identity/shared/StringUtils.java

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package com.sun.identity.shared;

import java.util.regex.Matcher;

/**
 * This class provides string related helper methods.
 */
public class StringUtils {

     // ampersand character '&'
     public static final String AMPERSAND = "&";
     // HTML escape code for character '&'
     public static final String ESCAPE_AMPERSAND = "&#38;";
     // character '|' used as property value delimiter
     public static final String PROPERTY_VALUE_DELIMITER = "|";
     // HTML escape code for character '|'
     public static final String ESCAPE_DELIMITER = "&#124;";


    private StringUtils() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns substituted string.
     *
     * @param orig Original string.
     * @param pattern String substitution matching pattern.
     * @param str The literal string to replace the pattern with.
     * @return substituted string.
     */
    public static String strReplaceAll(String orig, String pattern, String str) {
        return orig.replaceAll(pattern, Matcher.quoteReplacement(str));
    }

    /**
     * Returns special character escaped string.
     *
     * @param value original string.
     * @return special character escaped string.
     */
    public static String getEscapedValue(String value) {
        if (value != null) {
            return value.replaceAll(AMPERSAND, ESCAPE_AMPERSAND).replaceAll(
                         "\\" + PROPERTY_VALUE_DELIMITER, ESCAPE_DELIMITER);
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Returns special character un-escaped string.
     *
     * @param value special character escaped string.
     * @return un-escaped string.
     */
    public static String getUnescapedValue(String value) {
        if (value != null) {
            return value.replaceAll(ESCAPE_DELIMITER, PROPERTY_VALUE_DELIMITER).                replaceAll(ESCAPE_AMPERSAND, AMPERSAND);
        }
        return null;
    }
}