Java String Quote quoteArgForCommand(String input)

Description

Quote a string suitable for the "quote aware" parser of ToHCommandExecutor .

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	the input string

Return

the possibly escaped and quoted string

Declaration

public static String quoteArgForCommand(String input) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*// www . j  a  v a 2  s.  co m
 * Copyright 2011 ZerothAngel <zerothangel@tyrannyofheaven.org>
 *
 * Licensed 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
 *
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 * 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.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Quote a string suitable for the "quote aware" parser of {@link ToHCommandExecutor}.
     * 
     * @param input the input string
     * @return the possibly escaped and quoted string
     */
    public static String quoteArgForCommand(String input) {
        input = input.replaceAll("\\\\", "\\\\\\\\").replaceAll("\"",
                "\\\\\"");
        if (input.matches(".*\\s.*"))
            return "\"" + input + "\""; // Enclose in quotes
        else
            return input;
    }
}

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