     }
 
     /**
-     *  <p> Remove leading and trailing white space </p>
-     *
-     *  @param <code>String</code>  Input string to be processed
-     *  @return <code>String</code> Output string after removing leading and
-     *                              trailing space
+     *  Removes leading and trailing white space characters.
+     *
+     *  @param input Input string to process.
+     * 
+     *  @return String after removing leading and trailing 
+     *  white space characters.
      * 
      *  @langversion 3.0
      *  @playerversion Flash 10.1

    }

    /**
     *  <p> Check if codepoint is a leading surrogate.</p>
     *
     *  @param <code>int</code> input codepoint
     *  @returns <code>Boolean</code> true or false.
     *
     *  @langversion 3.0
     *  @playerversion Flash 10.1

import flash.globalization.NationalDigitsType;

/**
 *  GlobalizationUtils is a utility class containing Unicode related functionality not 
 *  supported directly in Flex or ActionScript.
 * 
 *  <p>This class contains the utility routines needed for all Validators. 
 *  Examples of typical routines are checking for unicode white space, 
