Java String to convertString(String label)

Description

Escape all occurences of newline chars '\n', quotes \", etc.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static final String convertString(String label) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  ww w  .j a  v  a 2s.c  o  m
 * Copyright (c) 2007, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 * ORACLE PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Escape all occurences of newline chars '\n', quotes \", etc.
     */
    public static final String convertString(String label) {
        char[] ch = label.toCharArray();
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();

        for (int i = 0; i < ch.length; i++) {
            switch (ch[i]) {
            case '\n':
                buf.append("\\n");
                break;
            case '\r':
                buf.append("\\r");
                break;
            case '\"':
                buf.append("\\\"");
                break;
            case '\'':
                buf.append("\\'");
                break;
            case '\\':
                buf.append("\\\\");
                break;
            default:
                buf.append(ch[i]);
                break;
            }
        }

        return buf.toString();
    }
}

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