java字符串indexof,Java String.indexOf和空字符串

I'm curious why the String.indexOf is returning a 0 (instead of -1) when asking for the index of an empty string within a string.

The Javadocs only say this method returns the index in this string of the specified string, -1 if the string isn't found.

To me this behavior seems highly unexpected, I would have expected a -1. Any ideas why this unexpected behavior is going on? I would at the least think this is worth a note in the method's Javadocs...

System.out.println("FOO".indexOf("")); // outputs 0 wtf!!!

System.out.println("FOO".indexOf("bar")); // outputs -1 as expected

System.out.println("FOO".indexOf("F")); // outputs 0 as expected

System.out.println("".indexOf("")); // outputs 0 as expected, I think

解决方案

The empty string is everywhere, and nowhere. It is within all strings at all times, permeating the essence of their being, yet as you seek it you shall never catch a glimpse.

How many empty strings can you fit at the beginning of a string? Mu

The student said to the teacher,

Teacher, I believe that I have found the nature of the empty string. The empty string is like a particle of dust, and it floats freely through a string as dust floats freely through the room, glistening in a beam of sunlight.

The teacher responded to the student,

Hmm. A fine notion. Now tell me, where is the dust, and where is the sunlight?

The teacher struck the student with a strap and instructed him to continue his meditation.