From 211d636bfbf874545b94af1e6665ada125dd563b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tastybento <tastybento@wasteofplastic.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2023 15:02:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove dependency on apache util

---
 src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/util/Util.java | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/util/Util.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/util/Util.java
index b804d5d73..574fea82f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/util/Util.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/util/Util.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.Validate;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 import org.bukkit.Chunk;
@@ -578,7 +577,7 @@ public class Util {
      */
     @NonNull
     public static String stripSpaceAfterColorCodes(@NonNull String textToStrip) {
-        Validate.notNull(textToStrip, "Cannot strip null text");
+        if (textToStrip == null) return "";
         textToStrip = textToStrip.replaceAll("(" + ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR + ".)[\\s]", "$1");
         return textToStrip;
     }
@@ -738,7 +737,7 @@ public class Util {
         }
         return regenerator;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Checks what version the server is running and picks the appropriate NMS handler, or fallback
      * @return PasteHandler