Java String Quote quote(String s)

Description

Adds a pair of quotes ("x") if no quotes (" or ') are present.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	the string to quote

Return

the quoted string

Declaration

public static String quote(String s) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*w  w w .  j  av  a 2  s  . c  o m*/
 * Copyright (c) 2013 Data Harmonisation Panel
 * 
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made
 * available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
 * or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this distribution. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     Data Harmonisation Panel <http://www.dhpanel.eu>
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Adds a pair of quotes ("x") if no quotes (" or ') are present.
     * 
     * @param s the string to quote
     * @return the quoted string
     */
    public static String quote(String s) {
        if (s == null) {
            return null;
        }

        char startChar = s.charAt(0);
        char endChar = s.charAt(s.length() - 1);
        if ((startChar == '\'' || startChar == '"') && startChar == endChar)
            return s; // already quoted
        else
            return '"' + s + '"';
    }
}

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