Module: JavaProperties::Encoding::SpecialChars

Defined in:
lib/java_properties/specialchars.rb

Overview

Modules for encoding and decoding special characters for Java properties files.

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.decode(string) ⇒ Object

Decodes any \X characters read in from a properties file.



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# File 'lib/java_properties/specialchars.rb', line 33

def self.decode string
	# Replace \n escaped chars with proper characters
	string.gsub!( /\\(.)/ ) do |c|
	  char = $1 if c =~ /\\(.)/
	  case char
	  when 't'
	    "\t"
	  when 'n'
	    "\n"
	  when 'r'
	    "\r"
	  when 'f'
	    "\f"
	  else
	    char
	  end
	end
	string
end

.encode(string) ⇒ Object

Encodes all special characters by replacing them with the proper \X escaped value.



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# File 'lib/java_properties/specialchars.rb', line 13

def self.encode string
	# Replace special chars with proper \n escaped characters
	string.gsub!( /([\t\n\r\f])/ ) do |c|
	  char = $1
	  case char
	  when "\t"
	    '\\t'
	  when "\n"
	    '\\n'
	  when "\r"
	    '\\r'
	  when "\f"
	    '\\f'
	  end
	end
	string
end