Here you can find the source of quote(CharSequence value)
private static String quote(CharSequence value)
//package com.java2s; /*//ww w . j a v a 2 s .co m * Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. * * This code 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 General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any * questions. */ public class Main { private static String quote(CharSequence value) { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(value.length() + 2); builder.append('"'); for (int i = 0; i < value.length(); i++) { char c = value.charAt(i); switch (c) { case '"': builder.append("\\\""); break; case '\\': builder.append("\\\\"); break; case '\b': builder.append("\\b"); break; case '\f': builder.append("\\f"); break; case '\n': builder.append("\\n"); break; case '\r': builder.append("\\r"); break; case '\t': builder.append("\\t"); break; default: { if (c < ' ') { builder.append("\\u00"); builder.append(Character.forDigit((c >> 4) & 0xF, 16)); builder.append(Character.forDigit(c & 0xF, 16)); } else { builder.append(c); } } } } builder.append('"'); return builder.toString(); } }