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

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

String output = buf.toString();

public static void main(String[] args)
{
    String stringForTest = "Apple";
    int requiredLengthAfterPadding = 8;
    int inputStringLengh = stringForTest.length();
    int diff = requiredLengthAfterPadding - inputStringLengh;
    if (inputStringLengh < requiredLengthAfterPadding)
    {
        stringForTest = new String(new char[diff]).replace("\0", "0")+ stringForTest;
    }
    System.out.println(stringForTest);
}

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

这来自commons-lang。看到javadoc

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

使用Guava的Strings实用程序类:

Strings.padStart("Apple", 8, '0');

下面是我用于预填充字符串的简单的无api“可读脚本”版本。(简单，可读，可调)。

while(str.length() < desired_length)
  str = '0'+str;