Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2014 BigTesting.org * * 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. */ import java.text.CharacterIterator; import java.text.StringCharacterIterator; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.Set; public class Main { public static final char CUSTOM_REGEX_START = '<'; public static final char CUSTOM_REGEX_END = '>'; private static final Set<Character> REGEX_SPECIAL_CHARS = Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<Character>( Arrays.asList('[', ']', '(', ')', '{', '}', '+', '*', '^', '?', '$', '.', '\\'))); public static String escapeNonCustomRegex(String path) { /* * TODO replace with a regular expression */ StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); boolean inCustomRegion = false; CharacterIterator it = new StringCharacterIterator(path); for (char ch = it.first(); ch != CharacterIterator.DONE; ch = it.next()) { if (ch == CUSTOM_REGEX_START) { inCustomRegion = true; } else if (ch == CUSTOM_REGEX_END) { inCustomRegion = false; } if (REGEX_SPECIAL_CHARS.contains(ch) && !inCustomRegion) { sb.append('\\'); } sb.append(ch); } return sb.toString(); } }