剪切汉字字符串的代码!

剪切字符串的代码,如有问题请指教.

public class a{

    public String subTitle(String s, int start, int end)
    {
        if(s ==null || s.equals(""))
        {
            return s;
        }

        if(start>end || start<0 || end <0)
        {
            System.out.println("start or end is error");
            return null;
        }

        byte[] a = s.getBytes();

        if(start > a.length)
        {
            System.out.println("start is large than String's length");
            return null;
        }
        if( (a.length - start ) <= (end - start) )
        {
            end = a.length;
        }

        int startCount = 0, endCount = 0, i=0;

        for(i=0;i<start;i++)
        {
            if(a[i]<0)
            {
                startCount++;
            }
        }

        for(i=0;i<end;i++)
        {
            if(a[i]<0)   // if( a[i] & 0x80 ) 哪个更好？为什么？
            {
                endCount++;
            }
        }

        if(startCount%2 !=0)
        {
            start++;
        }

        if(endCount%2 !=0)
        {
            end--;
        }

        System.out.println(start +" " +end + " " +startCount +" " +endCount);
            return new String(a,start,end-start);

    }
    public String subTitle(String s,int start)
    {
        if(s == null || s.equals(""))
        {
            return s;
        }
        byte a[] = s.getBytes();

        if(start < 0)
        {
            return null;
        }
        return subTitle(s,start,a.length);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        if(args.length!=3)
        {
            System.out.println("please use: [String s] [int start] [int end]");
        }
        else
        {
            System.out.println(new a().subTitle(args[0],Integer.parseInt(args[1]),Integer.parseInt(args[2])));
            System.out.println(new a().subTitle(args[0],Integer.parseInt(args[1])));
        }


    }
}