Java XML Parse String parseArgumentString(String command)

Description

Convert an argument string into a list of arguments.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
command	a parameter

Declaration

public static String[] parseArgumentString(String command) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//ww  w  .  j a  v  a  2  s .c  o  m
 * Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Eclipse Public License v1.0 (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.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
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 * the License.
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Convert an argument string into a list of arguments. This essentially splits on the space char,
     * with handling for quotes and escaped quotes.
     * <p>
     * <ul>
     * <li>foo bar baz ==> [foo][bar][baz]
     * <li>foo=three bar='one two' ==> [foo=three][bar='one two']
     * 
     * @param command
     * @return
     */
    public static String[] parseArgumentString(String command) {
        List<String> args = new ArrayList<String>();

        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        boolean inQuote = false;
        boolean prevWasSlash = false;

        for (final char c : command.toCharArray()) {
            if (!prevWasSlash && (c == '\'' || c == '"')) {
                inQuote = !inQuote;
                prevWasSlash = false;

                // Don't include the quote char.
                continue;
            }

            if (c == ' ' && !inQuote) {
                args.add(builder.toString());
                builder.setLength(0);
            } else {
                builder.append(c);
            }

            prevWasSlash = c == '\\';
        }

        if (builder.length() > 0) {
            args.add(builder.toString());
        }

        return args.toArray(new String[args.size()]);
    }
}

Related

1. parseArgsToVmArgs(String[] args, String prefixOfVmArgs)
2. parseArguments(final String command)
3. parseArguments(String args)
4. parseArguments(String[] arguments, String delimiter)
5. parseArgumentString(String argStr)
6. parseArray(String array)
7. parseArray(String array)
8. parseArray(String inputArray)
9. parseXml(Object obj)