Java String Quote quote(String toQuote, String specials, char quoteChar)

Description

Quote special characters.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
toQuote	The String which may contain special characters.
specials	A String containing all special characters except the quoting character itself, which is automatically quoted.
quoteChar	The quoting character.

Return

A String with every special character (including the quoting character itself) quoted.

Declaration

public static String quote(String toQuote, String specials, char quoteChar) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    /**//from www  .ja va2  s  .  c  om
     * Quote special characters.
     *
     * @param toQuote         The String which may contain special characters.
     * @param specials  A String containing all special characters except the quoting
     *                  character itself, which is automatically quoted.
     * @param quoteChar The quoting character.
     * @return A String with every special character (including the quoting
     * character itself) quoted.
     */
    public static String quote(String toQuote, String specials, char quoteChar) {
        if (toQuote == null) {
            return "";
        }

        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
        char c;
        boolean isSpecial;
        for (int i = 0; i < toQuote.length(); ++i) {
            c = toQuote.charAt(i);

            isSpecial = (c == quoteChar);
            // If non-null specials performs logic-or with specials.indexOf(c) >= 0
            isSpecial |= ((specials != null) && (specials.indexOf(c) >= 0));

            if (isSpecial) {
                result.append(quoteChar);
            }
            result.append(c);
        }
        return result.toString();
    }
}

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