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 * $Id: JavaScriptEncoder.java,v 1.15 2005/06/13 09:26:06 draganr Exp $
 */




package com.lutris.util;

/**
 * This class contains a utility method for encoding a
 * <code>String</code> so that it may be safely used
 * within JavaScript as a quoted string.
 *
 * The following characters are encoded:
 * <p>
 * <ul>
 * <li> &#39;
 * <li> &quot;
 * <li> &#92;
 * </ul>
 *
 * @author Kyle Clark
 */
public class JavaScriptEncoder {

    /**
     * Translates a string into a JavaScript safe format.
     *
     * @param s the string to encode
     * @return the encoded string
     */
    public static String encode(String s) {
        char [] scriptChars = s.toCharArray();
        StringBuffer encodedScript = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i=0; i<scriptChars.length; i++) {
            switch(scriptChars[i]) {
            case '\'':
                encodedScript.append("\\\'");
                break;
            case '\"':
                encodedScript.append("\\\"");
                break;
            case '\\':
                encodedScript.append("\\\\");
                break;
            default:
                encodedScript.append(scriptChars[i]);
                break;
            }
        }
        return encodedScript.toString();
    }
}