==== Bukkit Implementation ===
Total Time: 12291549ns
Average Time: 245ns
==== RegEx Implementation ===
Total Time: 122944722ns
Average Time: 2458ns




public class ChatColorTest {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// Warmup, 5,000 iterations fo each
		String toTranslate = "This &e is &a a &f colored &k string &q yay";
		char altColorChar = '&';
		for (int i = 0; i < 5000; i++) {
			translateAlternateColorCodes(altColorChar, toTranslate);
			translateAlternateColorCodes2(altColorChar, toTranslate);
		}

		// Now do each one 50,000 times, add, average.
		long sTime = System.nanoTime();
		for (int i = 0; i < 50000; i++) {
			translateAlternateColorCodes(altColorChar, toTranslate);
		}
		long eTime = System.nanoTime();
		System.out.println("==== Bukkit Implementation ===");
		System.out.println("Total Time: " + (eTime - sTime) + "ns");
		System.out.println("Average Time: " + ((eTime - sTime) / 50000) + "ns");

		sTime = System.nanoTime();
		for (int i = 0; i < 50000; i++) {
			translateAlternateColorCodes2(altColorChar, toTranslate);
		}
		eTime = System.nanoTime();
		System.out.println("==== RegEx Implementation ===");
		System.out.println("Total Time: " + (eTime - sTime) + "ns");
		System.out.println("Average Time: " + ((eTime - sTime) / 50000) + "ns");
	}

	public static final char COLOR_CHAR = '\u00A7';

	public static String translateAlternateColorCodes(char altColorChar, String textToTranslate) {
        char[] b = textToTranslate.toCharArray();
        for (int i = 0; i < b.length - 1; i++) {
            if (b[i] == altColorChar && "0123456789AaBbCcDdEeFfKkLlMmNnOoRr".indexOf(b[i+1]) > -1) {
                b[i] = COLOR_CHAR;
                b[i+1] = Character.toLowerCase(b[i+1]);
            }
        }
        return new String(b);
    }

	public static String translateAlternateColorCodes2(char altColorChar, String textToTranslate) {
		return textToTranslate.replaceAll(altColorChar + "([a-fA-Fk-oK-OrR0-9])", COLOR_CHAR + "$1");
	}
}