Here you can find the source of quote(String string)
public static String quote(String string)
//package com.java2s; /*/* w ww . ja va 2 s . co m*/ * Copyright (C) 2012-2013 CloudJee, Inc. All rights reserved. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { public static String quote(String string) { StringBuffer ret = new StringBuffer(string.length() + 2); ret.append('\"'); for (char character : string.toCharArray()) { switch (character) { case '"': ret.append('\\'); ret.append('"'); break; case '\\': ret.append('\\'); ret.append('\\'); break; case '\b': ret.append('\\'); ret.append('b'); break; case '\f': ret.append('\\'); ret.append('f'); break; case '\n': ret.append('\\'); ret.append('n'); break; case '\r': ret.append('\\'); ret.append('r'); break; case '\t': ret.append('\\'); ret.append('t'); break; default: ret.append(character); } } ret.append('\"'); return ret.toString(); } }