Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * @(#) $Id: CollectionUtil.java 60 2005-08-18 09:06:14Z trustin $ * * Copyright 2004 Trustin Lee * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * */ public class Main { public static String escape(String value) { boolean wrapWithQuote = false; // +8 is a spare padding for quote expansion int len = value.length(); StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(len + 8); int i; char c; if (len == 0) return "\"\""; if (Character.isWhitespace(value.charAt(0))) wrapWithQuote = true; else if (Character.isWhitespace(value.charAt(len - 1))) wrapWithQuote = true; for (i = 0; i < len; i++) { c = value.charAt(i); switch (c) { case ',': case '=': wrapWithQuote = true; buf.append(c); break; case '"': wrapWithQuote = true; buf.append("\"\""); break; default: buf.append(c); } } if (wrapWithQuote) { return "\"" + buf.toString() + '"'; } else { return buf.toString(); } } }