Escapes newlines, tabs, backslashes, and quotes in the specified string
/*
* StandardUtilities.java - Various miscallaneous utility functions
* :tabSize=8:indentSize=8:noTabs=false:
* :folding=explicit:collapseFolds=1:
*
* Copyright (C) 1999, 2006 Matthieu Casanova, Slava Pestov
* Portions copyright (C) 2000 Richard S. Hall
* Portions copyright (C) 2001 Dirk Moebius
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
* of the License, or any later version.
*
* 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 for more details.
*
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* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/
//{{{ Imports
import javax.swing.text.Segment;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Stack;
//}}}
/**
* Several tools that depends on JDK only.
*
* @author Matthieu Casanova
* @version $Id: StandardUtilities.java 12884 2008-06-23 18:17:08Z kpouer $
* @since 4.3pre5
*/
public class StandardUtilities
{
//{{{ Text methods
//{{{ charsToEscapes() method
/**
* Escapes newlines, tabs, backslashes, and quotes in the specified
* string.
* @param str The string
* @since jEdit 4.3pre15
*/
public static String charsToEscapes(String str)
{
return charsToEscapes(str,"\n\t\\\"'");
} //}}}
//{{{ charsToEscapes() method
/**
* Escapes the specified characters in the specified string.
* @param str The string
* @param toEscape Any characters that require escaping
* @since jEdit 4.3pre15
*/
public static String charsToEscapes(String str, String toEscape)
{
StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
for(int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++)
{
char c = str.charAt(i);
if(toEscape.indexOf(c) != -1)
{
if(c == '\n')
buf.append("\\n");
else if(c == '\t')
buf.append("\\t");
else
{
buf.append('\\');
buf.append(c);
}
}
else
buf.append(c);
}
return buf.toString();
} //}}}
}
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