Recursive left string padding

doPadding.java

 /**
 * Add padding to a String
 *
 * @param String to process
 * @param int len to achieve
 * @param String to append as padding
 * @return String processed string
 */
public static String addPadding(String input, int maxLen, String append) {
	if (input.length() >= maxLen) {
		return input;
	} else {
		return addPadding(append + input, maxLen);
	}
}