Java String Quote quoteRegexMeta(final String input)

Description

Encloses the input string into protective characters \Q und \E, thus disabling special meaning of regex meta chars like *, ?, ., etc.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	string to quote

Return

quoted input

Declaration

public static String quoteRegexMeta(final String input) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**// w w  w .j av a  2  s.c o m
   * Copyright (C) 2010 Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled
   *
   * This file is part of dtbook-preptools.
   *    
   * dtbook-preptools is free software: you can redistribute it
   * and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
   * License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either
   * version 3 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
   * Lesser General Public License for more details.
   *    
   * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
   * License along with this program. If not, see
   * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
   */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Encloses the input string into protective characters \Q und \E, thus
     * disabling special meaning of regex meta chars like *, ?, ., etc.
     * 
     * @see <a
     *      href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html#quot">quot</a>
     * 
     * @param input
     *            string to quote
     * @return quoted input
     */
    public static String quoteRegexMeta(final String input) {
        return "\\Q" + input + "\\E";
    }
}

Related

1. quotePattern(String pattern)
2. quotePattern(String s)
3. quotePlainText(final String textContent)
4. quoteQuery(String query)
5. quoteReference(final String reference)
6. quoteRegexMeta(String str)
7. quoteRemarkSQL(String sql)
8. quoteRemarkSQL(String sql)
9. quoteReplacement(String s)