Produce a string in double quotes with backslash sequences in all the right places. - Android java.lang

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Description

Produce a string in double quotes with backslash sequences in all the right places.

Demo Code

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main{

    /**//from  w  ww.  java2s.  com
     * Produce a string in double quotes with backslash sequences in all the
     * right places. A backslash will be inserted within </, allowing JSON
     * text to be delivered in HTML. In JSON text, a string cannot contain a
     * control character or an unescaped quote or backslash.
     * @param string A String
     * @return A String correctly formatted for insertion in a JSON text.
     */
    public static String quote(String string) {
        if (string == null || string.length() == 0) {
            return "\"\"";
        }

        char b;
        char c = 0;
        int i;
        int len = string.length();
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(len + 4);
        String t;

        sb.append('"');
        for (i = 0; i < len; i += 1) {
            b = c;
            c = string.charAt(i);
            switch (c) {
            case '\\':
            case '"':
                sb.append('\\');
                sb.append(c);
                break;
            case '/':
                if (b == '<') {
                    sb.append('\\');
                }
                sb.append(c);
                break;
            case '\b':
                sb.append("\\b");
                break;
            case '\t':
                sb.append("\\t");
                break;
            case '\n':
                sb.append("\\n");
                break;
            case '\f':
                sb.append("\\f");
                break;
            case '\r':
                sb.append("\\r");
                break;
            default:
                if (c < ' ') {
                    t = "000" + Integer.toHexString(c);
                    sb.append("\\u" + t.substring(t.length() - 4));
                } else {
                    sb.append(c);
                }
            }
        }
        sb.append('"');
        return sb.toString();
    }

}

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