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/** * Copyright 2010 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill * * 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. */ package cdr.forms; import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.StringTrimmerEditor; public class StringCleanerTrimmerEditor extends StringTrimmerEditor { public StringCleanerTrimmerEditor(boolean emptyAsNull) { super(emptyAsNull); } @Override public void setAsText(String text) { text = cleanCharsets(text); super.setAsText(text); } public static String cleanCharsets(String s) { // smart single quotes and apostrophe s = s.replaceAll("[\\u2018|\\u2019|\\u201A]", "'"); // smart double quotes s = s.replaceAll("[\\u201C|\\u201D|\\u201E]", "\""); // ellipsis s = s.replaceAll("\\u2026", "..."); // dashes s = s.replaceAll("[\\u2013|\\u2014]", "-"); // circumflex s = s.replaceAll("\\u02C6", "^"); // open angle bracket s = s.replaceAll("\\u2039", "<"); // close angle bracket s = s.replaceAll("\\u203A", ">"); // spaces s = s.replaceAll("[\\u02DC|\\u00A0]", " "); return s; } }