Package eu.woolplatform.utils

Class StringEscape

java.lang.Object

eu.woolplatform.utils.StringEscape

public class StringEscape
extends Object

This class can resolve escaped characters in a string and it can replace special characters with escaped characters. It supports the following escapes:

• \n -> new line
• \r -> carriage return
• \t -> tab
• \c (where c is any other character including \ and ") -> c

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
StringEscape()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	escape(String s)	Replaces special characters with an escape sequence.
static String	escape(String s, char[] illegals)	Replaces special characters with an escape sequence.
static String	resolveEscapes(String s)	Replaces escaped characters in the specified string.
static String	resolveEscapes(String s, char[] illegals)	Replaces escaped characters in the specified string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringEscape

public StringEscape()

Method Detail

resolveEscapes

public static String resolveEscapes(String s)
                             throws ParseException

Replaces escaped characters in the specified string. This method throws an exception if it finds a lone \.

Parameters:

s - a string

Returns:

the string without escapes

Throws:

ParseException - if a lone \ is found

resolveEscapes

public static String resolveEscapes(String s,
                                    char[] illegals)
                             throws ParseException

Replaces escaped characters in the specified string. This method throws an exception if it finds a lone \ or if one of the specified illegal characters is not escaped.

Parameters:

s - a string

illegals - characters that must be escaped

Returns:

the string without escapes

Throws:

ParseException - if a lone \ is found or if one of the illegal characters is not escaped

escape

public static String escape(String s)

Replaces special characters with an escape sequence. It escapes the characters listed at the top of this page.

Parameters:

s - a string

Returns:

the escaped string

escape

public static String escape(String s,
                            char[] illegals)

Replaces special characters with an escape sequence. It escapes the characters listed at the top of this page as well as the specified illegal characters (which are considered illegal if they are not escaped).

Parameters:

s - a string

illegals - characters that must be escaped

Returns:

the escaped string