Java String Dequote dequote(String value)

Description

dequote

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String dequote(String value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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 * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * 
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 * 
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 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 ******************************************************************************/

public class Main {
    public static String dequote(String value) {
        if (isDoubleQuoted(value)) {
            // remove end and beginning quote
            value = value.substring(1, value.length() - 1);
            // Check for "" to indicate a single quote
            value = value.replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
        }

        // handle the case where we inserted a space
        if (value.equals(" ")) {
            return "";
        }

        return value;
    }

    private static boolean isDoubleQuoted(String value) {
        return value != null && value.length() > 0 && value.charAt(0) == '"'
                && value.charAt(value.length() - 1) == '"';
    }
}

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