Trim leading or trailing characters from a string?

Question

How can I trim the leading or trailing characters from a string in java?

For example, the slash character \"/\" - I\'m not interested in spaces, and am looking to t

Answer 1

For those using Spring:

https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/javadoc-api/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.html#trimTrailingCharacter-java.lang.String-char-

import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;    

public void setFileName(String fileName) {
    // If the extension does not exist trim the trailing period
    this.fileName = StringUtils.trimTrailingCharacter(fileName,'.');
}