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Java » Data Type » String EscapeScreenshots 
unEscape String
       
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import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.util.Collection;


/**
 * General string utils
 */
public class StringUtils {
  
  /**
   * Unescape <code>charToEscape</code> in the string 
   * with the escape char <code>escapeChar</code>
   
   @param str string
   @param escapeChar escape char
   @param charToEscape the escaped char
   @return an unescaped string
   */
  public static String unEscapeString(
      String str, char escapeChar, char charToEscape) {
    if (str == null) {
      return null;
    }
    StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(str.length());
    boolean hasPreEscape = false;
    for (int i=0; i<str.length(); i++) {
      char curChar = str.charAt(i);
      if (hasPreEscape) {
        if (curChar != escapeChar && curChar != charToEscape) {
          // no special char
          throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal escaped string " + str + 
              " unescaped " + escapeChar + " at " (i-1));
        
        // otherwise discard the escape char
        result.append(curChar);
        hasPreEscape = false;
      else {
        if (curChar == charToEscape) {
          throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal escaped string " + str + 
              " unescaped " + charToEscape + " at " + i);
        else if (curChar == escapeChar) {
          hasPreEscape = true;
        else {
          result.append(curChar);
        }
      }
    }
    if (hasPreEscape ) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal escaped string " + str + 
          ", not expecting " + charToEscape + " in the end." );
    }
    return result.toString();
  }
  
  
}

   
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
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