Here you can find the source of replace(String string, Map values)
public static String replace(String string, Map values)
//package com.java2s; /**/* w w w . j a v a 2 s. c o m*/ * Copyright 2009 Red Hat, Inc. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ import java.util.Map; public class Main { public static String replace(String string, Map values) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(string); int i = sb.indexOf("${"); while (i >= 0) { int j = sb.indexOf("}", i + 2); String name = sb.substring(i + 2, j); String value = (String) values.get(name); if (value == null) value = ""; sb.replace(i, j + 1, value); i = sb.indexOf("${", i); } return sb.toString(); } }