@Override
    public Object apply(Object value, Object... params) {

        String original = super.asString(value);

        Object needle = super.get(0, params);

        if (needle == null) {
            throw new RuntimeException("invalid pattern: " + needle);
        }

        return original.replaceFirst(Pattern.quote(String.valueOf(needle)), "");
    }
@ Override public Object apply ( Object value , Object ... params ) { String original = super . asString ( value ) ; Object needle = super . get ( 0 , params ) ; if ( needle == null ) { throw new RuntimeException ( "invalid pattern: " + needle ) ; } return original . replaceFirst ( Pattern . quote ( String . valueOf ( needle ) ) , "" ) ; }
/*
remove_first(input, string)

remove the first occurrences of a substring