GeneratorUtils.java

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package com.google.gwt.chrome.crx.linker;

/**
 * A set of static utility methods that come in handy when writing a
 * {@link com.google.gwt.core.ext.Generator}.
 */
public class GeneratorUtils {

	/**
	 * Escapes a string into a java source string literal that can safely be
	 * emitted as source code using {@link java.io.PrintWriter}.
	 * 
	 * @param text
	 *            unescaped text
	 * @return an escaped string literal
	 */
	public static String toJavaLiteral(String text) {
		// Replace all quotes with \\".
		text = text.replaceAll("\"", "\\\\\"");
		// Replace all EOL with "\\n".
		text = text.replaceAll("\n", "\\\\n");
		return text;
	}
}