if (StringUtil.isBlank(input)) {
            return input;
        }
        return ComponentUtil.getDocumentHelper().encodeSimilarDocHash(input);
    }

    /**
     * Joins array or list elements into a single space-separated string.
     *
     * @param input the input object (String[], List, or String)
     * @return joined string with elements separated by spaces, or empty string if invalid input

- Removed legacy cloud provider integration code (undoing a previous reverted commit). ([#124886](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124886), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Release]

### API Change