user/src/com/google/gwt/codegen/server/CodeGenUtils.java

/*
 * Copyright 2011 Google Inc.
 *
 * 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.
 */
package com.google.gwt.codegen.server;

/**
 * Helper class for code generators.
 */
public class CodeGenUtils {

  /**
   * Produce a string which represents a string literal in Java source,
   * including null values.
   * 
   * @param literal
   * @return Java source representation of the string literal
   */
  public static String asStringLiteral(String literal) {
    return literal == null ? "null" : '"' + escape(literal) + '"';
  }

  /**
   * Escapes string content to be a valid string literal.
   * 
   * @param unescaped 
   * @return an escaped version of <code>unescaped</code>, suitable for being
   *         enclosed in double quotes in Java source
   */
  public static String escape(String unescaped) {
    int extra = 0;
    for (int in = 0, n = unescaped.length(); in < n; ++in) {
      switch (unescaped.charAt(in)) {
        case '\0':
        case '\n':
        case '\r':
        case '\"':
        case '\\':
          ++extra;
          break;
      }
    }

    if (extra == 0) {
      return unescaped;
    }

    char[] oldChars = unescaped.toCharArray();
    char[] newChars = new char[oldChars.length + extra];
    for (int in = 0, out = 0, n = oldChars.length; in < n; ++in, ++out) {
      char c = oldChars[in];
      switch (c) {
        case '\0':
          newChars[out++] = '\\';
          c = '0';
          break;
        case '\n':
          newChars[out++] = '\\';
          c = 'n';
          break;
        case '\r':
          newChars[out++] = '\\';
          c = 'r';
          break;
        case '\"':
          newChars[out++] = '\\';
          c = '"';
          break;
        case '\\':
          newChars[out++] = '\\';
          c = '\\';
          break;
      }
      newChars[out] = c;
    }

    return String.valueOf(newChars);
  }

  private CodeGenUtils() {
  }
}