protected static String trimLeadingSlash(String value) {
    if (value == null) {
      return "";
    }

    while (value.indexOf('/') > -1) {
      value = value.substring(value.indexOf('/') + 1);
    }

    return value;
  }
Returns a version of the value after removing any leading slashes
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/admin/internal/InetAddressUtils.java