}

    /**
     * Normalizes the string representation of a number.
     *
     * @param s
     *            A string representing a number
     * @return The normalized string
     * @see #normalize(String, Locale)
     */
    public static String normalize(final String s) {
        return normalize(s, LocaleUtil.getDefault());
    }

    /**

    public static String toString(final BigDecimal dec) {
        return dec.toPlainString();
    }

    /**
     * Normalizes a {@link BigDecimal}.
     *
     * @param dec
     *            The {@link BigDecimal} to normalize
     * @return The normalized data
     */
    private static BigDecimal normalize(final BigDecimal dec) {
        return new BigDecimal(dec.toPlainString());
    }

     */
    public EncodingHelper() {
        // Default constructor
    }

    /**
     * Normalizes an encoding string to its preferred form.
     *
     * @param enc the encoding string to normalize
     * @return the normalized encoding or the default encoding if the input is blank
     */
    public String normalize(final String enc) {
        if (StringUtil.isBlank(enc)) {
            return defaultEncoding;
        }

                }
            }
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Normalizes a URL by removing fragments, resolving relative paths, and cleaning up.
     *
     * @param u the URL to normalize
     * @return the normalized URL
     */
    protected String normalizeUrl(final String u) {
        if (u == null) {
            return null;
        }

        // trim

            throw new MimeTypeException("Could not detect a content type.", e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Normalizes the filename by replacing special characters.
     * @param filename The filename to normalize.
     * @return The normalized filename.
     */
    protected String normalizeFilename(final String filename) {
        if (StringUtil.isBlank(filename)) {
            return filename;

            this.spaceChars = spaceChars;
            return this;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Normalizes the text from the given Reader.
     *
     * @param reader the Reader from which to read the text to be normalized
     * @return a TextNormalizeContext containing the normalized text
     */
    public static TextNormalizeContext normalizeText(final Reader reader) {

            normalized = normalized.substring(0, normalized.length() - 1);
        }

        // Handle current directory references
        normalized = normalized.replace("\\.", "");
        normalized = normalized.replace(".\\", "");

        return normalized;
    }

    /**
     * Validate UNC path
     */

func (sys *IAMSys) createCleanEntitiesQuery(q madmin.PolicyEntitiesQuery, ldap bool) cleanEntitiesQuery {
	cleanQ := cleanEntitiesQuery{
		Users:    make(map[string]set.StringSet),
		Groups:   set.CreateStringSet(q.Groups...),
		Policies: set.CreateStringSet(q.Policy...),
	}

	if ldap {
		// Validate and normalize users, then fetch and normalize their groups

            return buf.toString();
        } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            return path;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Normalizes a configuration path.
     *
     * @param path The path to normalize.
     * @return The normalized path.
     */
    public String normalizeConfigPath(final String path) {

        if (StringUtil.isBlank(path)) {
            return StringUtils.EMPTY;

        }
    }

    /**
     * Validates and normalizes SMB path
     *
     * @param path the path to normalize
     * @return normalized path
     */
    public static String normalizeSmbPath(String path) {
        validateSmbPath(path);

        // Normalize slashes
        path = path.replace('/', '\\');

        // Remove redundant slashes