question: public static String trimLeadingTabsAndSpaces ( String line ) { int size = line . length ( ) ; int start = size ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < size ; i ++ ) { char c = line . charAt ( i ) ; if ( ! IndentManipulation . isIndentChar ( c ) ) { start = i ; break ; } } if ( start == 0 ) return line ; else if ( start == size ) return "" ; else return line . substring ( start ) ; }
target:  Removes leading tabs and spaces from the given string. If the string doesn't contain any leading tabs or spaces then the string itself is returned.