Java String Unescape unescape(String value)

Description

If the string is enclosed in double or single quotes, the value inside the quotes is returned with all the escaped characters unescaped.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
value	a parameter

Declaration

public static String unescape(String value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*ww w.j a  va  2 s .  c o m*/
 * RHQ Management Platform
 * Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Red Hat, Inc.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation, and/or the GNU Lesser
 * General Public License, version 2.1, also as published by the Free
 * Software Foundation.
 *
 * 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 and the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * and the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program;
 * if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * If the string is enclosed in double or single quotes, the
     * value inside the quotes is returned with all the escaped characters
     * unescaped.
     * 
     * @param value
     * @return
     */
    public static String unescape(String value) {
        if (value == null)
            return value;
        if (value.startsWith("\"")) {
            return value.substring(1, value.length() - 1).replaceAll(
                    "\\\"", "\"");
        } else if (value.startsWith("'")) {
            return value.substring(1, value.length() - 1).replaceAll("\\'",
                    "'");
        }
        return value;
    }
}

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