public static String leftTrim(final String value){
  validate(value,NULL_STRING_PREDICATE,NULL_STRING_MSG_SUPPLIER);
  return value.replaceAll("^\\s+","");
}

public static String leftTrim ( final String value ) { validate ( value , NULL_STRING_PREDICATE , NULL_STRING_MSG_SUPPLIER ) ; return value . replaceAll ( "^\\s+" , "" ) ; }
removes all spaces on left
