keyvil: Message::escapeString

void Message::escapeString ( string & myString ) [static, private]

Definition at line 105 of file Message.cpp.

00105                                            {
00106         // put an escape sign in front of every delimeter
00107         string::size_type last_pos = 0;
00108         string::size_type pos = 0;
00109         do {
00110                 if ( pos != 0 ) {
00111                                         last_pos = pos + DELIMETER.length();
00112                 }
00113                 pos = myString.find(DELIMETER, last_pos);
00114                 if (pos != string::npos) {
00115                         myString.insert(pos, ESCAPE);
00116                 }
00117         } while (pos != string::npos);
00118         // protect the real delimeter from being escaped by an ending escape sign here
00119         int elen = myString.length()-ESCAPE.length();
00120         int mlen = myString.length()-MANUAL_ESCAPE_PROTECTION.length();
00121         if ( ( elen >= 0 && myString.substr(elen).compare(ESCAPE)==0 ) || ( mlen >= 0 && myString.substr(mlen).compare(MANUAL_ESCAPE_PROTECTION)==0 ) ) {
00122                 myString += MANUAL_ESCAPE_PROTECTION;
00123         }
00124 }