RegexQuote.java

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package communitycommons.actions;

import com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core.IContext;
import com.mendix.webui.CustomJavaAction;
import communitycommons.StringUtils;

/**
 * Escapes a string value so that it can be used literally with Mendix build-in regex replacement functions. (Otherwise the dollar sign would be interpreted as back reference to a match for example). 
 */
public class RegexQuote extends CustomJavaAction<java.lang.String>
{
	private java.lang.String unquotedLiteral;

	public RegexQuote(IContext context, java.lang.String unquotedLiteral)
	{
		super(context);
		this.unquotedLiteral = unquotedLiteral;
	}

	@Override
	public java.lang.String executeAction() throws Exception
	{
		// BEGIN USER CODE
		return StringUtils.regexQuote(unquotedLiteral);
		// END USER CODE
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a string representation of this action
	 */
	@Override
	public java.lang.String toString()
	{
		return "RegexQuote";
	}

	// BEGIN EXTRA CODE
	// END EXTRA CODE
}