Java String Quote quote(String text)

Description

Quotes the provided value as a JavaScript string literal.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
text	a parameter

Return

quoted text

Declaration

public static String quote(String text) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

public class Main {
    static final char APOS = '\'';
    static final char QUOTE = '"';
    static final char SLASH = '\\';

    /**/*from   w w  w.  j  a  va  2s  .com*/
     * Quotes the provided value as a JavaScript string literal. The input value is surrounded by single quotes and any
     * interior backslash, single or double quotes are escaped (a preceding backslash is added).
     *
     * @param text
     * @return quoted text
     */
    public static String quote(String text) {
        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(text.length() * 2);

        result.append(APOS);

        for (char ch : text.toCharArray()) {
            switch (ch) {
            case APOS:
            case QUOTE:
            case SLASH:

                result.append(SLASH);

            default:
                result.append(ch);
                break;
            }
        }

        result.append(APOS);

        return result.toString();
    }
}

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