Here you can find the source of dequote(String value)
public static String dequote(String value)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from ww w. j a v a2 s .c o m*/ * $Id$ * * This is a program for Language Grid Core Node. This combines multiple language resources and provides composite language services. * Copyright (C) 2005-2008 NICT Language Grid Project. * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 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 Lesser * General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ public class Main { public static String dequote(String value) { if (value.length() < 2) return value; char f = first(value); char l = last(value); if ((f == '"' && l == '"') || (f == '\'' && l == '\'')) { return value.substring(1, value.length() - 1); } return value; } public static char first(String value) { return value.charAt(0); } public static char last(String value) { return value.charAt(value.length() - 1); } }