Java String Quote quoted(String path)

Description

Useful for example for javac, which doesn't like file paths with spaces if they are not in double quotes.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
path	A path.

Return

The specified path in double quotes, with eventual anti slashes and double quotes escaped.

Declaration

public static String quoted(String path)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*// w w w  .j a  v a2  s  .  co  m
 * Copyright 2015 Jeff Hain
 *
 * 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
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * 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 {
    /**
     * Useful for example for javac, which doesn't like file paths with spaces
     * if they are not in double quotes.
     * 
     * @param path A path.
     * @return The specified path in double quotes, with eventual anti slashes
     *         and double quotes escaped.
     */
    public static String quoted(String path) {
        // NB: To get "\", must write "\\", or "\\\\" in a regex.

        // Replacing "\" with "\\".
        path = path.replaceAll("\\\\", "\\\\\\\\");

        // Replacing """ with "\"".
        path = path.replaceAll("\"", "\\\\\"");

        return "\"" + path + "\"";
    }
}