for (int i = 0; i < pattern.length(); ++i) {
            final char ch = pattern.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(ch) || Character.isWhitespace(ch)) {
                buf.append(ch);
            }
        }
        if (buf.indexOf("yy") == -1) {
            final int pos = buf.indexOf("y");
            if (pos != -1) {

        for (int i = 0; i < pattern.length(); ++i) {
            final char ch = pattern.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(ch) || Character.isWhitespace(ch)) {
                buf.append(ch);
            }
        }
        if (buf.indexOf("HH") == -1) {
            final int pos = buf.indexOf("H");
            if (pos != -1) {

        for (int i = 0; i < pattern.length(); ++i) {
            final char ch = pattern.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(ch) || Character.isWhitespace(ch)) {
                buf.append(ch);
            }
        }
        if (buf.indexOf("yy") == -1) {
            final int pos = buf.indexOf("y");
            if (pos != -1) {

    public static boolean isBlank(final String str) {
        if (str == null || str.length() == 0) {
            return true;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
            if (!Character.isWhitespace(str.charAt(i))) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the string is not blank.
     *
     * @param str