Java List Implode implode(List tokens, char separator, char escapeCharacter)

Description

implode

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String implode(List<String> tokens, char separator, char escapeCharacter) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from w  w w  . ja  v a  2 s .  com
 * Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 Eike Stepper (Berlin, Germany) and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *    Eike Stepper - initial API and implementation
 *    Yatta Solutions - [466264] Enhance UX in simple installer
 */

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    public static String implode(List<String> tokens, char separator) {
        return implode(tokens, separator, '\\');
    }

    public static String implode(List<String> tokens, char separator, char escapeCharacter) {
        String escapeString = Character.toString(escapeCharacter);
        String escapeString2 = escapeString + escapeString;

        String separatorString = Character.toString(separator);
        String separatorString2 = escapeString + separatorString;

        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        boolean firstTime = true;

        for (String token : tokens) {
            if (firstTime) {
                firstTime = false;
            } else {
                builder.append(separator);
            }

            if (token != null) {
                token = token.replace(escapeString, escapeString2);
                token = token.replace(separatorString, separatorString2);
                builder.append(token);
            }
        }

        return builder.toString();
    }
}

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