Java String to convertStringWithReplacementPattern(final String originalString, final String pattern, final String replace)

Description

This method returns a string with characters replaced.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
originalString	a parameter
pattern	a parameter
replace	a parameter

Declaration

public static String convertStringWithReplacementPattern(final String originalString, final String pattern,
        final String replace) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * This method returns a string with characters replaced. A null is returned
     * as an empty string.
     *
     * @param originalString
     * @param pattern
     * @param replace
     * @return {@link String}
     */
    public static String convertStringWithReplacementPattern(final String originalString, final String pattern,
            final String replace) {

        if (originalString != null) {
            final int len = pattern.length();
            final StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
            int found = -1;
            int start = 0;

            while ((found = originalString.indexOf(pattern, start)) != -1) {
                sb.append(originalString.substring(start, found));
                sb.append(replace);
                start = found + len;
            }

            sb.append(originalString.substring(start));

            return sb.toString();
        }

        return "";
    }
}

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