Java Map Replace replaceValues(String s, String begin, String end, Map values)

Description

Returns a string with replaced values.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	the original string
begin	the beginning delimiter
end	the ending delimiter
values	a map of old and new values

Return

a string with replaced values

Declaration

public static String replaceValues(String s, String begin, String end, Map values) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.Map;

public class Main {
    /**
      * Returns a string with replaced values. This method will replace all text
      * in the given string, between the beginning and ending delimiter, with new
      * values found in the given map. For example, if the string contained the
      * text <code>[$HELLO$]</code>, and the beginning delimiter was
      * <code>[$]</code>, and the ending delimiter was <code>$]</code>, and
      * the values map had a key of <code>HELLO</code> that mapped to
      * <code>WORLD</code>, then the replaced string will contain the text
      * <code>[$WORLD$]</code>.
      * 
      * @param s
      *            the original string
      * @param begin
      *            the beginning delimiter
      * @param end
      *            the ending delimiter
      * @param values
      *            a map of old and new values
      * @return a string with replaced values
      */
    public static String replaceValues(String s, String begin, String end, Map values) {

        if ((s == null) || (begin == null) || (end == null) || (values == null) || (values.size() == 0)) {

            return s;
        }

        StringBuffer sm = new StringBuffer(s.length());

        int pos = 0;

        while (true) {
            int x = s.indexOf(begin, pos);
            int y = s.indexOf(end, x + begin.length());

            if ((x == -1) || (y == -1)) {
                sm.append(s.substring(pos, s.length()));

                break;
            } else {
                sm.append(s.substring(pos, x + begin.length()));

                String oldValue = s.substring(x + begin.length(), y);

                String newValue = (String) values.get(oldValue);

                if (newValue == null) {
                    newValue = oldValue;
                }

                sm.append(newValue);

                pos = y;
            }
        }

        return sm.toString();
    }
}

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