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package freemarker.template.utility;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import freemarker.core.Environment;
import freemarker.core.ParseException;
import freemarker.template.Template;

/**
 *  Some text related utilities.
 *
 *  @version $Id: StringUtil.java,v 1.48 2005/06/01 22:39:08 ddekany Exp $
 */
public class StringUtil {
    private static final char[] ESCAPES = createEscapes();

    /*
     *  For better performance most methods are folded down. Don't you scream... :)
     */

    /**
     *  HTML encoding (does not convert line breaks).
     *  Replaces all '>' '<' '&' and '"' with entity reference
     */
    public static String HTMLEnc(String s) {
        return XMLEncNA(s);
    }

    /**
     *  XML Encoding.
     *  Replaces all '>' '<' '&', "'" and '"' with entity reference
     */
    public static String XMLEnc(String s) {
        return XMLOrXHTMLEnc(s, "'");
    }

    /**
     *  XHTML Encoding.
     *  Replaces all '>' '<' '&', "'" and '"' with entity reference
     *  suitable for XHTML decoding in common user agents (including legacy
     *  user agents, which do not decode "'" to "'", so "'" is used
     *  instead [see http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#C_16])
     */
    public static String XHTMLEnc(String s) {
        return XMLOrXHTMLEnc(s, "'");
    }
    
    private static String XMLOrXHTMLEnc(String s, String aposReplacement) {
        int ln = s.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < ln; i++) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (c == '<' || c == '>' || c == '&' || c == '"' || c == '\'') {
                StringBuffer b =
                        new StringBuffer(s.substring(0, i));
                switch (c) {
                    case '<': b.append("<"); break;
                    case '>': b.append(">"); break;
                    case '&': b.append("&"); break;
                    case '"': b.append("""); break;
                    case '\'': b.append(aposReplacement); break;
                }
                i++;
                int next = i;
                while (i < ln) {
                    c = s.charAt(i);
                    if (c == '<' || c == '>' || c == '&' || c == '"' || c == '\'') {
                        b.append(s.substring(next, i));
                        switch (c) {
                            case '<': b.append("<"); break;
                            case '>': b.append(">"); break;
                            case '&': b.append("&"); break;
                            case '"': b.append("""); break;
                            case '\'': b.append(aposReplacement); break;
                        }
                        next = i + 1;
                    }
                    i++;
                }
                if (next < ln) b.append(s.substring(next));
                s = b.toString();
                break;
            } // if c ==
        } // for
        return s;
    }
    
    /**
     *  XML encoding without replacing apostrophes.
     *  @see #XMLEnc(String)
     */
    public static String XMLEncNA(String s) {
        int ln = s.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < ln; i++) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (c == '<' || c == '>' || c == '&' || c == '"') {
                StringBuffer b =
                        new StringBuffer(s.substring(0, i));
                switch (c) {
                    case '<': b.append("<"); break;
                    case '>': b.append(">"); break;
                    case '&': b.append("&"); break;
                    case '"': b.append("""); break;
                }
                i++;
                int next = i;
                while (i < ln) {
                    c = s.charAt(i);
                    if (c == '<' || c == '>' || c == '&' || c == '"') {
                        b.append(s.substring(next, i));
                        switch (c) {
                            case '<': b.append("<"); break;
                            case '>': b.append(">"); break;
                            case '&': b.append("&"); break;
                            case '"': b.append("""); break;
                        }
                        next = i + 1;
                    }
                    i++;
                }
                if (next < ln) b.append(s.substring(next));
                s = b.toString();
                break;
            } // if c ==
        } // for
        return s;
    }

    /**
     *  XML encoding for attributes valies quoted with " (not with '!).
     *  Also can be used for HTML attributes that are quoted with ".
     *  @see #XMLEnc(String)
     */
    public static String XMLEncQAttr(String s) {
        int ln = s.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < ln; i++) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (c == '<' || c == '&' || c == '"') {
                StringBuffer b =
                        new StringBuffer(s.substring(0, i));
                switch (c) {
                    case '<': b.append("<"); break;
                    case '&': b.append("&"); break;
                    case '"': b.append("""); break;
                }
                i++;
                int next = i;
                while (i < ln) {
                    c = s.charAt(i);
                    if (c == '<' || c == '&' || c == '"') {
                        b.append(s.substring(next, i));
                        switch (c) {
                            case '<': b.append("<"); break;
                            case '&': b.append("&"); break;
                            case '"': b.append("""); break;
                        }
                        next = i + 1;
                    }
                    i++;
                }
                if (next < ln) {
                    b.append(s.substring(next));
                }
                s = b.toString();
                break;
            } // if c ==
        } // for
        return s;
    }

    /**
     *  XML encoding without replacing apostrophes and quotation marks and
     *  greater-thans (except in {@code ]]>}).
     *  @see #XMLEnc(String)
     */
    public static String XMLEncNQG(String s) {
        int ln = s.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < ln; i++) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (c == '<'
                    || (c == '>' && i > 1
                            && s.charAt(i - 1) == ']'
                            && s.charAt(i - 2) == ']')
                    || c == '&') {
                StringBuffer b =
                        new StringBuffer(s.substring(0, i));
                switch (c) {
                    case '<': b.append("<"); break;
                    case '>': b.append(">"); break;
                    case '&': b.append("&"); break;
                    default: throw new RuntimeException("Bug: unexpected char");
                }
                i++;
                int next = i;
                while (i < ln) {
                    c = s.charAt(i);
                    if (c == '<'
                            || (c == '>' && i > 1
                                    && s.charAt(i - 1) == ']'
                                    && s.charAt(i - 2) == ']')
                            || c == '&') {
                        b.append(s.substring(next, i));
                        switch (c) {
                            case '<': b.append("<"); break;
                            case '>': b.append(">"); break;
                            case '&': b.append("&"); break;
                            default: throw new RuntimeException("Bug: unexpected char");
                        }
                        next = i + 1;
                    }
                    i++;
                }
                if (next < ln) {
                    b.append(s.substring(next));
                }
                s = b.toString();
                break;
            } // if c ==
        } // for
        return s;
    }
    
    /**
     *  Rich Text Format encoding (does not replace line breaks).
     *  Escapes all '\' '{' '}' and '"'
     */
    public static String RTFEnc(String s) {
        int ln = s.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < ln; i++) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (c == '\\' || c == '{' || c == '}') {
                StringBuffer b =
                        new StringBuffer(s.substring(0, i));
                switch (c) {
                    case '\\': b.append("\\\\"); break;
                    case '{': b.append("\\{"); break;
                    case '}': b.append("\\}"); break;
                }
                i++;
                int next = i;
                while (i < ln) {
                    c = s.charAt(i);
                    if (c == '\\' || c == '{' || c == '}') {
                        b.append(s.substring(next, i));
                        switch (c) {
                            case '\\': b.append("\\\\"); break;
                            case '{': b.append("\\{"); break;
                            case '}': b.append("\\}"); break;
                        }
                        next = i + 1;
                    }
                    i++;
                }
                if (next < ln) b.append(s.substring(next));
                s = b.toString();
                break;
            } // if c ==
        } // for
        return s;
    }

    /**
     * URL encoding (like%20this).
     */
    public static String URLEnc(String s, String charset)
            throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        int ln = s.length();
        int i;
        for (i = 0; i < ln; i++) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (!(c >= 'a' && c <= 'z' || c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z'
                    || c >= '0' && c <= '9'
                    || c == '_' || c == '-' || c == '.' || c == '!' || c == '~'
                    || c >= '\'' && c <= '*')) {
                break;
            }
        }
        if (i == ln) {
            // Nothing to escape
            return s;
        }

        StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer(ln + ln / 3 + 2);
        b.append(s.substring(0, i));

        int encstart = i;
        for (i++; i < ln; i++) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z' || c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z'
                    || c >= '0' && c <= '9'
                    || c == '_' || c == '-' || c == '.' || c == '!' || c == '~'
                    || c >= '\'' && c <= '*') {
                if (encstart != -1) {
                    byte[] o = s.substring(encstart, i).getBytes(charset);
                    for (int j = 0; j < o.length; j++) {
                        b.append('%');
                        byte bc = o[j];
                        int c1 = bc & 0x0F;
                        int c2 = (bc >> 4) & 0x0F;
                        b.append((char) (c2 < 10 ? c2 + '0' : c2 - 10 + 'A'));
                        b.append((char) (c1 < 10 ? c1 + '0' : c1 - 10 + 'A'));
                    }
                    encstart = -1;
                }
                b.append(c);
            } else {
                if (encstart == -1) {
                    encstart = i;
                }
            }
        }
        if (encstart != -1) {
            byte[] o = s.substring(encstart, i).getBytes(charset);
            for (int j = 0; j < o.length; j++) {
                b.append('%');
                byte bc = o[j];
                int c1 = bc & 0x0F;
                int c2 = (bc >> 4) & 0x0F;
                b.append((char) (c2 < 10 ? c2 + '0' : c2 - 10 + 'A'));
                b.append((char) (c1 < 10 ? c1 + '0' : c1 - 10 + 'A'));
            }
        }
        
        return b.toString();
    }
    
    private static char[] createEscapes()
    {
        char[] escapes = new char['\\' + 1];
        for(int i = 0; i < 32; ++i)
        {
            escapes[i] = 1;
        }
        escapes['\\'] = '\\';
        escapes['\''] = '\'';
        escapes['"'] = '"';
        escapes['<'] = 'l';
        escapes['>'] = 'g';
        escapes['&'] = 'a';
        escapes['\b'] = 'b';
        escapes['\t'] = 't';
        escapes['\n'] = 'n';
        escapes['\f'] = 'f';
        escapes['\r'] = 'r';
        escapes['$'] = '$';
        return escapes;
    }

    public static String FTLStringLiteralEnc(String s)
    {
        StringBuffer buf = null;
        int l = s.length();
        int el = ESCAPES.length;
        for(int i = 0; i < l; i++)
        {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if(c < el)
            {
                char escape = ESCAPES[c];
                switch(escape)
                {
                    case 0:
                    {
                        if (buf != null) {
                            buf.append(c);
                        }
                        break;
                    }
                    case 1:
                    {
                        if (buf == null) {
                            buf = new StringBuffer(s.length() + 3);
                            buf.append(s.substring(0, i));
                        }
                        // hex encoding for characters below 0x20
                        // that have no other escape representation
                        buf.append("\\x00");
                        int c2 = (c >> 4) & 0x0F;
                        c = (char) (c & 0x0F);
                        buf.append((char) (c2 < 10 ? c2 + '0' : c2 - 10 + 'A'));
                        buf.append((char) (c < 10 ? c + '0' : c - 10 + 'A'));
                        break;
                    }
                    default:
                    {
                        if (buf == null) {
                            buf = new StringBuffer(s.length() + 2);
                            buf.append(s.substring(0, i));
                        }
                        buf.append('\\');
                        buf.append(escape);
                    }
                }
            } else {
                if (buf != null) {
                    buf.append(c);
                }
            }
        }
        return buf == null ? s : buf.toString();
    }

    /**
     * FTL string literal decoding.
     *
     * \\, \", \', \n, \t, \r, \b and \f will be replaced according to
     * Java rules. In additional, it knows \g, \l, \a and \{ which are
     * replaced with <, >, & and { respectively.
     * \x works as hexadecimal character code escape. The character
     * codes are interpreted according to UCS basic plane (Unicode).
     * "f\x006Fo", "f\x06Fo" and "f\x6Fo" will be "foo".
     * "f\x006F123" will be "foo123" as the maximum number of digits is 4.
     *
     * All other \X (where X is any character not mentioned above or End-of-string)
     * will cause a ParseException.
     *
     * @param s String literal without the surrounding quotation marks
     * @return String with all escape sequences resolved
     * @throws ParseException if there string contains illegal escapes
     */
    public static String FTLStringLiteralDec(String s) throws ParseException {

        int idx = s.indexOf('\\');
        if (idx == -1) {
            return s;
        }

        int lidx = s.length() - 1;
        int bidx = 0;
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(lidx);
        do {
            buf.append(s.substring(bidx, idx));
            if (idx >= lidx) {
                throw new ParseException("The last character of string literal is backslash", 0,0);
            }
            char c = s.charAt(idx + 1);
            switch (c) {
                case '"':
                    buf.append('"');
                    bidx = idx + 2;
                    break;
                case '\'':
                    buf.append('\'');
                    bidx = idx + 2;
                    break;
                case '\\':
                    buf.append('\\');
                    bidx = idx + 2;
                    break;
                case 'n':
                    buf.append('\n');
                    bidx = idx + 2;
                    break;
                case 'r':
                    buf.append('\r');
                    bidx = idx + 2;
                    break;
                case 't':
                    buf.append('\t');
                    bidx = idx + 2;
                    break;
                case 'f':
                    buf.append('\f');
                    bidx = idx + 2;
                    break;
                case 'b':
                    buf.append('\b');
                    bidx = idx + 2;
                    break;
                case 'g':
                    buf.append('>');
                    bidx = idx + 2;
                    break;
                case 'l':
                    buf.append('<');
                    bidx = idx + 2;
                    break;
                case 'a':
                    buf.append('&');
                    bidx = idx + 2;
                    break;
                case '{':
                    buf.append('{');
                    bidx = idx + 2;
                    break;
                case 'x': {
                    idx += 2;
                    int x = idx;
                    int y = 0;
                    int z = lidx > idx + 3 ? idx + 3 : lidx;
                    while (idx <= z) {
                        char b = s.charAt(idx);
                        if (b >= '0' && b <= '9') {
                            y <<= 4;
                            y += b - '0';
                        } else if (b >= 'a' && b <= 'f') {
                            y <<= 4;
                            y += b - 'a' + 10;
                        } else if (b >= 'A' && b <= 'F') {
                            y <<= 4;
                            y += b - 'A' + 10;
                        } else {
                            break;
                        }
                        idx++;
                    }
                    if (x < idx) {
                        buf.append((char) y);
                    } else {
                        throw new ParseException("Invalid \\x escape in a string literal",0,0);
                    }
                    bidx = idx;
                    break;
                }
                default:
                    throw new ParseException("Invalid escape sequence (\\" + c + ") in a string literal",0,0);
            }
            idx = s.indexOf('\\', bidx);
        } while (idx != -1);
        buf.append(s.substring(bidx));

        return buf.toString();
    }

    public static Locale deduceLocale(String input) {
       Locale locale = Locale.getDefault();
       if (input.charAt(0) == '"') input = input.substring(1, input.length() -1);
       StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(input, ",_ ");
       String lang = "", country = "";
       if (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
          lang = st.nextToken();
       }
       if (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
          country = st.nextToken();
       }
       if (!st.hasMoreTokens()) {
          locale = new Locale(lang, country);
       }
       else {
          locale = new Locale(lang, country, st.nextToken());
       }
       return locale;
    }

    public static String capitalize(String s) {
        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(s, " \t\r\n", true);
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(s.length());
        while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
            String tok = st.nextToken();
            buf.append(tok.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase());
            buf.append(tok.substring(1).toLowerCase());
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }

    public static boolean getYesNo(String s) {
        if (s.startsWith("\"")) {
            s = s.substring(1, s.length() -1);

        }
        if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("n")
                || s.equalsIgnoreCase("no")
                || s.equalsIgnoreCase("f")
                || s.equalsIgnoreCase("false")) {
            return false;
        }
        else if  (s.equalsIgnoreCase("y")
                || s.equalsIgnoreCase("yes")
                || s.equalsIgnoreCase("t")
                || s.equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
            return true;
        }
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal boolean value: " + s);
    }

    /**
     * Splits a string at the specified character.
     */
    public static String[] split(String s, char c) {
        int i, b, e;
        int cnt;
        String res[];
        int ln = s.length();

        i = 0;
        cnt = 1;
        while ((i = s.indexOf(c, i)) != -1) {
            cnt++;
            i++;
        }
        res = new String[cnt];

        i = 0;
        b = 0;
        while (b <= ln) {
            e = s.indexOf(c, b);
            if (e == -1) e = ln;
            res[i++] = s.substring(b, e);
            b = e + 1;
        }
        return res;
    }

    /**
     * Splits a string at the specified string.
     */
    public static String[] split(String s, String sep, boolean caseInsensitive) {
        String splitString = caseInsensitive ? sep.toLowerCase() : sep;
        String input = caseInsensitive ? s.toLowerCase() : s;
        int i, b, e;
        int cnt;
        String res[];
        int ln = s.length();
        int sln = sep.length();

        if (sln == 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                "The separator string has 0 length");

        i = 0;
        cnt = 1;
        while ((i = input.indexOf(splitString, i)) != -1) {
            cnt++;
            i += sln;
        }
        res = new String[cnt];

        i = 0;
        b = 0;
        while (b <= ln) {
            e = input.indexOf(splitString, b);
            if (e == -1) e = ln;
            res[i++] = s.substring(b, e);
            b = e + sln;
        }
        return res;
    }

    /**
     * Replaces all occurrences of a sub-string in a string.
     * @param text The string where it will replace oldsub with
     *     newsub.
     * @return String The string after the replacements.
     */
    public static String replace(String text, 
                                  String oldsub, 
                                  String newsub, 
                                  boolean caseInsensitive,
                                  boolean firstOnly) 
    {
        StringBuffer buf;
        int tln;
        int oln = oldsub.length();
        
        if (oln == 0) {
            int nln = newsub.length();
            if (nln == 0) {
                return text;
            } else {
                if (firstOnly) {
                    return newsub + text;
                } else {
                    tln = text.length();
                    buf = new StringBuffer(tln + (tln + 1) * nln);
                    buf.append(newsub);
                    for (int i = 0; i < tln; i++) {
                        buf.append(text.charAt(i));
                        buf.append(newsub);
                    }
                    return buf.toString();
                }
            }
        } else {
            oldsub = caseInsensitive ? oldsub.toLowerCase() : oldsub;
            String input = caseInsensitive ? text.toLowerCase() : text;
            int e = input.indexOf(oldsub);
            if (e == -1) {
                return text;
            }
            int b = 0;
            tln = text.length();
            buf = new StringBuffer(
                    tln + Math.max(newsub.length() - oln, 0) * 3);
            do {
                buf.append(text.substring(b, e));
                buf.append(newsub);
                b = e + oln;
                e = input.indexOf(oldsub, b);
            } while (e != -1 && !firstOnly);
            buf.append(text.substring(b));
            return buf.toString();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Removes the line-break from the end of the string.
     */
    public static String chomp(String s) {
        if (s.endsWith("\r\n")) return s.substring(0, s.length() - 2);
        if (s.endsWith("\r") || s.endsWith("\n"))
                return s.substring(0, s.length() - 1);
        return s;
    }

    /**
     * Converts the parameter with toString (if not
     * null)and passes it to {@link #jQuote(String)}. 
     */
    public static String jQuote(Object obj) {
        return jQuote(obj != null ? obj.toString() : null);
    }
    
    /**
     * Quotes string as Java Language string literal.
     * Returns string "null" if s
     * is null.
     */
    public static String jQuote(String s) {
        if (s == null) {
            return "null";
        }
        int ln = s.length();
        StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer(ln + 4);
        b.append('"');
        for (int i = 0; i < ln; i++) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (c == '"') {
                b.append("\\\"");
            } else if (c == '\\') {
                b.append("\\\\");
            } else if (c < 0x20) {
                if (c == '\n') {
                    b.append("\\n");
                } else if (c == '\r') {
                    b.append("\\r");
                } else if (c == '\f') {
                    b.append("\\f");
                } else if (c == '\b') {
                    b.append("\\b");
                } else if (c == '\t') {
                    b.append("\\t");
                } else {
                    b.append("\\u00");
                    int x = c / 0x10;
                    b.append((char) (x < 0xA ? x + '0' : x - 0xA + 'A'));
                    x = c & 0xF;
                    b.append((char) (x < 0xA ? x + '0' : x - 0xA + 'A'));
                }
            } else {
                b.append(c);
            }
        } // for each characters
        b.append('"');
        return b.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Converts the parameter with toString (if not
     * null)and passes it to {@link #jQuoteNoXSS(String)}. 
     */
    public static String jQuoteNoXSS(Object obj) {
        return jQuoteNoXSS(obj != null ? obj.toString() : null);
    }
    
    /**
     * Same as {@link #jQuoteNoXSS(String)} but also escapes '<'
     * as \u003C. This is used for log messages to prevent XSS
     * on poorly written Web-based log viewers. 
     */
    public static String jQuoteNoXSS(String s) {
        if (s == null) {
            return "null";
        }
        int ln = s.length();
        StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer(ln + 4);
        b.append('"');
        for (int i = 0; i < ln; i++) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (c == '"') {
                b.append("\\\"");
            } else if (c == '\\') {
                b.append("\\\\");
            } else if (c == '<') {
                b.append("\\u003C");
            } else if (c < 0x20) {
                if (c == '\n') {
                    b.append("\\n");
                } else if (c == '\r') {
                    b.append("\\r");
                } else if (c == '\f') {
                    b.append("\\f");
                } else if (c == '\b') {
                    b.append("\\b");
                } else if (c == '\t') {
                    b.append("\\t");
                } else {
                    b.append("\\u00");
                    int x = c / 0x10;
                    b.append((char) (x < 0xA ? x + '0' : x - 0xA + 'A'));
                    x = c & 0xF;
                    b.append((char) (x < 0xA ? x + '0' : x - 0xA + 'A'));
                }
            } else {
                b.append(c);
            }
        } // for each characters
        b.append('"');
        return b.toString();
    }
    
    /**
     * Escapes the String with the escaping rules of Java language
     * string literals, so it is safe to insert the value into a string literal.
     * The resulting string will not be quoted.
     * 
     * In additional, all characters under UCS code point 0x20, that has no
     * dedicated escape sequence in Java language, will be replaced with UNICODE
     * escape (\uXXXX).
     * 
     * @see #jQuote(String)
     */ 
    public static String javaStringEnc(String s) {
        int ln = s.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < ln; i++) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (c == '"' || c == '\\' || c < 0x20) {
                StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer(ln + 4);
                b.append(s.substring(0, i));
                while (true) {
                    if (c == '"') {
                        b.append("\\\"");
                    } else if (c == '\\') {
                        b.append("\\\\");
                    } else if (c < 0x20) {
                        if (c == '\n') {
                            b.append("\\n");
                        } else if (c == '\r') {
                            b.append("\\r");
                        } else if (c == '\f') {
                            b.append("\\f");
                        } else if (c == '\b') {
                            b.append("\\b");
                        } else if (c == '\t') {
                            b.append("\\t");
                        } else {
                            b.append("\\u00");
                            int x = c / 0x10;
                            b.append((char)
                                    (x < 0xA ? x + '0' : x - 0xA + 'a'));
                            x = c & 0xF;
                            b.append((char)
                                    (x < 0xA ? x + '0' : x - 0xA + 'a'));
                        }
                    } else {
                        b.append(c);
                    }
                    i++;
                    if (i >= ln) {
                        return b.toString();
                    }
                    c = s.charAt(i);
                }
            } // if has to be escaped
        } // for each characters
        return s;
    }
    
    /**
     * Escapes a String according the JavaScript string literal
     * escaping rules. The resulting string will not be quoted.
     * 
     * It escapes both ' and ".
     * In additional it escapes > as \> (to avoid
     * </script>). Furthermore, all characters under UCS code point
     * 0x20, that has no dedicated escape sequence in JavaScript language, will
     * be replaced with hexadecimal escape (\xXX). 
     */ 
    public static String javaScriptStringEnc(String s) {
        int ln = s.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < ln; i++) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (c == '"' || c == '\'' || c == '\\' || c == '>' || c < 0x20) {
                StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer(ln + 4);
                b.append(s.substring(0, i));
                while (true) {
                    if (c == '"') {
                        b.append("\\\"");
                    } else if (c == '\'') {
                        b.append("\\'");
                    } else if (c == '\\') {
                        b.append("\\\\");
                    } else if (c == '>') {
                        b.append("\\>");
                    } else if (c < 0x20) {
                        if (c == '\n') {
                            b.append("\\n");
                        } else if (c == '\r') {
                            b.append("\\r");
                        } else if (c == '\f') {
                            b.append("\\f");
                        } else if (c == '\b') {
                            b.append("\\b");
                        } else if (c == '\t') {
                            b.append("\\t");
                        } else {
                            b.append("\\x");
                            int x = c / 0x10;
                            b.append((char)
                                    (x < 0xA ? x + '0' : x - 0xA + 'A'));
                            x = c & 0xF;
                            b.append((char)
                                    (x < 0xA ? x + '0' : x - 0xA + 'A'));
                        }
                    } else {
                        b.append(c);
                    }
                    i++;
                    if (i >= ln) {
                        return b.toString();
                    }
                    c = s.charAt(i);
                }
            } // if has to be escaped
        } // for each characters
        return s;
    }

    /**
     * Parses a name-value pair list, where the pairs are separated with comma,
     * and the name and value is separated with colon.
     * The keys and values can contain only letters, digits and _. They
     * can't be quoted. White-space around the keys and values are ignored. The
     * value can be omitted if defaultValue is not null. When a
     * value is omitted, then the colon after the key must be omitted as well.
     * The same key can't be used for multiple times.
     * 
     * @param s the string to parse.
     *     For example: "strong:100, soft:900".
     * @param defaultValue the value used when the value is omitted in a
     *     key-value pair.
     * 
     * @return the map that contains the name-value pairs.
     * 
     * @throws java.text.ParseException if the string is not a valid name-value
     *     pair list.
     */
    public static Map parseNameValuePairList(String s, String defaultValue)
    throws java.text.ParseException {
        Map map = new HashMap();
        
        char c = ' ';
        int ln = s.length();
        int p = 0;
        int keyStart;
        int valueStart;
        String key;
        String value;
        
        fetchLoop: while (true) {
            // skip ws
            while (p < ln) {
                c = s.charAt(p);
                if (!Character.isWhitespace(c)) {
                    break;
                }
                p++;
            }
            if (p == ln) {
                break fetchLoop;
            }
            keyStart = p;

            // seek key end
            while (p < ln) {
                c = s.charAt(p);
                if (!(Character.isLetterOrDigit(c) || c == '_')) {
                    break;
                }
                p++;
            }
            if (keyStart == p) {
                throw new java.text.ParseException(
                       "Expecting letter, digit or \"_\" "
                        + "here, (the first character of the key) but found "
                        + jQuote(String.valueOf(c))
                        + " at position " + p + ".",
                        p);
            }
            key = s.substring(keyStart, p);

            // skip ws
            while (p < ln) {
                c = s.charAt(p);
                if (!Character.isWhitespace(c)) {
                    break;
                }
                p++;
            }
            if (p == ln) {
                if (defaultValue == null) {
                    throw new java.text.ParseException(
                            "Expecting \":\", but reached "
                            + "the end of the string "
                            + " at position " + p + ".",
                            p);
                }
                value = defaultValue;
            } else if (c != ':') {
                if (defaultValue == null || c != ',') {
                    throw new java.text.ParseException(
                            "Expecting \":\" here, but found "
                            + jQuote(String.valueOf(c))
                            + " at position " + p + ".",
                            p);
                }

                // skip ","
                p++;
                
                value = defaultValue;
            } else {
                // skip ":"
                p++;
    
                // skip ws
                while (p < ln) {
                    c = s.charAt(p);
                    if (!Character.isWhitespace(c)) {
                        break;
                    }
                    p++;
                }
                if (p == ln) {
                    throw new java.text.ParseException(
                            "Expecting the value of the key "
                            + "here, but reached the end of the string "
                            + " at position " + p + ".",
                            p);
                }
                valueStart = p;
    
                // seek value end
                while (p < ln) {
                    c = s.charAt(p);
                    if (!(Character.isLetterOrDigit(c) || c == '_')) {
                        break;
                    }
                    p++;
                }
                if (valueStart == p) {
                    throw new java.text.ParseException(
                            "Expecting letter, digit or \"_\" "
                            + "here, (the first character of the value) "
                            + "but found "
                            + jQuote(String.valueOf(c))
                            + " at position " + p + ".",
                            p);
                }
                value = s.substring(valueStart, p);

                // skip ws
                while (p < ln) {
                    c = s.charAt(p);
                    if (!Character.isWhitespace(c)) {
                        break;
                    }
                    p++;
                }
                
                // skip ","
                if (p < ln) {
                    if (c != ',') {
                        throw new java.text.ParseException(
                                "Excpecting \",\" or the end "
                                + "of the string here, but found "
                                + jQuote(String.valueOf(c))
                                + " at position " + p + ".",
                                p);
                    } else {
                        p++;
                    }
                }
            }
            
            // store the key-value pair
            if (map.put(key, value) != null) {
                throw new java.text.ParseException(
                        "Dublicated key: "
                        + jQuote(key), keyStart);
            }
        }
        
        return map;
    }
    
    /**
     * @return whether the name is a valid XML tagname.
     * (This routine might only be 99% accurate. Should maybe REVISIT) 
     */
    static public boolean isXMLID(String name) {
        for (int i=0; ileftPad('ABC', 9, '1234')
     * returns "123412ABC".
     * 
     * @param s the string that will be padded.
     * @param minLength the length to reach.
     * @param filling the filling pattern. Must be at least 1 characters long.
     *     Can't be null.
     */
    public static String leftPad(String s, int minLength, String filling) {
        int ln = s.length();
        if (minLength <= ln) {
            return s;
        }
        
        StringBuffer res = new StringBuffer(minLength);

        int dif = minLength - ln;
        int fln = filling.length();
        if (fln == 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "The \"filling\" argument can't be 0 length string.");
        }
        int cnt = dif / fln;
        for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
            res.append(filling);
        }
        cnt = dif % fln;
        for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
            res.append(filling.charAt(i));
        }
        
        res.append(s);
        
        return res.toString();
    }
    
    /**
     * Pads the string at the right with spaces until it reaches the desired
     * length. If the string is longer than this length, then it returns the
     * unchanged string. 
     * 
     * @param s the string that will be padded.
     * @param minLength the length to reach.
     */
    public static String rightPad(String s, int minLength) {
        return rightPad(s, minLength, ' ');
    }
    
    /**
     * Pads the string at the right with the specified character until it
     * reaches the desired length. If the string is longer than this length,
     * then it returns the unchanged string.
     * 
     * @param s the string that will be padded.
     * @param minLength the length to reach.
     * @param filling the filling pattern.
     */
    public static String rightPad(String s, int minLength, char filling) {
        int ln = s.length();
        if (minLength <= ln) {
            return s;
        }
        
        StringBuffer res = new StringBuffer(minLength);

        res.append(s);
        
        int dif = minLength - ln;
        for (int i = 0; i < dif; i++) {
            res.append(filling);
        }
        
        return res.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Pads the string at the right with a filling pattern until it reaches the
     * desired length. If the string is longer than this length, then it returns
     * the unchanged string. For example: rightPad('ABC', 9, '1234')
     * returns "ABC412341". Note that the filling pattern is
     * started as if you overlay "123412341" with the left-aligned
     * "ABC", so it starts with "4".
     * 
     * @param s the string that will be padded.
     * @param minLength the length to reach.
     * @param filling the filling pattern. Must be at least 1 characters long.
     *     Can't be null.
     */
    public static String rightPad(String s, int minLength, String filling) {
        int ln = s.length();
        if (minLength <= ln) {
            return s;
        }
        
        StringBuffer res = new StringBuffer(minLength);

        res.append(s);

        int dif = minLength - ln;
        int fln = filling.length();
        if (fln == 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "The \"filling\" argument can't be 0 length string.");
        }
        int start = ln % fln;
        int end = fln - start <= dif
                ? fln
                : start + dif;
        for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
            res.append(filling.charAt(i));
        }
        dif -= end - start;
        int cnt = dif / fln;
        for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
            res.append(filling);
        }
        cnt = dif % fln;
        for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
            res.append(filling.charAt(i));
        }
        
        return res.toString();
    }
    
}