net.sourceforge.openutils.mgnlcriteria.jcr.query.xpath.utils
Class XPathTextUtils

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.openutils.mgnlcriteria.jcr.query.xpath.utils.XPathTextUtils

public final class XPathTextUtils
extends Object

A utility class to escape xpath strings

Version:

$Id: XPathTextUtils.java 2933 2010-08-29 16:00:21Z fgiust $

Author:

fgiust, fgrilli

Method Summary

static String	encodeDigitsInPath(String path)
static String	stringToJCRSearchExp(String str) Convert a string to a JCR search expression literal, suitable for use in jcr:contains() (inside XPath queries).
static String	stringToXPathLiteral(String str) Convert a string to an XPath 2.0 string literal, suitable for inclusion in a query.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

stringToXPathLiteral

public static String stringToXPathLiteral(String str)

Convert a string to an XPath 2.0 string literal, suitable for inclusion in a query. See JSR-170 spec v1.0, Sec. 6.6.4.9.

Parameters:

str - Any string.

Returns:

A valid XPath 2.0 string literal, including enclosing quotes.

stringToJCRSearchExp

public static String stringToJCRSearchExp(String str)

Convert a string to a JCR search expression literal, suitable for use in jcr:contains() (inside XPath queries). The characters - and " have special meaning, and may be escaped with a backslash to obtain their literal value. See JSR-170 spec v1.0, Sec. 6.6.5.2.

Parameters:

str - Any string.

Returns:

A valid XPath 2.0 string literal suitable for use in jcr:contains(), including enclosing quotes.

encodeDigitsInPath

public static String encodeDigitsInPath(String path)

Parameters:

path - to encode eg //my//path/2009//*

Returns:

String encoded path eg //my//path/_x0032_009//*