Here you can find the source of unquote(String s)
public static String unquote(String s)
//package com.java2s; /*// w ww . ja v a2s. c o m * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. 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. For additional information regarding * copyright in this work, please see the NOTICE file in the top level * directory of this distribution. */ public class Main { public static String unquote(String s) { StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(); int i = s.length(); boolean quoted = false, escaped = false; for (int n = 0; n < s.length(); n++) { char c = s.charAt(n); if (n == 0 && c == '"') { quoted = true; } else if (!(quoted && n + 1 == i && !escaped && c == '"')) buf.append(c); if (escaped) escaped = false; else if (c == '\\' && !escaped) escaped = true; } return buf.toString(); } public static void append(StringBuilder buf, String value) { if (buf.length() > 0) buf.append(", "); buf.append(value); } }