你可能得处理edgecase。这是一个泛型方法。

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args){
        System.out.println(padCharacter("0",8,"hello"));
    }
    public static String padCharacter(String c, int num, String str){
        for(int i=0;i<=num-str.length()+1;i++){str = c+str;}
        return str;
    }
}

String input = "Apple";
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(input);

while (buf.length() < 8) {
  buf.insert(0, '0');
}

String output = buf.toString();

有人尝试过这个纯Java解决方案吗(没有SpringUtils):

//decimal to hex string 1=> 01, 10=>0A,..
String.format("%1$2s", Integer.toString(1,16) ).replace(" ","0");
//reply to original question, string with leading zeros. 
//first generates a 10 char long string with leading spaces, and then spaces are
//replaced by a zero string. 
String.format("%1$10s", "mystring" ).replace(" ","0");

不幸的是，这个解决方案只有在字符串中没有空格时才有效。

 StringUtils.leftPad(yourString, 8, '0');

这来自commons-lang。看到javadoc

public class LeadingZerosExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
       int number = 1500;

       // String format below will add leading zeros (the %0 syntax) 
       // to the number above. 
       // The length of the formatted string will be 7 characters.

       String formatted = String.format("%07d", number);

       System.out.println("Number with leading zeros: " + formatted);
    }
}

我相信这就是他真正想要的:

String.format("%0"+ (8 - "Apple".length() )+"d%s",0 ,"Apple"); 

输出:

000Apple