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003| Copyright 2005-2011 The ConQAT Project                                   |
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017package org.conqat.lib.commons.string;
018
019/**
020 * This class provides all utility methods for dealing with
021 * {@link java.text.MessageFormat}.
022 */
023public class MessageFormatUtils {
024
025        /**
026         * Escapes a string so that it can be safely passed to
027         * {@link java.text.MessageFormat}.
028         */
029        public static String escapeString(String string) {
030                if (StringUtils.isEmpty(string)) {
031                        return string;
032                }
033
034                string = string.replace("'", "''");
035                string = string.replace("{", "'{'");
036                string = string.replace("}", "'}'");
037
038                return string;
039        }
040}