Java Utililty Methods String Quote

List of utility methods to do String Quote

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Description

The list of methods to do String Quote are organized into topic(s).

Method

StringquotePlainText(final String textContent)
quote Plain Text 
return textContent.replaceAll("(?m)^", "> ");
StringquoteQuery(String query)
Return a quoted version of the query if the original query is not quoted 
final int length = query.length();
if (length > 1 && query.charAt(0) == '"' && query.charAt(length - 1) == '"') {
    return query;
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.append("\"").append(query).append("\"");
return sb.toString();
StringquoteReference(final String reference)
quote Reference 
if (reference == null) {
    throw new NullPointerException();
final char[] referenceChars = reference.toCharArray();
if (isQuotingNeeded(referenceChars) == false) {
    return '[' + reference + ']';
return '[' + quoteString(reference) + ']';
...
StringquoteRegexMeta(final String input)
Encloses the input string into protective characters \Q und \E, thus disabling special meaning of regex meta chars like *, ?, ., etc. 
return "\\Q" + input + "\\E";
StringquoteRegexMeta(String str)
Quote the characters in a String that have a special meaning in regular expression. 
if (str == null)
    return null;
if (str.length() == 0) {
    return EMPTY_STRING;
int len = str.length();
StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(len + 5);
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
...
StringquoteRemarkSQL(String sql)
In a string, replace block comment marks with /++ .. 
while (true) {
    int idx = sql.indexOf("*/");
    if (idx < 0) {
        break;
    sql = sql.substring(0, idx) + "++/" + sql.substring(idx + 2);
while (true) {
...
StringquoteRemarkSQL(String sql)
In a string, replace block comment marks with /++ .. 
sql = replaceAll(sql, "*/", "++/");
return replaceAll(sql, "/*", "/++");
StringquoteReplacement(String s)
quote Replacement 
if ((s.indexOf('\\') == -1) && (s.indexOf('$') == -1))
    return s;
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
    char c = s.charAt(i);
    if (c == '\\') {
        sb.append('\\');
        sb.append('\\');
...
StringquoteReplacement(String s)
quote Replacement 
if (s.indexOf('\\') == -1 && s.indexOf('$') == -1) {
    return s;
int length = s.length();
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(length + 10);
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
    char c = s.charAt(i);
    if (c == '\\') {
...
Stringquotes(CharSequence stringToQuote)
Quotes the given string (eg. 
return "'" + stringToQuote + "'";