Class SourceCodeEscapers

java.lang.Object

com.google.errorprone.util.SourceCodeEscapers

public final class SourceCodeEscapers
extends Object

A factory for Escaper instances used to escape strings for safe use in Java.

This is a subset of source code escapers that are in the process of being open-sources as part of guava, see: https://github.com/google/guava/issues/1620

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static com.google.common.escape.CharEscaper	javaCharEscaper()	Returns an Escaper instance that escapes special characters in a string so it can safely be included in either a Java character literal or string literal.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

javaCharEscaper

public static com.google.common.escape.CharEscaper javaCharEscaper()

Returns an Escaper instance that escapes special characters in a string so it can safely be included in either a Java character literal or string literal. This is the preferred way to escape Java characters for use in String or character literals.

See: The Java Language Specification for more details.