Java String Quote quoteIt(String orig)

Description

Quote it.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
orig	the orig

Return

the string

Declaration

public static String quoteIt(String orig) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*ww w.  j  a  va2  s .  c om*/
Copyright (C) 2004  Federico Abascal
    
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
    
This program 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 for more details.
    
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
*/

public class Main {
    /**
     * Quote it.
     * 
     * @param orig the orig
     * 
     * @return the string
     */
    public static String quoteIt(String orig) {
        //quote spaces (or other characters) of filenames:
        String result = replace(orig, " ", "\\ ");
        //orig = replace(orig, "\\\\ ", "\\ ");
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Replace.
     * 
     * @param orig the orig
     * @param from the from
     * @param to the to
     * 
     * @return the string
     */
    public static String replace(String orig, String from, String to) {
        int fromLength = from.length();

        if (fromLength == 0)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("String to be replaced must not be empty");

        int start = orig.indexOf(from);
        if (start == -1)
            return orig;

        boolean greaterLength = (to.length() >= fromLength);

        StringBuffer buffer;
        // If the "to" parameter is longer than (or
        // as long as) "from", the final length will
        // be at least as large
        if (greaterLength) {
            if (from.equals(to))
                return orig;
            buffer = new StringBuffer(orig.length());
        } else {
            buffer = new StringBuffer();
        }

        char[] origChars = orig.toCharArray();

        int copyFrom = 0;
        while (start != -1) {
            buffer.append(origChars, copyFrom, start - copyFrom);
            buffer.append(to);
            copyFrom = start + fromLength;
            start = orig.indexOf(from, copyFrom);
        }
        buffer.append(origChars, copyFrom, origChars.length - copyFrom);

        return buffer.toString();
    }
}

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