public String substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex) { if (beginIndex < 0) { throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(beginIndex); } if (endIndex > value.length) { throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(endIndex); } int subLen = endIndex - beginIndex; if (subLen < 0) { throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(subLen); } return ((beginIndex == 0) && (endIndex == value.length)) ? this : new String(value, beginIndex, subLen); }