de.weltraumschaf.commons.string

Class StringEscape

java.lang.Object

de.weltraumschaf.commons.string.StringEscape

public final class StringEscape
extends Object

Tools to escape strings.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Sven Strittmatter <weltraumschaf@googlemail.com>

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	StringEscape() Hidden for pure static class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	escapeFileName(String input) Escapes a string that i is usable as file name.
static String	escapeXml(String input) Escapes string for XML.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringEscape

private StringEscape()

Hidden for pure static class.

Method Detail

escapeXml

public static String escapeXml(String input)

Escapes string for XML. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references#Predefined_entities_in_XML

Parameters:

input - must not be null

Returns:

never null

escapeFileName

public static String escapeFileName(String input)

Escapes a string that i is usable as file name.

Escaped characters and there replacements:

• ' ' becomes '_'
• '/' becomes '_'
• '\' becomes '_'
• ':' becomes '_'

Parameters:

input - must not be null or empty

Returns:

never null or empty