Java String Escape escapeInstanceIdentifier(String instanceIdentifier)

Description

Formats the instance identifier to a form suitable for directory names.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
instanceIdentifier	the instance identifier

Return

escaped string

Declaration

public static String escapeInstanceIdentifier(String instanceIdentifier) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from  w  ww . ja  v a2  s.c o m*/
 * The MIT License
 * Copyright (c) 2015 Estonian Information System Authority (RIA), Population Register Centre (VRK)
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 * THE SOFTWARE.
 */

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URLEncoder;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Formats the instance identifier to a form suitable for directory names.
     * @param instanceIdentifier the instance identifier
     * @return escaped string
     */
    public static String escapeInstanceIdentifier(String instanceIdentifier) {
        try {
            return URLEncoder.encode(instanceIdentifier, "UTF-8");
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            //IGNORE, UTF-8 is always available
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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