Here you can find the source of convertStringToLiteral(String className, String value)
static public String convertStringToLiteral(String className, String value)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww . ja v a2 s. c om * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. */ public class Main { static public String convertStringToLiteral(String value) { return convertStringToLiteral("String", value); } static public String convertStringToLiteral(String className, String value) { if (value == null) { return null; } else if ("String".equals(className)) { return "\"" + value.replaceAll("\'", "\\'") + "\""; } else if ("Number".equals(className)) { // Double vs. Integer. if (value.indexOf(".") == -1) { return "Integer.valueOf(" + value + ")"; } else { return "Double.valueOf(" + value + ")"; } } else { return value; } } }