package org.apache.commons.lang;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.Locale;
import org.apache.commons.lang.exception.NestableRuntimeException;
/**
* <p>Escapes and unescapes <code>String</code>s for
* Java, Java Script, HTML, XML, and SQL.</p>
*
* @author Apache Software Foundation
* @author Apache Jakarta Turbine
* @author Purple Technology
* @author <a href="mailto:alex@purpletech.com">Alexander Day Chaffee</a>
* @author Antony Riley
* @author Helge Tesgaard
* @author <a href="sean@boohai.com">Sean Brown</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:ggregory@seagullsw.com">Gary Gregory</a>
* @author Phil Steitz
* @author Pete Gieser
* @since 2.0
* @version $Id: StringEscapeUtils.java 905636 2010-02-02 14:03:32Z niallp $
*/
public class StringEscapeUtils {
private static final char CSV_DELIMITER = ',';
private static final char CSV_QUOTE = '"';
private static final String CSV_QUOTE_STR = String.valueOf(CSV_QUOTE);
private static final char[] CSV_SEARCH_CHARS = new char[] {CSV_DELIMITER, CSV_QUOTE, CharUtils.CR, CharUtils.LF};
/**
* <p><code>StringEscapeUtils</code> instances should NOT be constructed in
* standard programming.</p>
*
* <p>Instead, the class should be used as:
* <pre>StringEscapeUtils.escapeJava("foo");</pre></p>
*
* <p>This constructor is public to permit tools that require a JavaBean
* instance to operate.</p>
*/
public StringEscapeUtils() {
super();
}
/**
* <p>Escapes the characters in a <code>String</code> using Java String rules.</p>
*
* <p>Deals correctly with quotes and control-chars (tab, backslash, cr, ff, etc.) </p>
*
* <p>So a tab becomes the characters <code>'\\'</code> and
* <code>'t'</code>.</p>
*
* <p>The only difference between Java strings and JavaScript strings
* is that in JavaScript, a single quote must be escaped.</p>
*
* <p>Example:
* <pre>
* input string: He didn't say, "Stop!"
* output string: He didn't say, \"Stop!\"
* </pre>
* </p>
*
* @param str String to escape values in, may be null
* @return String with escaped values, <code>null</code> if null string input
*/
public static String escapeJava(String str) {
return escapeJavaStyleString(str, false, false);
}
/**
* <p>Escapes the characters in a <code>String</code> using Java String rules to
* a <code>Writer</code>.</p>
*
* <p>A <code>null</code> string input has no effect.</p>
*
* @see #escapeJava(java.lang.String)
* @param out Writer to write escaped string into
* @param str String to escape values in, may be null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the Writer is <code>null</code>
* @throws IOException if error occurs on underlying Writer
*/
public static void escapeJava(Writer out, String str) throws IOException {
escapeJavaStyleString(out, str, false, false);
}
/**
* <p>Escapes the characters in a <code>String</code> using JavaScript String rules.</p>
* <p>Escapes any values it finds into their JavaScript String form.
* Deals correctly with quotes and control-chars (tab, backslash, cr, ff, etc.) </p>
*
* <p>So a tab becomes the characters <code>'\\'</code> and
* <code>'t'</code>.</p>
*
* <p>The only difference between Java strings and JavaScript strings
* is that in JavaScript, a single quote must be escaped.</p>
*
* <p>Example:
* <pre>
* input string: He didn't say, "Stop!"
* output string: He didn\'t say, \"Stop!\"
* </pre>
* </p>
*
* @param str String to escape values in, may be null
* @return String with escaped values, <code>null</code> if null string input
*/
public static String escapeJavaScript(String str) {
return escapeJavaStyleString(str, true, true);
}
/**
* <p>Escapes the characters in a <code>String</code> using JavaScript String rules
* to a <code>Writer</code>.</p>
*
* <p>A <code>null</code> string input has no effect.</p>
*
* @see #escapeJavaScript(java.lang.String)
* @param out Writer to write escaped string into
* @param str String to escape values in, may be null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the Writer is <code>null</code>
* @throws IOException if error occurs on underlying Writer
**/
public static void escapeJavaScript(Writer out, String str) throws IOException {
escapeJavaStyleString(out, str, true, true);
}
/**
* <p>Worker method for the {@link #escapeJavaScript(String)} method.</p>
*
* @param str String to escape values in, may be null
* @param escapeSingleQuotes escapes single quotes if <code>true</code>
* @param escapeForwardSlash TODO
* @return the escaped string
*/
private static String escapeJavaStyleString(String str, boolean escapeSingleQuotes, boolean escapeForwardSlash) {
if (str == null) {
return null;
}
try {
StringWriter writer = new StringWriter(str.length() * 2);
escapeJavaStyleString(writer, str, escapeSingleQuotes, escapeForwardSlash);
return writer.toString();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
throw new UnhandledException(ioe);
}
}
/**
* <p>Worker method for the {@link #escapeJavaScript(String)} method.</p>
*
* @param out write to receieve the escaped string
* @param str String to escape values in, may be null
* @param escapeSingleQuote escapes single quotes if <code>true</code>
* @param escapeForwardSlash TODO
* @throws IOException if an IOException occurs
*/
private static void escapeJavaStyleString(Writer out, String str, boolean escapeSingleQuote,
boolean escapeForwardSlash) throws IOException {
if (out == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("The Writer must not be null");
}
if (str == null) {
return;
}
int sz;
sz = str.length();
for (int i = 0; i < sz; i++) {
char ch = str.charAt(i);
// handle unicode
if (ch > 0xfff) {
out.write("\\u" + hex(ch));
} else if (ch > 0xff) {
out.write("\\u0" + hex(ch));
} else if (ch > 0x7f) {
out.write("\\u00" + hex(ch));
} else if (ch < 32) {
switch (ch) {
case '\b' :
out.write('\\');
out.write('b');
break;
case '\n' :
out.write('\\');
out.write('n');
break;
case '\t' :
out.write('\\');
out.write('t');
break;
case '\f' :
out.write('\\');
out.write('f');
break;
case '\r' :
out.write('\\');
out.write('r');
break;
default :
if (ch > 0xf) {
out.write("\\u00" + hex(ch));
} else {
out.write("\\u000" + hex(ch));
}
break;
}
} else {
switch (ch) {
case '\'' :
if (escapeSingleQuote) {
out.write('\\');
}
out.write('\'');
break;
case '"' :
out.write('\\');
out.write('"');
break;
case '\\' :
out.write('\\');
out.write('\\');
break;
case '/' :
if (escapeForwardSlash) {
out.write('\\');
}
out.write('/');
break;
default :
out.write(ch);
break;
}
}
}
}
/**
* <p>Returns an upper case hexadecimal <code>String</code> for the given
* character.</p>
*
* @param ch The character to convert.
* @return An upper case hexadecimal <code>String</code>
*/
private static String hex(char ch) {
return Integer.toHexString(ch).toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
}
/**
* <p>Unescapes any Java literals found in the <code>String</code>.
* For example, it will turn a sequence of <code>'\'</code> and
* <code>'n'</code> into a newline character, unless the <code>'\'</code>
* is preceded by another <code>'\'</code>.</p>
*
* @param str the <code>String</code> to unescape, may be null
* @return a new unescaped <code>String</code>, <code>null</code> if null string input
*/
public static String unescapeJava(String str) {
if (str == null) {
return null;
}
try {
StringWriter writer = new StringWriter(str.length());
unescapeJava(writer, str);
return writer.toString();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
// this should never ever happen while writing to a StringWriter
throw new UnhandledException(ioe);
}
}
/**
* <p>Unescapes any Java literals found in the <code>String</code> to a
* <code>Writer</code>.</p>
*
* <p>For example, it will turn a sequence of <code>'\'</code> and
* <code>'n'</code> into a newline character, unless the <code>'\'</code>
* is preceded by another <code>'\'</code>.</p>
*
* <p>A <code>null</code> string input has no effect.</p>
*
* @param out the <code>Writer</code> used to output unescaped characters
* @param str the <code>String</code> to unescape, may be null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the Writer is <code>null</code>
* @throws IOException if error occurs on underlying Writer
*/
public static void unescapeJava(Writer out, String str) throws IOException {
if (out == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("The Writer must not be null");
}
if (str == null) {
return;
}
int sz = str.length();
StringBuffer unicode = new StringBuffer(4);
boolean hadSlash = false;
boolean inUnicode = false;
for (int i = 0; i < sz; i++) {
char ch = str.charAt(i);
if (inUnicode) {
// if in unicode, then we're reading unicode
// values in somehow
unicode.append(ch);
if (unicode.length() == 4) {
// unicode now contains the four hex digits
// which represents our unicode character
try {
int value = Integer.parseInt(unicode.toString(), 16);
out.write((char) value);
unicode.setLength(0);
inUnicode = false;
hadSlash = false;
} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
throw new NestableRuntimeException("Unable to parse unicode value: " + unicode, nfe);
}
}
continue;
}
if (hadSlash) {
// handle an escaped value
hadSlash = false;
switch (ch) {
case '\\':
out.write('\\');
break;
case '\'':
out.write('\'');
break;
case '\"':
out.write('"');
break;
case 'r':
out.write('\r');
break;
case 'f':
out.write('\f');
break;
case 't':
out.write('\t');
break;
case 'n':
out.write('\n');
break;
case 'b':
out.write('\b');
break;
case 'u':
{
// uh-oh, we're in unicode country....
inUnicode = true;
break;
}
default :
out.write(ch);
break;
}
continue;
} else if (ch == '\\') {
hadSlash = true;
continue;
}
out.write(ch);
}
if (hadSlash) {
// then we're in the weird case of a \ at the end of the
// string, let's output it anyway.
out.write('\\');
}
}
/**
* <p>Unescapes any JavaScript literals found in the <code>String</code>.</p>
*
* <p>For example, it will turn a sequence of <code>'\'</code> and <code>'n'</code>
* into a newline character, unless the <code>'\'</code> is preceded by another
* <code>'\'</code>.</p>
*
* @see #unescapeJava(String)
* @param str the <code>String</code> to unescape, may be null
* @return A new unescaped <code>String</code>, <code>null</code> if null string input
*/
public static String unescapeJavaScript(String str) {
return unescapeJava(str);
}
/**
* <p>Unescapes any JavaScript literals found in the <code>String</code> to a
* <code>Writer</code>.</p>
*
* <p>For example, it will turn a sequence of <code>'\'</code> and <code>'n'</code>
* into a newline character, unless the <code>'\'</code> is preceded by another
* <code>'\'</code>.</p>
*
* <p>A <code>null</code> string input has no effect.</p>
*
* @see #unescapeJava(Writer,String)
* @param out the <code>Writer</code> used to output unescaped characters
* @param str the <code>String</code> to unescape, may be null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the Writer is <code>null</code>
* @throws IOException if error occurs on underlying Writer
*/
public static void unescapeJavaScript(Writer out, String str) throws IOException {
unescapeJava(out, str);
}
// HTML and XML
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Escapes the characters in a <code>String</code> using HTML entities.</p>
*
* <p>
* For example:
* </p>
* <p><code>"bread" & "butter"</code></p>
* becomes:
* <p>
* <code>&quot;bread&quot; &amp; &quot;butter&quot;</code>.
* </p>
*
* <p>Supports all known HTML 4.0 entities, including funky accents.
* Note that the commonly used apostrophe escape character (&apos;)
* is not a legal entity and so is not supported). </p>
*
* @param str the <code>String</code> to escape, may be null
* @return a new escaped <code>String</code>, <code>null</code> if null string input
*
* @see #unescapeHtml(String)
* @see <a href="http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/special_characters/">ISO Entities</a>
* @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html32#latin1">HTML 3.2 Character Entities for ISO Latin-1</a>
* @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/entities.html">HTML 4.0 Character entity references</a>
* @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/charset.html#h-5.3">HTML 4.01 Character References</a>
* @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/charset.html#code-position">HTML 4.01 Code positions</a>
*/
public static String escapeHtml(String str) {
if (str == null) {
return null;
}
try {
StringWriter writer = new StringWriter ((int)(str.length() * 1.5));
escapeHtml(writer, str);
return writer.toString();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
//should be impossible
throw new UnhandledException(ioe);
}
}
/**
* <p>Escapes the characters in a <code>String</code> using HTML entities and writes
* them to a <code>Writer</code>.</p>
*
* <p>
* For example:
* </p>
* <code>"bread" & "butter"</code>
* <p>becomes:</p>
* <code>&quot;bread&quot; &amp; &quot;butter&quot;</code>.
*
* <p>Supports all known HTML 4.0 entities, including funky accents.
* Note that the commonly used apostrophe escape character (&apos;)
* is not a legal entity and so is not supported). </p>
*
* @param writer the writer receiving the escaped string, not null
* @param string the <code>String</code> to escape, may be null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the writer is null
* @throws IOException when <code>Writer</code> passed throws the exception from
* calls to the {@link Writer#write(int)} methods.
*
* @see #escapeHtml(String)
* @see #unescapeHtml(String)
* @see <a href="http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/special_characters/">ISO Entities</a>
* @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html32#latin1">HTML 3.2 Character Entities for ISO Latin-1</a>
* @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/entities.html">HTML 4.0 Character entity references</a>
* @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/charset.html#h-5.3">HTML 4.01 Character References</a>
* @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/charset.html#code-position">HTML 4.01 Code positions</a>
*/
public static void escapeHtml(Writer writer, String string) throws IOException {
if (writer == null ) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException ("The Writer must not be null.");
}
if (string == null) {
return;
}
Entities.HTML40.escape(writer, string);
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Unescapes a string containing entity escapes to a string
* containing the actual Unicode characters corresponding to the
* escapes. Supports HTML 4.0 entities.</p>
*
* <p>For example, the string "&lt;Fran&ccedil;ais&gt;"
* will become "<Français>"</p>
*
* <p>If an entity is unrecognized, it is left alone, and inserted
* verbatim into the result string. e.g. "&gt;&zzzz;x" will
* become ">&zzzz;x".</p>
*
* @param str the <code>String</code> to unescape, may be null
* @return a new unescaped <code>String</code>, <code>null</code> if null string input
* @see #escapeHtml(Writer, String)
*/
public static String unescapeHtml(String str) {
if (str == null) {
return null;
}
try {
StringWriter writer = new StringWriter ((int)(str.length() * 1.5));
unescapeHtml(writer, str);
return writer.toString();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
//should be impossible
throw new UnhandledException(ioe);
}
}
/**
* <p>Unescapes a string containing entity escapes to a string
* containing the actual Unicode characters corresponding to the
* escapes. Supports HTML 4.0 entities.</p>
*
* <p>For example, the string "&lt;Fran&ccedil;ais&gt;"
* will become "<Français>"</p>
*
* <p>If an entity is unrecognized, it is left alone, and inserted
* verbatim into the result string. e.g. "&gt;&zzzz;x" will
* become ">&zzzz;x".</p>
*
* @param writer the writer receiving the unescaped string, not null
* @param string the <code>String</code> to unescape, may be null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the writer is null
* @throws IOException if an IOException occurs
* @see #escapeHtml(String)
*/
public static void unescapeHtml(Writer writer, String string) throws IOException {
if (writer == null ) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException ("The Writer must not be null.");
}
if (string == null) {
return;
}
Entities.HTML40.unescape(writer, string);
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Escapes the characters in a <code>String</code> using XML entities.</p>
*
* <p>For example: <tt>"bread" & "butter"</tt> =>
* <tt>&quot;bread&quot; &amp; &quot;butter&quot;</tt>.
* </p>
*
* <p>Supports only the five basic XML entities (gt, lt, quot, amp, apos).
* Does not support DTDs or external entities.</p>
*
* <p>Note that unicode characters greater than 0x7f are currently escaped to
* their numerical \\u equivalent. This may change in future releases. </p>
*
* @param writer the writer receiving the unescaped string, not null
* @param str the <code>String</code> to escape, may be null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the writer is null
* @throws IOException if there is a problem writing
* @see #unescapeXml(java.lang.String)
*/
public static void escapeXml(Writer writer, String str) throws IOException {
if (writer == null ) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException ("The Writer must not be null.");
}
if (str == null) {
return;
}
Entities.XML.escape(writer, str);
}
/**
* <p>Escapes the characters in a <code>String</code> using XML entities.</p>
*
* <p>For example: <tt>"bread" & "butter"</tt> =>
* <tt>&quot;bread&quot; &amp; &quot;butter&quot;</tt>.
* </p>
*
* <p>Supports only the five basic XML entities (gt, lt, quot, amp, apos).
* Does not support DTDs or external entities.</p>
*
* <p>Note that unicode characters greater than 0x7f are currently escaped to
* their numerical \\u equivalent. This may change in future releases. </p>
*
* @param str the <code>String</code> to escape, may be null
* @return a new escaped <code>String</code>, <code>null</code> if null string input
* @see #unescapeXml(java.lang.String)
*/
public static String escapeXml(String str) {
if (str == null) {
return null;
}
return Entities.XML.escape(str);
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Unescapes a string containing XML entity escapes to a string
* containing the actual Unicode characters corresponding to the
* escapes.</p>
*
* <p>Supports only the five basic XML entities (gt, lt, quot, amp, apos).
* Does not support DTDs or external entities.</p>
*
* <p>Note that numerical \\u unicode codes are unescaped to their respective
* unicode characters. This may change in future releases. </p>
*
* @param writer the writer receiving the unescaped string, not null
* @param str the <code>String</code> to unescape, may be null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the writer is null
* @throws IOException if there is a problem writing
* @see #escapeXml(String)
*/
public static void unescapeXml(Writer writer, String str) throws IOException {
if (writer == null ) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException ("The Writer must not be null.");
}
if (str == null) {
return;
}
Entities.XML.unescape(writer, str);
}
/**
* <p>Unescapes a string containing XML entity escapes to a string
* containing the actual Unicode characters corresponding to the
* escapes.</p>
*
* <p>Supports only the five basic XML entities (gt, lt, quot, amp, apos).
* Does not support DTDs or external entities.</p>
*
* <p>Note that numerical \\u unicode codes are unescaped to their respective
* unicode characters. This may change in future releases. </p>
*
* @param str the <code>String</code> to unescape, may be null
* @return a new unescaped <code>String</code>, <code>null</code> if null string input
* @see #escapeXml(String)
*/
public static String unescapeXml(String str) {
if (str == null) {
return null;
}
return Entities.XML.unescape(str);
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Escapes the characters in a <code>String</code> to be suitable to pass to
* an SQL query.</p>
*
* <p>For example,
* <pre>statement.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM MOVIES WHERE TITLE='" +
* StringEscapeUtils.escapeSql("McHale's Navy") +
* "'");</pre>
* </p>
*
* <p>At present, this method only turns single-quotes into doubled single-quotes
* (<code>"McHale's Navy"</code> => <code>"McHale''s Navy"</code>). It does not
* handle the cases of percent (%) or underscore (_) for use in LIKE clauses.</p>
*
* see http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=8881
* @param str the string to escape, may be null
* @return a new String, escaped for SQL, <code>null</code> if null string input
*/
public static String escapeSql(String str) {
if (str == null) {
return null;
}
return StringUtils.replace(str, "'", "''");
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Returns a <code>String</code> value for a CSV column enclosed in double quotes,
* if required.</p>
*
* <p>If the value contains a comma, newline or double quote, then the
* String value is returned enclosed in double quotes.</p>
* </p>
*
* <p>Any double quote characters in the value are escaped with another double quote.</p>
*
* <p>If the value does not contain a comma, newline or double quote, then the
* String value is returned unchanged.</p>
* </p>
*
* see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values">Wikipedia</a> and
* <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180">RFC 4180</a>.
*
* @param str the input CSV column String, may be null
* @return the input String, enclosed in double quotes if the value contains a comma,
* newline or double quote, <code>null</code> if null string input
* @since 2.4
*/
public static String escapeCsv(String str) {
if (StringUtils.containsNone(str, CSV_SEARCH_CHARS)) {
return str;
}
try {
StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
escapeCsv(writer, str);
return writer.toString();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
// this should never ever happen while writing to a StringWriter
throw new UnhandledException(ioe);
}
}
/**
* <p>Writes a <code>String</code> value for a CSV column enclosed in double quotes,
* if required.</p>
*
* <p>If the value contains a comma, newline or double quote, then the
* String value is written enclosed in double quotes.</p>
* </p>
*
* <p>Any double quote characters in the value are escaped with another double quote.</p>
*
* <p>If the value does not contain a comma, newline or double quote, then the
* String value is written unchanged (null values are ignored).</p>
* </p>
*
* see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values">Wikipedia</a> and
* <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180">RFC 4180</a>.
*
* @param str the input CSV column String, may be null
* @param out Writer to write input string to, enclosed in double quotes if it contains
* a comma, newline or double quote
* @throws IOException if error occurs on underlying Writer
* @since 2.4
*/
public static void escapeCsv(Writer out, String str) throws IOException {
if (StringUtils.containsNone(str, CSV_SEARCH_CHARS)) {
if (str != null) {
out.write(str);
}
return;
}
out.write(CSV_QUOTE);
for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
char c = str.charAt(i);
if (c == CSV_QUOTE) {
out.write(CSV_QUOTE); // escape double quote
}
out.write(c);
}
out.write(CSV_QUOTE);
}
/**
* <p>Returns a <code>String</code> value for an unescaped CSV column. </p>
*
* <p>If the value is enclosed in double quotes, and contains a comma, newline
* or double quote, then quotes are removed.
* </p>
*
* <p>Any double quote escaped characters (a pair of double quotes) are unescaped
* to just one double quote. </p>
*
* <p>If the value is not enclosed in double quotes, or is and does not contain a
* comma, newline or double quote, then the String value is returned unchanged.</p>
* </p>
*
* see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values">Wikipedia</a> and
* <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180">RFC 4180</a>.
*
* @param str the input CSV column String, may be null
* @return the input String, with enclosing double quotes removed and embedded double
* quotes unescaped, <code>null</code> if null string input
* @since 2.4
*/
public static String unescapeCsv(String str) {
if (str == null) {
return null;
}
try {
StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
unescapeCsv(writer, str);
return writer.toString();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
// this should never ever happen while writing to a StringWriter
throw new UnhandledException(ioe);
}
}
/**
* <p>Returns a <code>String</code> value for an unescaped CSV column. </p>
*
* <p>If the value is enclosed in double quotes, and contains a comma, newline
* or double quote, then quotes are removed.
* </p>
*
* <p>Any double quote escaped characters (a pair of double quotes) are unescaped
* to just one double quote. </p>
*
* <p>If the value is not enclosed in double quotes, or is and does not contain a
* comma, newline or double quote, then the String value is returned unchanged.</p>
* </p>
*
* see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values">Wikipedia</a> and
* <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180">RFC 4180</a>.
*
* @param str the input CSV column String, may be null
* @param out Writer to write the input String to, with enclosing double quotes
* removed and embedded double quotes unescaped, <code>null</code> if null string input
* @throws IOException if error occurs on underlying Writer
* @since 2.4
*/
public static void unescapeCsv(Writer out, String str) throws IOException {
if (str == null) {
return;
}
if (str.length() < 2) {
out.write(str);
return;
}
if ( str.charAt(0) != CSV_QUOTE || str.charAt(str.length() - 1) != CSV_QUOTE ) {
out.write(str);
return;
}
// strip quotes
String quoteless = str.substring(1, str.length() - 1);
if ( StringUtils.containsAny(quoteless, CSV_SEARCH_CHARS) ) {
// deal with escaped quotes; ie) ""
str = StringUtils.replace(quoteless, CSV_QUOTE_STR + CSV_QUOTE_STR, CSV_QUOTE_STR);
}
out.write(str);
}
}