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package com.scrivenvar.processors.text;

/**
 * Used to generate a class capable of efficiently replacing variable
 * definitions with their values.
 *
 * @author White Magic Software, Ltd.
 */
public class TextReplacementFactory {

  /**
   * Returns a text search/replacement instance that is reasonably optimal for
   * the given length of text.
   *
   * @param length The length of text that requires some search and replacing.
   *
   * @return A class that can search and replace text with utmost expediency.
   */
  public static TextReplacer getTextReplacer( final int length ) {
    // After about 1,500 characters, the StringUtils implementation is less
    // performant than the Aho-Corsick implementation.
    //
    // Ssee http://stackoverflow.com/a/40836618/59087
    return length < 1500
      ? new StringUtilsReplacer()
      : new AhoCorasickReplacer();
  }
}