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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2003-2008, Franz-Josef Elmer, All rights reserved.
 *
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package classycle.util;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Collection of useful static method concerning string manipulation.
 *  
 * @author  Franz-Josef Elmer
 */
public class Text
{
  private static final String ESCAPE_CHARACTERS = "<>&\"'";
  private static final String[] ESCAPE_SEQUENCES = new String[] {
          "<", ">", "&", """, "'"};
  private Text() {}
  
  /**
   * Escapes special XML characters in the specified text.
   * @param text Text to be escaped. Must be not null.
   * @return copy of the text where the special XML characters has been
   *         replaced by the escape sequences.
   */
  public static String excapeForXML(String text)
  {
    StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
    for (int i = 0, n = text.length(); i < n; i++)
    {
      char c = text.charAt(i);
      int index = ESCAPE_CHARACTERS.indexOf(c);
      if (index < 0)
      {
        buffer.append(c);
      } else
      {
        buffer.append(ESCAPE_SEQUENCES[index]);
      }
    }
    return new String(buffer);
  }

  /**
   * Reads multi-line text from the specified file.
   * @param file Text file.
   * @return read text file with standard Java newline characters.
   * @throws IOException if some reading error occurs.
   */
  public static String readTextFile(File file) throws IOException
  {
    StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
    BufferedReader reader 
        = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
    String line;
    while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
    {
      buffer.append(line).append('\n');
    }
    String result = new String(buffer);
    return result;
  }

}