Java String Sanitize sanitizeForSearch(String str)

Description

Sanitize the string for searching.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String sanitizeForSearch(String str) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**//w  w w.ja  va 2  s .  c  om
     * Sanitize the string for searching.
     */
    public static String sanitizeForSearch(String str) {
        if (str == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return str
                //general case for punctuation
                .replace("`", " ").replace("!", " ").replace("#", " ")
                .replace("$", " ").replace("%", " ").replace("^", " ")
                .replace("&", " ").replace("[", " ").replace("]", " ")
                .replace("{", " ").replace("}", " ").replace("|", " ")
                .replace(";", " ").replace("*", " ").replace(".", " ")
                .replace("?", " ").replace("'", " ").replace("/", " ")
                //to prevent injection
                .replace("=", " ").replace(":", " ").replace("<", "&lt;")
                .replace(">", "&gt;");
    }
}

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