /** The current stream position. */
-        private int pos;
-        /** The last mark position. */
-        private int mark;
-
-        /**
-         * Default constructor.
-         */
-        StrBuilderReader() {
-        }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public void close() {
-            // do nothing
-        }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public int read() {
-            if (!ready()) {
-                return -1;
-            }
-            return StrBuilder.this.charAt(pos++);
-        }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public int read(final char[] b, final int off, int len) {
-            if (off < 0 || len < 0 || off > b.length
-                    || off + len > b.length || off + len < 0) {
-                throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
-            }
-            if (len == 0) {
-                return 0;
-            }
-            if (pos >= StrBuilder.this.size()) {
-                return -1;
-            }
-            if (pos + len > size()) {
-                len = StrBuilder.this.size() - pos;
-            }
-            StrBuilder.this.getChars(pos, pos + len, b, off);
-            pos += len;
-            return len;
-        }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public long skip(long n) {
-            if (pos + n > StrBuilder.this.size()) {
-                n = StrBuilder.this.size() - pos;
-            }
-            if (n < 0) {
-                return 0;
-            }
-            pos += n;
-            return n;
-        }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public boolean ready() {
-            return pos < StrBuilder.this.size();
-        }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public boolean markSupported() {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public void mark(final int readAheadLimit) {
-            mark = pos;
-        }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public void reset() {
-            pos = mark;
-        }
-    }
-
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    /**
-     * Inner class to allow StrBuilder to operate as a writer.
+     * Validates parameters defining a range of the builder.
+     *
+     * @param startIndex  the start index, inclusive, must be valid
+     * @param endIndex  the end index, exclusive, must be valid except
+     *  that if too large it is treated as end of string
+     * @return The new string
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
      */
-    class StrBuilderWriter extends Writer {
-
-        /**
-         * Default constructor.
-         */
-        StrBuilderWriter() {
-        }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public void close() {
-            // do nothing
-        }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public void flush() {
-            // do nothing
-        }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public void write(final int c) {
-            StrBuilder.this.append((char) c);
-        }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public void write(final char[] cbuf) {
-            StrBuilder.this.append(cbuf);
-        }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public void write(final char[] cbuf, final int off, final int len) {
-            StrBuilder.this.append(cbuf, off, len);
+    protected int validateRange(final int startIndex, int endIndex) {
+        if (startIndex < 0) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(startIndex);
         }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public void write(final String str) {
-            StrBuilder.this.append(str);
+        if (endIndex > size) {
+            endIndex = size;
         }
-
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        @Override
-        public void write(final String str, final int off, final int len) {
-            StrBuilder.this.append(str, off, len);
+        if (startIndex > endIndex) {
+            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("end < start");
         }
+        return endIndex;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StrTokenizer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StrTokenizer.java
index 2de1735..f1e1b74 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StrTokenizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StrTokenizer.java
@@ -108,29 +108,6 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
         TSV_TOKENIZER_PROTOTYPE.setIgnoreEmptyTokens(false);
     }
 
-    /** The text to work on. */
-    private char[] chars;
-    /** The parsed tokens. */
-    private String[] tokens;
-    /** The current iteration position. */
-    private int tokenPos;
-
-    /** The delimiter matcher. */
-    private StrMatcher delimMatcher = StrMatcher.splitMatcher();
-    /** The quote matcher. */
-    private StrMatcher quoteMatcher = StrMatcher.noneMatcher();
-    /** The ignored matcher. */
-    private StrMatcher ignoredMatcher = StrMatcher.noneMatcher();
-    /** The trimmer matcher. */
-    private StrMatcher trimmerMatcher = StrMatcher.noneMatcher();
-
-    /** Whether to return empty tokens as null. */
-    private boolean emptyAsNull;
-    /** Whether to ignore empty tokens. */
-    private boolean ignoreEmptyTokens = true;
-
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
     /**
      * Returns a clone of {@code CSV_TOKENIZER_PROTOTYPE}.
      *
@@ -139,7 +116,6 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     private static StrTokenizer getCSVClone() {
         return (StrTokenizer) CSV_TOKENIZER_PROTOTYPE.clone();
     }
-
     /**
      * Gets a new tokenizer instance which parses Comma Separated Value strings
      * initializing it with the given input.  The default for CSV processing
@@ -152,7 +128,6 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     public static StrTokenizer getCSVInstance() {
         return getCSVClone();
     }
-
     /**
      * Gets a new tokenizer instance which parses Comma Separated Value strings
      * initializing it with the given input.  The default for CSV processing
@@ -162,7 +137,7 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
      * @param input  the text to parse
      * @return a new tokenizer instance which parses Comma Separated Value strings
      */
-    public static StrTokenizer getCSVInstance(final String input) {
+    public static StrTokenizer getCSVInstance(final char[] input) {
         final StrTokenizer tok = getCSVClone();
         tok.reset(input);
         return tok;
@@ -177,12 +152,11 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
      * @param input  the text to parse
      * @return a new tokenizer instance which parses Comma Separated Value strings
      */
-    public static StrTokenizer getCSVInstance(final char[] input) {
+    public static StrTokenizer getCSVInstance(final String input) {
         final StrTokenizer tok = getCSVClone();
         tok.reset(input);
         return tok;
     }
-
     /**
      * Returns a clone of {@code TSV_TOKENIZER_PROTOTYPE}.
      *
@@ -191,8 +165,6 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     private static StrTokenizer getTSVClone() {
         return (StrTokenizer) TSV_TOKENIZER_PROTOTYPE.clone();
     }
-
-
     /**
      * Gets a new tokenizer instance which parses Tab Separated Value strings.
      * The default for CSV processing will be trim whitespace from both ends
@@ -204,7 +176,6 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     public static StrTokenizer getTSVInstance() {
         return getTSVClone();
     }
-
     /**
      * Gets a new tokenizer instance which parses Tab Separated Value strings.
      * The default for CSV processing will be trim whitespace from both ends
@@ -212,7 +183,7 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
      * @param input  the string to parse
      * @return a new tokenizer instance which parses Tab Separated Value strings.
      */
-    public static StrTokenizer getTSVInstance(final String input) {
+    public static StrTokenizer getTSVInstance(final char[] input) {
         final StrTokenizer tok = getTSVClone();
         tok.reset(input);
         return tok;
@@ -225,11 +196,40 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
      * @param input  the string to parse
      * @return a new tokenizer instance which parses Tab Separated Value strings.
      */
-    public static StrTokenizer getTSVInstance(final char[] input) {
+    public static StrTokenizer getTSVInstance(final String input) {
         final StrTokenizer tok = getTSVClone();
         tok.reset(input);
         return tok;
     }
+    /** The text to work on. */
+    private char[] chars;
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /** The parsed tokens. */
+    private String[] tokens;
+
+    /** The current iteration position. */
+    private int tokenPos;
+
+    /** The delimiter matcher. */
+    private StrMatcher delimMatcher = StrMatcher.splitMatcher();
+
+    /** The quote matcher. */
+    private StrMatcher quoteMatcher = StrMatcher.noneMatcher();
+
+    /** The ignored matcher. */
+    private StrMatcher ignoredMatcher = StrMatcher.noneMatcher();
+
+
+    /** The trimmer matcher. */
+    private StrMatcher trimmerMatcher = StrMatcher.noneMatcher();
+
+    /** Whether to return empty tokens as null. */
+    private boolean emptyAsNull;
+
+    /** Whether to ignore empty tokens. */
+    private boolean ignoreEmptyTokens = true;
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
@@ -246,71 +246,71 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
      * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on space, tab, newline and form feed
      * as per StringTokenizer.
      *
-     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed
+     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
      */
-    public StrTokenizer(final String input) {
-        if (input != null) {
-            chars = input.toCharArray();
+    public StrTokenizer(final char[] input) {
+        if (input == null) {
+            this.chars = null;
         } else {
-            chars = null;
+            this.chars = input.clone();
         }
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter character.
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified character.
      *
-     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed
-     * @param delim  the field delimiter character
+     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
+     * @param delim the field delimiter character
      */
-    public StrTokenizer(final String input, final char delim) {
+    public StrTokenizer(final char[] input, final char delim) {
         this(input);
         setDelimiterChar(delim);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter string.
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter character
+     * and handling quotes using the specified quote character.
      *
-     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed
-     * @param delim  the field delimiter string
+     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
+     * @param delim  the field delimiter character
+     * @param quote  the field quoted string character
      */
-    public StrTokenizer(final String input, final String delim) {
-        this(input);
-        setDelimiterString(delim);
+    public StrTokenizer(final char[] input, final char delim, final char quote) {
+        this(input, delim);
+        setQuoteChar(quote);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting using the specified delimiter matcher.
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified string.
      *
-     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed
-     * @param delim  the field delimiter matcher
+     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
+     * @param delim the field delimiter string
      */
-    public StrTokenizer(final String input, final StrMatcher delim) {
+    public StrTokenizer(final char[] input, final String delim) {
         this(input);
-        setDelimiterMatcher(delim);
+        setDelimiterString(delim);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter character
-     * and handling quotes using the specified quote character.
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting using the specified delimiter matcher.
      *
-     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed
-     * @param delim  the field delimiter character
-     * @param quote  the field quoted string character
+     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
+     * @param delim  the field delimiter matcher
      */
-    public StrTokenizer(final String input, final char delim, final char quote) {
-        this(input, delim);
-        setQuoteChar(quote);
+    public StrTokenizer(final char[] input, final StrMatcher delim) {
+        this(input);
+        setDelimiterMatcher(delim);
     }
 
     /**
      * Constructs a tokenizer splitting using the specified delimiter matcher
      * and handling quotes using the specified quote matcher.
      *
-     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed
-     * @param delim  the field delimiter matcher
-     * @param quote  the field quoted string matcher
+     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
+     * @param delim  the field delimiter character
+     * @param quote  the field quoted string character
      */
-    public StrTokenizer(final String input, final StrMatcher delim, final StrMatcher quote) {
+    public StrTokenizer(final char[] input, final StrMatcher delim, final StrMatcher quote) {
         this(input, delim);
         setQuoteMatcher(quote);
     }
@@ -319,119 +319,215 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
      * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on space, tab, newline and form feed
      * as per StringTokenizer.
      *
-     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
+     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed
      */
-    public StrTokenizer(final char[] input) {
-        if (input == null) {
-            this.chars = null;
+    public StrTokenizer(final String input) {
+        if (input != null) {
+            chars = input.toCharArray();
         } else {
-            this.chars = input.clone();
+            chars = null;
         }
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified character.
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter character.
      *
-     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
-     * @param delim the field delimiter character
+     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed
+     * @param delim  the field delimiter character
      */
-    public StrTokenizer(final char[] input, final char delim) {
+    public StrTokenizer(final String input, final char delim) {
         this(input);
         setDelimiterChar(delim);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified string.
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter character
+     * and handling quotes using the specified quote character.
      *
-     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
-     * @param delim the field delimiter string
+     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed
+     * @param delim  the field delimiter character
+     * @param quote  the field quoted string character
      */
-    public StrTokenizer(final char[] input, final String delim) {
-        this(input);
-        setDelimiterString(delim);
+    public StrTokenizer(final String input, final char delim, final char quote) {
+        this(input, delim);
+        setQuoteChar(quote);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting using the specified delimiter matcher.
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter string.
      *
-     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
-     * @param delim  the field delimiter matcher
+     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed
+     * @param delim  the field delimiter string
      */
-    public StrTokenizer(final char[] input, final StrMatcher delim) {
+    public StrTokenizer(final String input, final String delim) {
         this(input);
-        setDelimiterMatcher(delim);
+        setDelimiterString(delim);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter character
-     * and handling quotes using the specified quote character.
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting using the specified delimiter matcher.
      *
-     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
-     * @param delim  the field delimiter character
-     * @param quote  the field quoted string character
+     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed
+     * @param delim  the field delimiter matcher
      */
-    public StrTokenizer(final char[] input, final char delim, final char quote) {
-        this(input, delim);
-        setQuoteChar(quote);
+    public StrTokenizer(final String input, final StrMatcher delim) {
+        this(input);
+        setDelimiterMatcher(delim);
     }
 
     /**
      * Constructs a tokenizer splitting using the specified delimiter matcher
      * and handling quotes using the specified quote matcher.
      *
-     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
-     * @param delim  the field delimiter character
-     * @param quote  the field quoted string character
+     * @param input  the string which is to be parsed
+     * @param delim  the field delimiter matcher
+     * @param quote  the field quoted string matcher
      */
-    public StrTokenizer(final char[] input, final StrMatcher delim, final StrMatcher quote) {
+    public StrTokenizer(final String input, final StrMatcher delim, final StrMatcher quote) {
         this(input, delim);
         setQuoteMatcher(quote);
     }
 
-    // API
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Gets the number of tokens found in the String.
-     *
-     * @return The number of matched tokens
+     * Unsupported ListIterator operation.
+     * @param obj this parameter ignored.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
      */
-    public int size() {
-        checkTokenized();
-        return tokens.length;
+    @Override
+    public void add(final String obj) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("add() is unsupported");
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the next token from the String.
-     * Equivalent to {@link #next()} except it returns null rather than
-     * throwing {@link NoSuchElementException} when no tokens remain.
+     * Adds a token to a list, paying attention to the parameters we've set.
      *
-     * @return The next sequential token, or null when no more tokens are found
+     * @param list  the list to add to
+     * @param tok  the token to add
      */
-    public String nextToken() {
-        if (hasNext()) {
-            return tokens[tokenPos++];
+    private void addToken(final List<String> list, String tok) {
+        if (tok == null || tok.isEmpty()) {
+            if (isIgnoreEmptyTokens()) {
+                return;
+            }
+            if (isEmptyTokenAsNull()) {
+                tok = null;
+            }
         }
-        return null;
+        list.add(tok);
     }
 
+    // Implementation
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Gets the previous token from the String.
-     *
-     * @return The previous sequential token, or null when no more tokens are found
+     * Checks if tokenization has been done, and if not then do it.
      */
-    public String previousToken() {
-        if (hasPrevious()) {
-            return tokens[--tokenPos];
+    private void checkTokenized() {
+        if (tokens == null) {
+            if (chars == null) {
+                // still call tokenize as subclass may do some work
+                final List<String> split = tokenize(null, 0, 0);
+                tokens = split.toArray(ArrayUtils.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY);
+            } else {
+                final List<String> split = tokenize(chars, 0, chars.length);
+                tokens = split.toArray(ArrayUtils.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY);
+            }
         }
-        return null;
     }
 
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Gets a copy of the full token list as an independent modifiable array.
+     * Creates a new instance of this Tokenizer. The new instance is reset so
+     * that it will be at the start of the token list.
+     * If a {@link CloneNotSupportedException} is caught, return {@code null}.
      *
-     * @return The tokens as a String array
+     * @return a new instance of this Tokenizer which has been reset.
      */
-    public String[] getTokenArray() {
+    @Override
+    public Object clone() {
+        try {
+            return cloneReset();
+        } catch (final CloneNotSupportedException ex) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance of this Tokenizer. The new instance is reset so that
+     * it will be at the start of the token list.
+     *
+     * @return a new instance of this Tokenizer which has been reset.
+     * @throws CloneNotSupportedException if there is a problem cloning
+     */
+    Object cloneReset() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
+        // this method exists to enable 100% test coverage
+        final StrTokenizer cloned = (StrTokenizer) super.clone();
+        if (cloned.chars != null) {
+            cloned.chars = cloned.chars.clone();
+        }
+        cloned.reset();
+        return cloned;
+    }
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Gets the String content that the tokenizer is parsing.
+     *
+     * @return The string content being parsed
+     */
+    public String getContent() {
+        if (chars == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return new String(chars);
+    }
+
+    // Delimiter
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Gets the field delimiter matcher.
+     *
+     * @return The delimiter matcher in use
+     */
+    public StrMatcher getDelimiterMatcher() {
+        return this.delimMatcher;
+    }
+
+    // Ignored
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Gets the ignored character matcher.
+     * <p>
+     * These characters are ignored when parsing the String, unless they are
+     * within a quoted region.
+     * The default value is not to ignore anything.
+     *
+     * @return The ignored matcher in use
+     */
+    public StrMatcher getIgnoredMatcher() {
+        return ignoredMatcher;
+    }
+
+    // Quote
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Gets the quote matcher currently in use.
+     * <p>
+     * The quote character is used to wrap data between the tokens.
+     * This enables delimiters to be entered as data.
+     * The default value is '"' (double quote).
+     *
+     * @return The quote matcher in use
+     */
+    public StrMatcher getQuoteMatcher() {
+        return quoteMatcher;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a copy of the full token list as an independent modifiable array.
+     *
+     * @return The tokens as a String array
+     */
+    public String[] getTokenArray() {
         checkTokenized();
         return tokens.clone();
     }
@@ -449,66 +545,89 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
         return list;
     }
 
+    // Trimmer
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Resets this tokenizer, forgetting all parsing and iteration already completed.
+     * Gets the trimmer character matcher.
      * <p>
-     * This method allows the same tokenizer to be reused for the same String.
+     * These characters are trimmed off on each side of the delimiter
+     * until the token or quote is found.
+     * The default value is not to trim anything.
      *
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @return The trimmer matcher in use
      */
-    public StrTokenizer reset() {
-        tokenPos = 0;
-        tokens = null;
-        return this;
+    public StrMatcher getTrimmerMatcher() {
+        return trimmerMatcher;
     }
 
+    // ListIterator
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Reset this tokenizer, giving it a new input string to parse.
-     * In this manner you can re-use a tokenizer with the same settings
-     * on multiple input lines.
+     * Checks whether there are any more tokens.
      *
-     * @param input  the new string to tokenize, null sets no text to parse
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @return true if there are more tokens
      */
-    public StrTokenizer reset(final String input) {
-        reset();
-        if (input != null) {
-            this.chars = input.toCharArray();
-        } else {
-            this.chars = null;
-        }
-        return this;
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasNext() {
+        checkTokenized();
+        return tokenPos < tokens.length;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reset this tokenizer, giving it a new input string to parse.
-     * In this manner you can re-use a tokenizer with the same settings
-     * on multiple input lines.
+     * Checks whether there are any previous tokens that can be iterated to.
      *
-     * @param input  the new character array to tokenize, not cloned, null sets no text to parse
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @return true if there are previous tokens
      */
-    public StrTokenizer reset(final char[] input) {
-        reset();
-        if (input != null) {
-            this.chars = input.clone();
-        } else {
-            this.chars = null;
-        }
-        return this;
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasPrevious() {
+        checkTokenized();
+        return tokenPos > 0;
     }
 
-    // ListIterator
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Checks whether there are any more tokens.
+     * Gets whether the tokenizer currently returns empty tokens as null.
+     * The default for this property is false.
      *
-     * @return true if there are more tokens
+     * @return true if empty tokens are returned as null
      */
-    @Override
-    public boolean hasNext() {
-        checkTokenized();
-        return tokenPos < tokens.length;
+    public boolean isEmptyTokenAsNull() {
+        return this.emptyAsNull;
+    }
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Gets whether the tokenizer currently ignores empty tokens.
+     * The default for this property is true.
+     *
+     * @return true if empty tokens are not returned
+     */
+    public boolean isIgnoreEmptyTokens() {
+        return ignoreEmptyTokens;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the characters at the index specified match the quote
+     * already matched in readNextToken().
+     *
+     * @param srcChars  the character array being tokenized
+     * @param pos  the position to check for a quote
+     * @param len  the length of the character array being tokenized
+     * @param quoteStart  the start position of the matched quote, 0 if no quoting
+     * @param quoteLen  the length of the matched quote, 0 if no quoting
+     * @return true if a quote is matched
+     */
+    private boolean isQuote(final char[] srcChars,
+                            final int pos,
+                            final int len,
+                            final int quoteStart,
+                            final int quoteLen) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < quoteLen; i++) {
+            if (pos + i >= len || srcChars[pos + i] != srcChars[quoteStart + i]) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -536,14 +655,17 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks whether there are any previous tokens that can be iterated to.
+     * Gets the next token from the String.
+     * Equivalent to {@link #next()} except it returns null rather than
+     * throwing {@link NoSuchElementException} when no tokens remain.
      *
-     * @return true if there are previous tokens
+     * @return The next sequential token, or null when no more tokens are found
      */
-    @Override
-    public boolean hasPrevious() {
-        checkTokenized();
-        return tokenPos > 0;
+    public String nextToken() {
+        if (hasNext()) {
+            return tokens[tokenPos++];
+        }
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -570,110 +692,15 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Unsupported ListIterator operation.
-     *
-     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
-     */
-    @Override
-    public void remove() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("remove() is unsupported");
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Unsupported ListIterator operation.
-     * @param obj this parameter ignored.
-     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
-     */
-    @Override
-    public void set(final String obj) {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("set() is unsupported");
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Unsupported ListIterator operation.
-     * @param obj this parameter ignored.
-     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
-     */
-    @Override
-    public void add(final String obj) {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("add() is unsupported");
-    }
-
-    // Implementation
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    /**
-     * Checks if tokenization has been done, and if not then do it.
-     */
-    private void checkTokenized() {
-        if (tokens == null) {
-            if (chars == null) {
-                // still call tokenize as subclass may do some work
-                final List<String> split = tokenize(null, 0, 0);
-                tokens = split.toArray(ArrayUtils.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY);
-            } else {
-                final List<String> split = tokenize(chars, 0, chars.length);
-                tokens = split.toArray(ArrayUtils.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Internal method to performs the tokenization.
-     * <p>
-     * Most users of this class do not need to call this method. This method
-     * will be called automatically by other (public) methods when required.
-     * <p>
-     * This method exists to allow subclasses to add code before or after the
-     * tokenization. For example, a subclass could alter the character array,
-     * offset or count to be parsed, or call the tokenizer multiple times on
-     * multiple strings. It is also be possible to filter the results.
-     * <p>
-     * {@code StrTokenizer} will always pass a zero offset and a count
-     * equal to the length of the array to this method, however a subclass
-     * may pass other values, or even an entirely different array.
-     *
-     * @param srcChars  the character array being tokenized, may be null
-     * @param offset  the start position within the character array, must be valid
-     * @param count  the number of characters to tokenize, must be valid
-     * @return The modifiable list of String tokens, unmodifiable if null array or zero count
-     */
-    protected List<String> tokenize(final char[] srcChars, final int offset, final int count) {
-        if (srcChars == null || count == 0) {
-            return Collections.emptyList();
-        }
-        final StrBuilder buf = new StrBuilder();
-        final List<String> tokenList = new ArrayList<>();
-        int pos = offset;
-
-        // loop around the entire buffer
-        while (pos >= 0 && pos < count) {
-            // find next token
-            pos = readNextToken(srcChars, pos, count, buf, tokenList);
-
-            // handle case where end of string is a delimiter
-            if (pos >= count) {
-                addToken(tokenList, StringUtils.EMPTY);
-            }
-        }
-        return tokenList;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Adds a token to a list, paying attention to the parameters we've set.
+     * Gets the previous token from the String.
      *
-     * @param list  the list to add to
-     * @param tok  the token to add
+     * @return The previous sequential token, or null when no more tokens are found
      */
-    private void addToken(final List<String> list, String tok) {
-        if (tok == null || tok.isEmpty()) {
-            if (isIgnoreEmptyTokens()) {
-                return;
-            }
-            if (isEmptyTokenAsNull()) {
-                tok = null;
-            }
+    public String previousToken() {
+        if (hasPrevious()) {
+            return tokens[--tokenPos];
         }
-        list.add(tok);
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -827,38 +854,82 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks if the characters at the index specified match the quote
-     * already matched in readNextToken().
+     * Unsupported ListIterator operation.
      *
-     * @param srcChars  the character array being tokenized
-     * @param pos  the position to check for a quote
-     * @param len  the length of the character array being tokenized
-     * @param quoteStart  the start position of the matched quote, 0 if no quoting
-     * @param quoteLen  the length of the matched quote, 0 if no quoting
-     * @return true if a quote is matched
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
      */
-    private boolean isQuote(final char[] srcChars,
-                            final int pos,
-                            final int len,
-                            final int quoteStart,
-                            final int quoteLen) {
-        for (int i = 0; i < quoteLen; i++) {
-            if (pos + i >= len || srcChars[pos + i] != srcChars[quoteStart + i]) {
-                return false;
-            }
+    @Override
+    public void remove() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("remove() is unsupported");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resets this tokenizer, forgetting all parsing and iteration already completed.
+     * <p>
+     * This method allows the same tokenizer to be reused for the same String.
+     *
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     */
+    public StrTokenizer reset() {
+        tokenPos = 0;
+        tokens = null;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reset this tokenizer, giving it a new input string to parse.
+     * In this manner you can re-use a tokenizer with the same settings
+     * on multiple input lines.
+     *
+     * @param input  the new character array to tokenize, not cloned, null sets no text to parse
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     */
+    public StrTokenizer reset(final char[] input) {
+        reset();
+        if (input != null) {
+            this.chars = input.clone();
+        } else {
+            this.chars = null;
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reset this tokenizer, giving it a new input string to parse.
+     * In this manner you can re-use a tokenizer with the same settings
+     * on multiple input lines.
+     *
+     * @param input  the new string to tokenize, null sets no text to parse
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     */
+    public StrTokenizer reset(final String input) {
+        reset();
+        if (input != null) {
+            this.chars = input.toCharArray();
+        } else {
+            this.chars = null;
         }
-        return true;
+        return this;
     }
 
-    // Delimiter
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Gets the field delimiter matcher.
+     * Unsupported ListIterator operation.
+     * @param obj this parameter ignored.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void set(final String obj) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("set() is unsupported");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the field delimiter character.
      *
-     * @return The delimiter matcher in use
+     * @param delim  the delimiter character to use
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrMatcher getDelimiterMatcher() {
-        return this.delimMatcher;
+    public StrTokenizer setDelimiterChar(final char delim) {
+        return setDelimiterMatcher(StrMatcher.charMatcher(delim));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -879,16 +950,6 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the field delimiter character.
-     *
-     * @param delim  the delimiter character to use
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StrTokenizer setDelimiterChar(final char delim) {
-        return setDelimiterMatcher(StrMatcher.charMatcher(delim));
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Sets the field delimiter string.
      *
      * @param delim  the delimiter string to use
@@ -898,63 +959,29 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
         return setDelimiterMatcher(StrMatcher.stringMatcher(delim));
     }
 
-    // Quote
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    /**
-     * Gets the quote matcher currently in use.
-     * <p>
-     * The quote character is used to wrap data between the tokens.
-     * This enables delimiters to be entered as data.
-     * The default value is '"' (double quote).
-     *
-     * @return The quote matcher in use
-     */
-    public StrMatcher getQuoteMatcher() {
-        return quoteMatcher;
-    }
-
     /**
-     * Set the quote matcher to use.
-     * <p>
-     * The quote character is used to wrap data between the tokens.
-     * This enables delimiters to be entered as data.
+     * Sets whether the tokenizer should return empty tokens as null.
+     * The default for this property is false.
      *
-     * @param quote  the quote matcher to use, null ignored
+     * @param emptyAsNull  whether empty tokens are returned as null
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrTokenizer setQuoteMatcher(final StrMatcher quote) {
-        if (quote != null) {
-            this.quoteMatcher = quote;
-        }
+    public StrTokenizer setEmptyTokenAsNull(final boolean emptyAsNull) {
+        this.emptyAsNull = emptyAsNull;
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the quote character to use.
-     * <p>
-     * The quote character is used to wrap data between the tokens.
-     * This enables delimiters to be entered as data.
-     *
-     * @param quote  the quote character to use
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StrTokenizer setQuoteChar(final char quote) {
-        return setQuoteMatcher(StrMatcher.charMatcher(quote));
-    }
-
-    // Ignored
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    /**
-     * Gets the ignored character matcher.
+     * Set the character to ignore.
      * <p>
-     * These characters are ignored when parsing the String, unless they are
+     * This character is ignored when parsing the String, unless it is
      * within a quoted region.
-     * The default value is not to ignore anything.
      *
-     * @return The ignored matcher in use
+     * @param ignored  the ignored character to use
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrMatcher getIgnoredMatcher() {
-        return ignoredMatcher;
+    public StrTokenizer setIgnoredChar(final char ignored) {
+        return setIgnoredMatcher(StrMatcher.charMatcher(ignored));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -974,31 +1001,44 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the character to ignore.
+     * Sets whether the tokenizer should ignore and not return empty tokens.
+     * The default for this property is true.
+     *
+     * @param ignoreEmptyTokens  whether empty tokens are not returned
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     */
+    public StrTokenizer setIgnoreEmptyTokens(final boolean ignoreEmptyTokens) {
+        this.ignoreEmptyTokens = ignoreEmptyTokens;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the quote character to use.
      * <p>
-     * This character is ignored when parsing the String, unless it is
-     * within a quoted region.
+     * The quote character is used to wrap data between the tokens.
+     * This enables delimiters to be entered as data.
      *
-     * @param ignored  the ignored character to use
+     * @param quote  the quote character to use
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrTokenizer setIgnoredChar(final char ignored) {
-        return setIgnoredMatcher(StrMatcher.charMatcher(ignored));
+    public StrTokenizer setQuoteChar(final char quote) {
+        return setQuoteMatcher(StrMatcher.charMatcher(quote));
     }
 
-    // Trimmer
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Gets the trimmer character matcher.
+     * Set the quote matcher to use.
      * <p>
-     * These characters are trimmed off on each side of the delimiter
-     * until the token or quote is found.
-     * The default value is not to trim anything.
+     * The quote character is used to wrap data between the tokens.
+     * This enables delimiters to be entered as data.
      *
-     * @return The trimmer matcher in use
+     * @param quote  the quote matcher to use, null ignored
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StrMatcher getTrimmerMatcher() {
-        return trimmerMatcher;
+    public StrTokenizer setQuoteMatcher(final StrMatcher quote) {
+        if (quote != null) {
+            this.quoteMatcher = quote;
+        }
+        return this;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1017,97 +1057,57 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
         return this;
     }
 
+    // API
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Gets whether the tokenizer currently returns empty tokens as null.
-     * The default for this property is false.
-     *
-     * @return true if empty tokens are returned as null
-     */
-    public boolean isEmptyTokenAsNull() {
-        return this.emptyAsNull;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Sets whether the tokenizer should return empty tokens as null.
-     * The default for this property is false.
-     *
-     * @param emptyAsNull  whether empty tokens are returned as null
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StrTokenizer setEmptyTokenAsNull(final boolean emptyAsNull) {
-        this.emptyAsNull = emptyAsNull;
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    /**
-     * Gets whether the tokenizer currently ignores empty tokens.
-     * The default for this property is true.
-     *
-     * @return true if empty tokens are not returned
-     */
-    public boolean isIgnoreEmptyTokens() {
-        return ignoreEmptyTokens;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Sets whether the tokenizer should ignore and not return empty tokens.
-     * The default for this property is true.
+     * Gets the number of tokens found in the String.
      *
-     * @param ignoreEmptyTokens  whether empty tokens are not returned
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @return The number of matched tokens
      */
-    public StrTokenizer setIgnoreEmptyTokens(final boolean ignoreEmptyTokens) {
-        this.ignoreEmptyTokens = ignoreEmptyTokens;
-        return this;
+    public int size() {
+        checkTokenized();
+        return tokens.length;
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
-     * Gets the String content that the tokenizer is parsing.
+     * Internal method to performs the tokenization.
+     * <p>
+     * Most users of this class do not need to call this method. This method
+     * will be called automatically by other (public) methods when required.
+     * <p>
+     * This method exists to allow subclasses to add code before or after the
+     * tokenization. For example, a subclass could alter the character array,
+     * offset or count to be parsed, or call the tokenizer multiple times on
+     * multiple strings. It is also be possible to filter the results.
+     * <p>
+     * {@code StrTokenizer} will always pass a zero offset and a count
+     * equal to the length of the array to this method, however a subclass
+     * may pass other values, or even an entirely different array.
      *
-     * @return The string content being parsed
+     * @param srcChars  the character array being tokenized, may be null
+     * @param offset  the start position within the character array, must be valid
+     * @param count  the number of characters to tokenize, must be valid
+     * @return The modifiable list of String tokens, unmodifiable if null array or zero count
      */
-    public String getContent() {
-        if (chars == null) {
-            return null;
+    protected List<String> tokenize(final char[] srcChars, final int offset, final int count) {
+        if (srcChars == null || count == 0) {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
         }
-        return new String(chars);
-    }
+        final StrBuilder buf = new StrBuilder();
+        final List<String> tokenList = new ArrayList<>();
+        int pos = offset;
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    /**
-     * Creates a new instance of this Tokenizer. The new instance is reset so
-     * that it will be at the start of the token list.
-     * If a {@link CloneNotSupportedException} is caught, return {@code null}.
-     *
-     * @return a new instance of this Tokenizer which has been reset.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public Object clone() {
-        try {
-            return cloneReset();
-        } catch (final CloneNotSupportedException ex) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
+        // loop around the entire buffer
+        while (pos >= 0 && pos < count) {
+            // find next token
+            pos = readNextToken(srcChars, pos, count, buf, tokenList);
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new instance of this Tokenizer. The new instance is reset so that
-     * it will be at the start of the token list.
-     *
-     * @return a new instance of this Tokenizer which has been reset.
-     * @throws CloneNotSupportedException if there is a problem cloning
-     */
-    Object cloneReset() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
-        // this method exists to enable 100% test coverage
-        final StrTokenizer cloned = (StrTokenizer) super.clone();
-        if (cloned.chars != null) {
-            cloned.chars = cloned.chars.clone();
+            // handle case where end of string is a delimiter
+            if (pos >= count) {
+                addToken(tokenList, StringUtils.EMPTY);
+            }
         }
-        cloned.reset();
-        return cloned;
+        return tokenList;
     }
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StringTokenizer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StringTokenizer.java
index 654f8a6..9cd9922 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StringTokenizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StringTokenizer.java
@@ -115,27 +115,6 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
         TSV_TOKENIZER_PROTOTYPE.setIgnoreEmptyTokens(false);
     }
 
-    /** The text to work on. */
-    private char[] chars;
-    /** The parsed tokens. */
-    private String[] tokens;
-    /** The current iteration position. */
-    private int tokenPos;
-
-    /** The delimiter matcher. */
-    private StringMatcher delimMatcher = StringMatcherFactory.INSTANCE.splitMatcher();
-    /** The quote matcher. */
-    private StringMatcher quoteMatcher = StringMatcherFactory.INSTANCE.noneMatcher();
-    /** The ignored matcher. */
-    private StringMatcher ignoredMatcher = StringMatcherFactory.INSTANCE.noneMatcher();
-    /** The trimmer matcher. */
-    private StringMatcher trimmerMatcher = StringMatcherFactory.INSTANCE.noneMatcher();
-
-    /** Whether to return empty tokens as null. */
-    private boolean emptyAsNull;
-    /** Whether to ignore empty tokens. */
-    private boolean ignoreEmptyTokens = true;
-
     /**
      * Returns a clone of {@code CSV_TOKENIZER_PROTOTYPE}.
      *
@@ -144,7 +123,6 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     private static StringTokenizer getCSVClone() {
         return (StringTokenizer) CSV_TOKENIZER_PROTOTYPE.clone();
     }
-
     /**
      * Gets a new tokenizer instance which parses Comma Separated Value strings initializing it with the given input.
      * The default for CSV processing will be trim whitespace from both ends (which can be overridden with the
@@ -158,7 +136,6 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     public static StringTokenizer getCSVInstance() {
         return getCSVClone();
     }
-
     /**
      * Gets a new tokenizer instance which parses Comma Separated Value strings initializing it with the given input.
      * The default for CSV processing will be trim whitespace from both ends (which can be overridden with the
@@ -168,7 +145,7 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
      *            the text to parse
      * @return a new tokenizer instance which parses Comma Separated Value strings
      */
-    public static StringTokenizer getCSVInstance(final String input) {
+    public static StringTokenizer getCSVInstance(final char[] input) {
         return getCSVClone().reset(input);
     }
 
@@ -181,10 +158,9 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
      *            the text to parse
      * @return a new tokenizer instance which parses Comma Separated Value strings
      */
-    public static StringTokenizer getCSVInstance(final char[] input) {
+    public static StringTokenizer getCSVInstance(final String input) {
         return getCSVClone().reset(input);
     }
-
     /**
      * Returns a clone of {@code TSV_TOKENIZER_PROTOTYPE}.
      *
@@ -193,7 +169,6 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     private static StringTokenizer getTSVClone() {
         return (StringTokenizer) TSV_TOKENIZER_PROTOTYPE.clone();
     }
-
     /**
      * Gets a new tokenizer instance which parses Tab Separated Value strings. The default for CSV processing will be
      * trim whitespace from both ends (which can be overridden with the setTrimmer method).
@@ -206,7 +181,6 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     public static StringTokenizer getTSVInstance() {
         return getTSVClone();
     }
-
     /**
      * Gets a new tokenizer instance which parses Tab Separated Value strings. The default for CSV processing will be
      * trim whitespace from both ends (which can be overridden with the setTrimmer method).
@@ -215,7 +189,7 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
      *            the string to parse
      * @return a new tokenizer instance which parses Tab Separated Value strings.
      */
-    public static StringTokenizer getTSVInstance(final String input) {
+    public static StringTokenizer getTSVInstance(final char[] input) {
         return getTSVClone().reset(input);
     }
 
@@ -227,9 +201,35 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
      *            the string to parse
      * @return a new tokenizer instance which parses Tab Separated Value strings.
      */
-    public static StringTokenizer getTSVInstance(final char[] input) {
+    public static StringTokenizer getTSVInstance(final String input) {
         return getTSVClone().reset(input);
     }
+    /** The text to work on. */
+    private char[] chars;
+
+    /** The parsed tokens. */
+    private String[] tokens;
+
+    /** The current iteration position. */
+    private int tokenPos;
+
+    /** The delimiter matcher. */
+    private StringMatcher delimMatcher = StringMatcherFactory.INSTANCE.splitMatcher();
+
+    /** The quote matcher. */
+    private StringMatcher quoteMatcher = StringMatcherFactory.INSTANCE.noneMatcher();
+
+    /** The ignored matcher. */
+    private StringMatcher ignoredMatcher = StringMatcherFactory.INSTANCE.noneMatcher();
+
+    /** The trimmer matcher. */
+    private StringMatcher trimmerMatcher = StringMatcherFactory.INSTANCE.noneMatcher();
+
+    /** Whether to return empty tokens as null. */
+    private boolean emptyAsNull;
+
+    /** Whether to ignore empty tokens. */
+    private boolean ignoreEmptyTokens = true;
 
     /**
      * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on space, tab, newline and form feed as per StringTokenizer, but with no text to
@@ -246,34 +246,50 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
      * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on space, tab, newline and form feed as per StringTokenizer.
      *
      * @param input
-     *            the string which is to be parsed
+     *            the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
      */
-    public StringTokenizer(final String input) {
-        this.chars = input != null ? input.toCharArray() : null;
+    public StringTokenizer(final char[] input) {
+        this.chars = input != null ? input.clone() : null;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter character.
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified character.
      *
      * @param input
-     *            the string which is to be parsed
+     *            the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
      * @param delim
      *            the field delimiter character
      */
-    public StringTokenizer(final String input, final char delim) {
+    public StringTokenizer(final char[] input, final char delim) {
         this(input);
         setDelimiterChar(delim);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter string.
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter character and handling quotes using the specified
+     * quote character.
      *
      * @param input
-     *            the string which is to be parsed
+     *            the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
+     * @param delim
+     *            the field delimiter character
+     * @param quote
+     *            the field quoted string character
+     */
+    public StringTokenizer(final char[] input, final char delim, final char quote) {
+        this(input, delim);
+        setQuoteChar(quote);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified string.
+     *
+     * @param input
+     *            the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
      * @param delim
      *            the field delimiter string
      */
-    public StringTokenizer(final String input, final String delim) {
+    public StringTokenizer(final char[] input, final String delim) {
         this(input);
         setDelimiterString(delim);
     }
@@ -282,79 +298,79 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
      * Constructs a tokenizer splitting using the specified delimiter matcher.
      *
      * @param input
-     *            the string which is to be parsed
+     *            the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
      * @param delim
      *            the field delimiter matcher
      */
-    public StringTokenizer(final String input, final StringMatcher delim) {
+    public StringTokenizer(final char[] input, final StringMatcher delim) {
         this(input);
         setDelimiterMatcher(delim);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter character and handling quotes using the specified
-     * quote character.
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting using the specified delimiter matcher and handling quotes using the specified
+     * quote matcher.
      *
      * @param input
-     *            the string which is to be parsed
+     *            the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
      * @param delim
      *            the field delimiter character
      * @param quote
      *            the field quoted string character
      */
-    public StringTokenizer(final String input, final char delim, final char quote) {
+    public StringTokenizer(final char[] input, final StringMatcher delim, final StringMatcher quote) {
         this(input, delim);
-        setQuoteChar(quote);
+        setQuoteMatcher(quote);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting using the specified delimiter matcher and handling quotes using the specified
-     * quote matcher.
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on space, tab, newline and form feed as per StringTokenizer.
      *
      * @param input
      *            the string which is to be parsed
-     * @param delim
-     *            the field delimiter matcher
-     * @param quote
-     *            the field quoted string matcher
      */
-    public StringTokenizer(final String input, final StringMatcher delim, final StringMatcher quote) {
-        this(input, delim);
-        setQuoteMatcher(quote);
+    public StringTokenizer(final String input) {
+        this.chars = input != null ? input.toCharArray() : null;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on space, tab, newline and form feed as per StringTokenizer.
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter character.
      *
      * @param input
-     *            the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
+     *            the string which is to be parsed
+     * @param delim
+     *            the field delimiter character
      */
-    public StringTokenizer(final char[] input) {
-        this.chars = input != null ? input.clone() : null;
+    public StringTokenizer(final String input, final char delim) {
+        this(input);
+        setDelimiterChar(delim);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified character.
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter character and handling quotes using the specified
+     * quote character.
      *
      * @param input
-     *            the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
+     *            the string which is to be parsed
      * @param delim
      *            the field delimiter character
+     * @param quote
+     *            the field quoted string character
      */
-    public StringTokenizer(final char[] input, final char delim) {
-        this(input);
-        setDelimiterChar(delim);
+    public StringTokenizer(final String input, final char delim, final char quote) {
+        this(input, delim);
+        setQuoteChar(quote);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified string.
+     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter string.
      *
      * @param input
-     *            the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
+     *            the string which is to be parsed
      * @param delim
      *            the field delimiter string
      */
-    public StringTokenizer(final char[] input, final String delim) {
+    public StringTokenizer(final String input, final String delim) {
         this(input);
         setDelimiterString(delim);
     }
@@ -363,177 +379,202 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
      * Constructs a tokenizer splitting using the specified delimiter matcher.
      *
      * @param input
-     *            the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
+     *            the string which is to be parsed
      * @param delim
      *            the field delimiter matcher
      */
-    public StringTokenizer(final char[] input, final StringMatcher delim) {
+    public StringTokenizer(final String input, final StringMatcher delim) {
         this(input);
         setDelimiterMatcher(delim);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a tokenizer splitting on the specified delimiter character and handling quotes using the specified
-     * quote character.
-     *
-     * @param input
-     *            the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
-     * @param delim
-     *            the field delimiter character
-     * @param quote
-     *            the field quoted string character
-     */
-    public StringTokenizer(final char[] input, final char delim, final char quote) {
-        this(input, delim);
-        setQuoteChar(quote);
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Constructs a tokenizer splitting using the specified delimiter matcher and handling quotes using the specified
      * quote matcher.
      *
      * @param input
-     *            the string which is to be parsed, not cloned
+     *            the string which is to be parsed
      * @param delim
-     *            the field delimiter character
+     *            the field delimiter matcher
      * @param quote
-     *            the field quoted string character
+     *            the field quoted string matcher
      */
-    public StringTokenizer(final char[] input, final StringMatcher delim, final StringMatcher quote) {
+    public StringTokenizer(final String input, final StringMatcher delim, final StringMatcher quote) {
         this(input, delim);
         setQuoteMatcher(quote);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the number of tokens found in the String.
+     * Unsupported ListIterator operation.
      *
-     * @return The number of matched tokens
+     * @param obj
+     *            this parameter ignored.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
+     *             always
      */
-    public int size() {
-        checkTokenized();
-        return tokens.length;
+    @Override
+    public void add(final String obj) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("add() is unsupported");
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the next token from the String. Equivalent to {@link #next()} except it returns null rather than throwing
-     * {@link NoSuchElementException} when no tokens remain.
+     * Adds a token to a list, paying attention to the parameters we've set.
      *
-     * @return The next sequential token, or null when no more tokens are found
+     * @param list
+     *            the list to add to
+     * @param tok
+     *            the token to add
      */
-    public String nextToken() {
-        if (hasNext()) {
-            return tokens[tokenPos++];
+    private void addToken(final List<String> list, String tok) {
+        if (tok == null || tok.isEmpty()) {
+            if (isIgnoreEmptyTokens()) {
+                return;
+            }
+            if (isEmptyTokenAsNull()) {
+                tok = null;
+            }
         }
-        return null;
+        list.add(tok);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the previous token from the String.
-     *
-     * @return The previous sequential token, or null when no more tokens are found
+     * Checks if tokenization has been done, and if not then do it.
      */
-    public String previousToken() {
-        if (hasPrevious()) {
-            return tokens[--tokenPos];
+    private void checkTokenized() {
+        if (tokens == null) {
+            final List<String> split;
+            if (chars == null) {
+                // still call tokenize as subclass may do some work
+                split = tokenize(null, 0, 0);
+            } else {
+                split = tokenize(chars, 0, chars.length);
+            }
+            tokens = split.toArray(ArrayUtils.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY);
         }
-        return null;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets a copy of the full token list as an independent modifiable array.
+     * Creates a new instance of this Tokenizer. The new instance is reset so that it will be at the start of the token
+     * list. If a {@link CloneNotSupportedException} is caught, return {@code null}.
      *
-     * @return The tokens as a String array
+     * @return a new instance of this Tokenizer which has been reset.
      */
-    public String[] getTokenArray() {
-        checkTokenized();
-        return tokens.clone();
+    @Override
+    public Object clone() {
+        try {
+            return cloneReset();
+        } catch (final CloneNotSupportedException ex) {
+            return null;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets a copy of the full token list as an independent modifiable list.
+     * Creates a new instance of this Tokenizer. The new instance is reset so that it will be at the start of the token
+     * list.
      *
-     * @return The tokens as a String array
+     * @return a new instance of this Tokenizer which has been reset.
+     * @throws CloneNotSupportedException
+     *             if there is a problem cloning
      */
-    public List<String> getTokenList() {
-        checkTokenized();
-        return Arrays.asList(tokens);
-    }
+    Object cloneReset() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
+        // this method exists to enable 100% test coverage
+        final StringTokenizer cloned = (StringTokenizer) super.clone();
+        if (cloned.chars != null) {
+            cloned.chars = cloned.chars.clone();
+        }
+        cloned.reset();
+        return cloned;
+    }
 
     /**
-     * Resets this tokenizer, forgetting all parsing and iteration already completed.
+     * Gets the String content that the tokenizer is parsing.
+     *
+     * @return The string content being parsed
+     */
+    public String getContent() {
+        if (chars == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return new String(chars);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the field delimiter matcher.
+     *
+     * @return The delimiter matcher in use
+     */
+    public StringMatcher getDelimiterMatcher() {
+        return this.delimMatcher;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the ignored character matcher.
      * <p>
-     * This method allows the same tokenizer to be reused for the same String.
+     * These characters are ignored when parsing the String, unless they are within a quoted region. The default value
+     * is not to ignore anything.
+     * </p>
      *
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @return The ignored matcher in use
      */
-    public StringTokenizer reset() {
-        tokenPos = 0;
-        tokens = null;
-        return this;
+    public StringMatcher getIgnoredMatcher() {
+        return ignoredMatcher;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reset this tokenizer, giving it a new input string to parse. In this manner you can re-use a tokenizer with the
-     * same settings on multiple input lines.
+     * Gets the quote matcher currently in use.
+     * <p>
+     * The quote character is used to wrap data between the tokens. This enables delimiters to be entered as data. The
+     * default value is '"' (double quote).
+     * </p>
      *
-     * @param input
-     *            the new string to tokenize, null sets no text to parse
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @return The quote matcher in use
      */
-    public StringTokenizer reset(final String input) {
-        reset();
-        this.chars = input != null ? input.toCharArray() : null;
-        return this;
+    public StringMatcher getQuoteMatcher() {
+        return quoteMatcher;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reset this tokenizer, giving it a new input string to parse. In this manner you can re-use a tokenizer with the
-     * same settings on multiple input lines.
+     * Gets a copy of the full token list as an independent modifiable array.
      *
-     * @param input
-     *            the new character array to tokenize, not cloned, null sets no text to parse
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @return The tokens as a String array
      */
-    public StringTokenizer reset(final char[] input) {
-        reset();
-        this.chars = input != null ? input.clone() : null;
-        return this;
+    public String[] getTokenArray() {
+        checkTokenized();
+        return tokens.clone();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks whether there are any more tokens.
+     * Gets a copy of the full token list as an independent modifiable list.
      *
-     * @return true if there are more tokens
+     * @return The tokens as a String array
      */
-    @Override
-    public boolean hasNext() {
+    public List<String> getTokenList() {
         checkTokenized();
-        return tokenPos < tokens.length;
+        return Arrays.asList(tokens);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the next token.
+     * Gets the trimmer character matcher.
+     * <p>
+     * These characters are trimmed off on each side of the delimiter until the token or quote is found. The default
+     * value is not to trim anything.
+     * </p>
      *
-     * @return The next String token
-     * @throws NoSuchElementException
-     *             if there are no more elements
+     * @return The trimmer matcher in use
      */
-    @Override
-    public String next() {
-        if (hasNext()) {
-            return tokens[tokenPos++];
-        }
-        throw new NoSuchElementException();
+    public StringMatcher getTrimmerMatcher() {
+        return trimmerMatcher;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the index of the next token to return.
+     * Checks whether there are any more tokens.
      *
-     * @return The next token index
+     * @return true if there are more tokens
      */
     @Override
-    public int nextIndex() {
-        return tokenPos;
+    public boolean hasNext() {
+        checkTokenized();
+        return tokenPos < tokens.length;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -548,144 +589,119 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the token previous to the last returned token.
+     * Gets whether the tokenizer currently returns empty tokens as null. The default for this property is false.
      *
-     * @return The previous token
+     * @return true if empty tokens are returned as null
      */
-    @Override
-    public String previous() {
-        if (hasPrevious()) {
-            return tokens[--tokenPos];
-        }
-        throw new NoSuchElementException();
+    public boolean isEmptyTokenAsNull() {
+        return this.emptyAsNull;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the index of the previous token.
+     * Gets whether the tokenizer currently ignores empty tokens. The default for this property is true.
      *
-     * @return The previous token index
+     * @return true if empty tokens are not returned
      */
-    @Override
-    public int previousIndex() {
-        return tokenPos - 1;
+    public boolean isIgnoreEmptyTokens() {
+        return ignoreEmptyTokens;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Unsupported ListIterator operation.
+     * Checks if the characters at the index specified match the quote already matched in readNextToken().
      *
-     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
-     *             always
+     * @param srcChars
+     *            the character array being tokenized
+     * @param pos
+     *            the position to check for a quote
+     * @param len
+     *            the length of the character array being tokenized
+     * @param quoteStart
+     *            the start position of the matched quote, 0 if no quoting
+     * @param quoteLen
+     *            the length of the matched quote, 0 if no quoting
+     * @return true if a quote is matched
      */
-    @Override
-    public void remove() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("remove() is unsupported");
+    private boolean isQuote(final char[] srcChars, final int pos, final int len, final int quoteStart,
+            final int quoteLen) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < quoteLen; i++) {
+            if (pos + i >= len || srcChars[pos + i] != srcChars[quoteStart + i]) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Unsupported ListIterator operation.
+     * Gets the next token.
      *
-     * @param obj
-     *            this parameter ignored.
-     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
-     *             always
+     * @return The next String token
+     * @throws NoSuchElementException
+     *             if there are no more elements
      */
     @Override
-    public void set(final String obj) {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("set() is unsupported");
+    public String next() {
+        if (hasNext()) {
+            return tokens[tokenPos++];
+        }
+        throw new NoSuchElementException();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Unsupported ListIterator operation.
+     * Gets the index of the next token to return.
      *
-     * @param obj
-     *            this parameter ignored.
-     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
-     *             always
+     * @return The next token index
      */
     @Override
-    public void add(final String obj) {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("add() is unsupported");
+    public int nextIndex() {
+        return tokenPos;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks if tokenization has been done, and if not then do it.
+     * Gets the next token from the String. Equivalent to {@link #next()} except it returns null rather than throwing
+     * {@link NoSuchElementException} when no tokens remain.
+     *
+     * @return The next sequential token, or null when no more tokens are found
      */
-    private void checkTokenized() {
-        if (tokens == null) {
-            final List<String> split;
-            if (chars == null) {
-                // still call tokenize as subclass may do some work
-                split = tokenize(null, 0, 0);
-            } else {
-                split = tokenize(chars, 0, chars.length);
-            }
-            tokens = split.toArray(ArrayUtils.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY);
+    public String nextToken() {
+        if (hasNext()) {
+            return tokens[tokenPos++];
         }
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Internal method to performs the tokenization.
-     * <p>
-     * Most users of this class do not need to call this method. This method will be called automatically by other
-     * (public) methods when required.
-     * </p>
-     * <p>
-     * This method exists to allow subclasses to add code before or after the tokenization. For example, a subclass
-     * could alter the character array, offset or count to be parsed, or call the tokenizer multiple times on multiple
-     * strings. It is also be possible to filter the results.
-     * </p>
-     * <p>
-     * {@code StrTokenizer} will always pass a zero offset and a count equal to the length of the array to this
-     * method, however a subclass may pass other values, or even an entirely different array.
-     * </p>
+     * Gets the token previous to the last returned token.
      *
-     * @param srcChars
-     *            the character array being tokenized, may be null
-     * @param offset
-     *            the start position within the character array, must be valid
-     * @param count
-     *            the number of characters to tokenize, must be valid
-     * @return The modifiable list of String tokens, unmodifiable if null array or zero count
+     * @return The previous token
      */
-    protected List<String> tokenize(final char[] srcChars, final int offset, final int count) {
-        if (srcChars == null || count == 0) {
-            return Collections.emptyList();
+    @Override
+    public String previous() {
+        if (hasPrevious()) {
+            return tokens[--tokenPos];
         }
-        final TextStringBuilder buf = new TextStringBuilder();
-        final List<String> tokenList = new ArrayList<>();
-        int pos = offset;
-
-        // loop around the entire buffer
-        while (pos >= 0 && pos < count) {
-            // find next token
-            pos = readNextToken(srcChars, pos, count, buf, tokenList);
+        throw new NoSuchElementException();
+    }
 
-            // handle case where end of string is a delimiter
-            if (pos >= count) {
-                addToken(tokenList, StringUtils.EMPTY);
-            }
-        }
-        return tokenList;
+    /**
+     * Gets the index of the previous token.
+     *
+     * @return The previous token index
+     */
+    @Override
+    public int previousIndex() {
+        return tokenPos - 1;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Adds a token to a list, paying attention to the parameters we've set.
+     * Gets the previous token from the String.
      *
-     * @param list
-     *            the list to add to
-     * @param tok
-     *            the token to add
+     * @return The previous sequential token, or null when no more tokens are found
      */
-    private void addToken(final List<String> list, String tok) {
-        if (tok == null || tok.isEmpty()) {
-            if (isIgnoreEmptyTokens()) {
-                return;
-            }
-            if (isEmptyTokenAsNull()) {
-                tok = null;
-            }
+    public String previousToken() {
+        if (hasPrevious()) {
+            return tokens[--tokenPos];
         }
-        list.add(tok);
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -845,37 +861,79 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks if the characters at the index specified match the quote already matched in readNextToken().
+     * Unsupported ListIterator operation.
+     *
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
+     *             always
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void remove() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("remove() is unsupported");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resets this tokenizer, forgetting all parsing and iteration already completed.
+     * <p>
+     * This method allows the same tokenizer to be reused for the same String.
+     *
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     */
+    public StringTokenizer reset() {
+        tokenPos = 0;
+        tokens = null;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reset this tokenizer, giving it a new input string to parse. In this manner you can re-use a tokenizer with the
+     * same settings on multiple input lines.
+     *
+     * @param input
+     *            the new character array to tokenize, not cloned, null sets no text to parse
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     */
+    public StringTokenizer reset(final char[] input) {
+        reset();
+        this.chars = input != null ? input.clone() : null;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reset this tokenizer, giving it a new input string to parse. In this manner you can re-use a tokenizer with the
+     * same settings on multiple input lines.
+     *
+     * @param input
+     *            the new string to tokenize, null sets no text to parse
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     */
+    public StringTokenizer reset(final String input) {
+        reset();
+        this.chars = input != null ? input.toCharArray() : null;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Unsupported ListIterator operation.
      *
-     * @param srcChars
-     *            the character array being tokenized
-     * @param pos
-     *            the position to check for a quote
-     * @param len
-     *            the length of the character array being tokenized
-     * @param quoteStart
-     *            the start position of the matched quote, 0 if no quoting
-     * @param quoteLen
-     *            the length of the matched quote, 0 if no quoting
-     * @return true if a quote is matched
+     * @param obj
+     *            this parameter ignored.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
+     *             always
      */
-    private boolean isQuote(final char[] srcChars, final int pos, final int len, final int quoteStart,
-            final int quoteLen) {
-        for (int i = 0; i < quoteLen; i++) {
-            if (pos + i >= len || srcChars[pos + i] != srcChars[quoteStart + i]) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-        return true;
+    @Override
+    public void set(final String obj) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("set() is unsupported");
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the field delimiter matcher.
+     * Sets the field delimiter character.
      *
-     * @return The delimiter matcher in use
+     * @param delim
+     *            the delimiter character to use
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StringMatcher getDelimiterMatcher() {
-        return this.delimMatcher;
+    public StringTokenizer setDelimiterChar(final char delim) {
+        return setDelimiterMatcher(StringMatcherFactory.INSTANCE.charMatcher(delim));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -894,17 +952,6 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the field delimiter character.
-     *
-     * @param delim
-     *            the delimiter character to use
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StringTokenizer setDelimiterChar(final char delim) {
-        return setDelimiterMatcher(StringMatcherFactory.INSTANCE.charMatcher(delim));
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Sets the field delimiter string.
      *
      * @param delim
@@ -916,60 +963,29 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the quote matcher currently in use.
-     * <p>
-     * The quote character is used to wrap data between the tokens. This enables delimiters to be entered as data. The
-     * default value is '"' (double quote).
-     * </p>
-     *
-     * @return The quote matcher in use
-     */
-    public StringMatcher getQuoteMatcher() {
-        return quoteMatcher;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Set the quote matcher to use.
-     * <p>
-     * The quote character is used to wrap data between the tokens. This enables delimiters to be entered as data.
-     * </p>
+     * Sets whether the tokenizer should return empty tokens as null. The default for this property is false.
      *
-     * @param quote
-     *            the quote matcher to use, null ignored
+     * @param emptyAsNull
+     *            whether empty tokens are returned as null
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StringTokenizer setQuoteMatcher(final StringMatcher quote) {
-        if (quote != null) {
-            this.quoteMatcher = quote;
-        }
+    public StringTokenizer setEmptyTokenAsNull(final boolean emptyAsNull) {
+        this.emptyAsNull = emptyAsNull;
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the quote character to use.
+     * Set the character to ignore.
      * <p>
-     * The quote character is used to wrap data between the tokens. This enables delimiters to be entered as data.
+     * This character is ignored when parsing the String, unless it is within a quoted region.
      * </p>
      *
-     * @param quote
-     *            the quote character to use
+     * @param ignored
+     *            the ignored character to use
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StringTokenizer setQuoteChar(final char quote) {
-        return setQuoteMatcher(StringMatcherFactory.INSTANCE.charMatcher(quote));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the ignored character matcher.
-     * <p>
-     * These characters are ignored when parsing the String, unless they are within a quoted region. The default value
-     * is not to ignore anything.
-     * </p>
-     *
-     * @return The ignored matcher in use
-     */
-    public StringMatcher getIgnoredMatcher() {
-        return ignoredMatcher;
+    public StringTokenizer setIgnoredChar(final char ignored) {
+        return setIgnoredMatcher(StringMatcherFactory.INSTANCE.charMatcher(ignored));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -990,30 +1006,46 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the character to ignore.
+     * Sets whether the tokenizer should ignore and not return empty tokens. The default for this property is true.
+     *
+     * @param ignoreEmptyTokens
+     *            whether empty tokens are not returned
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     */
+    public StringTokenizer setIgnoreEmptyTokens(final boolean ignoreEmptyTokens) {
+        this.ignoreEmptyTokens = ignoreEmptyTokens;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the quote character to use.
      * <p>
-     * This character is ignored when parsing the String, unless it is within a quoted region.
+     * The quote character is used to wrap data between the tokens. This enables delimiters to be entered as data.
      * </p>
      *
-     * @param ignored
-     *            the ignored character to use
+     * @param quote
+     *            the quote character to use
      * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StringTokenizer setIgnoredChar(final char ignored) {
-        return setIgnoredMatcher(StringMatcherFactory.INSTANCE.charMatcher(ignored));
+    public StringTokenizer setQuoteChar(final char quote) {
+        return setQuoteMatcher(StringMatcherFactory.INSTANCE.charMatcher(quote));
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the trimmer character matcher.
+     * Set the quote matcher to use.
      * <p>
-     * These characters are trimmed off on each side of the delimiter until the token or quote is found. The default
-     * value is not to trim anything.
+     * The quote character is used to wrap data between the tokens. This enables delimiters to be entered as data.
      * </p>
      *
-     * @return The trimmer matcher in use
+     * @param quote
+     *            the quote matcher to use, null ignored
+     * @return this, to enable chaining
      */
-    public StringMatcher getTrimmerMatcher() {
-        return trimmerMatcher;
+    public StringTokenizer setQuoteMatcher(final StringMatcher quote) {
+        if (quote != null) {
+            this.quoteMatcher = quote;
+        }
+        return this;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1033,90 +1065,58 @@ public class StringTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets whether the tokenizer currently returns empty tokens as null. The default for this property is false.
-     *
-     * @return true if empty tokens are returned as null
-     */
-    public boolean isEmptyTokenAsNull() {
-        return this.emptyAsNull;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Sets whether the tokenizer should return empty tokens as null. The default for this property is false.
-     *
-     * @param emptyAsNull
-     *            whether empty tokens are returned as null
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
-     */
-    public StringTokenizer setEmptyTokenAsNull(final boolean emptyAsNull) {
-        this.emptyAsNull = emptyAsNull;
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets whether the tokenizer currently ignores empty tokens. The default for this property is true.
-     *
-     * @return true if empty tokens are not returned
-     */
-    public boolean isIgnoreEmptyTokens() {
-        return ignoreEmptyTokens;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Sets whether the tokenizer should ignore and not return empty tokens. The default for this property is true.
+     * Gets the number of tokens found in the String.
      *
-     * @param ignoreEmptyTokens
-     *            whether empty tokens are not returned
-     * @return this, to enable chaining
+     * @return The number of matched tokens
      */
-    public StringTokenizer setIgnoreEmptyTokens(final boolean ignoreEmptyTokens) {
-        this.ignoreEmptyTokens = ignoreEmptyTokens;
-        return this;
+    public int size() {
+        checkTokenized();
+        return tokens.length;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the String content that the tokenizer is parsing.
+     * Internal method to performs the tokenization.
+     * <p>
+     * Most users of this class do not need to call this method. This method will be called automatically by other
+     * (public) methods when required.
+     * </p>
+     * <p>
+     * This method exists to allow subclasses to add code before or after the tokenization. For example, a subclass
+     * could alter the character array, offset or count to be parsed, or call the tokenizer multiple times on multiple
+     * strings. It is also be possible to filter the results.
+     * </p>
+     * <p>
+     * {@code StrTokenizer} will always pass a zero offset and a count equal to the length of the array to this
+     * method, however a subclass may pass other values, or even an entirely different array.
+     * </p>
      *
-     * @return The string content being parsed
+     * @param srcChars
+     *            the character array being tokenized, may be null
+     * @param offset
+     *            the start position within the character array, must be valid
+     * @param count
+     *            the number of characters to tokenize, must be valid
+     * @return The modifiable list of String tokens, unmodifiable if null array or zero count
      */
-    public String getContent() {
-        if (chars == null) {
-            return null;
+    protected List<String> tokenize(final char[] srcChars, final int offset, final int count) {
+        if (srcChars == null || count == 0) {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
         }
-        return new String(chars);
-    }
+        final TextStringBuilder buf = new TextStringBuilder();
+        final List<String> tokenList = new ArrayList<>();
+        int pos = offset;
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new instance of this Tokenizer. The new instance is reset so that it will be at the start of the token
-     * list. If a {@link CloneNotSupportedException} is caught, return {@code null}.
-     *
-     * @return a new instance of this Tokenizer which has been reset.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public Object clone() {
-        try {
-            return cloneReset();
-        } catch (final CloneNotSupportedException ex) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
+        // loop around the entire buffer
+        while (pos >= 0 && pos < count) {
+            // find next token
+            pos = readNextToken(srcChars, pos, count, buf, tokenList);
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new instance of this Tokenizer. The new instance is reset so that it will be at the start of the token
-     * list.
-     *
-     * @return a new instance of this Tokenizer which has been reset.
-     * @throws CloneNotSupportedException
-     *             if there is a problem cloning
-     */
-    Object cloneReset() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
-        // this method exists to enable 100% test coverage
-        final StringTokenizer cloned = (StringTokenizer) super.clone();
-        if (cloned.chars != null) {
-            cloned.chars = cloned.chars.clone();
+            // handle case where end of string is a delimiter
+            if (pos >= count) {
+                addToken(tokenList, StringUtils.EMPTY);
+            }
         }
-        cloned.reset();
-        return cloned;
+        return tokenList;
     }
 
     /**