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+/*
+ * put your module comment here
+ */
+
+
+package  mir.misc;
+
+import  java.io.*;
+import  java.lang.*;
+import  java.util.*;
+import  gnu.regexp.*;
+
+/**
+ * Statische Hilfsmethoden zur Stringbehandlung
+ *
+ * @version 29.6.99
+ * @author RK
+ */
+public final class StringUtil {
+
+       /**
+        * Wandelt Datum in einen 8-ziffrigen String um (yyyymmdd)
+        * @param theDate
+        * @return 8-ziffriger String (yyyymmdd)
+        */
+
+       public static final String date2webdbDate (GregorianCalendar theDate) {
+               StringBuffer webdbDate = new StringBuffer();
+               webdbDate.append(String.valueOf(theDate.get(Calendar.YEAR)));
+               webdbDate.append(pad2(theDate.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1));
+               webdbDate.append(pad2(theDate.get(Calendar.DATE)));
+               return  webdbDate.toString();
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * wandelt Calendar in dd.mm.yyyy / hh.mm um
+        * @param theDate
+        * @return String mit (dd.mm.yyyy / hh.mm um)
+        */
+       public static String date2readableDateTime (GregorianCalendar theDate) {
+               String readable = "";
+               int hour;
+               readable += pad2(theDate.get(Calendar.DATE));
+               readable += "." + pad2(theDate.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1);
+               readable += "." + String.valueOf(theDate.get(Calendar.YEAR));
+               hour = theDate.get(Calendar.HOUR);
+               if (theDate.get(Calendar.AM_PM) == Calendar.PM)
+                       hour += 12;
+               readable += " / " + pad2(hour);
+               readable += ":" + pad2(theDate.get(Calendar.MINUTE));
+               return  readable;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * wandelt eine Datum in einen 8-buchstabigen String, der durch <code>/</code>
+        * getrennt ist.
+        *
+        * @param webdbDate
+        * @return String mit <code>/yyyy/mm/dd</code>
+        */
+       public static final String webdbDate2path (String webdbDate) {
+               StringBuffer path = new StringBuffer();
+               path.append("/").append(webdbDate.substring(0, 4));
+               path.append("/").append(webdbDate.substring(4, 6));
+               path.append("/").append(webdbDate.substring(6, 8));
+               return  path.toString();
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * wandelt Calendar in dd.mm.yyyy um
+        *
+        * @param theDate
+        * @return String mit  <code>dd.mm.yyyy</code>
+        */
+       public static final String webdbDate2readableDate (String webdbDate) {
+               String date = "";
+               date += webdbDate.substring(6, 8);
+               date += "." + webdbDate.substring(4, 6);
+               date += "." + webdbDate.substring(0, 4);
+               return  date;
+       }
+
+
+  /**
+   * converts string from format: yyyy-mm-dd__hh:mm:ss.d
+   * to dd.mm.yyyy hh:mm
+   */
+       public static String dateToReadableDate(String date) {
+               StringBuffer returnDate = new StringBuffer();
+               if (date!=null) {
+
+                       returnDate.append(date.substring(8,10)).append('.');
+                       returnDate.append(date.substring(5,7)).append('.');
+                       returnDate.append(date.substring(0,4)).append(' ');
+                       returnDate.append(date.substring(11,16));
+               }
+               return returnDate.toString();
+       }
+
+
+       /**
+        * schließt einen String in Anführungsszeichen ein, falls er Leerzeichen o.ä. enthält
+        *
+        * @return gequoteter String
+        */
+        public static String quoteIfNecessary(String s) {
+               for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++)
+                       if (!(Character.isLetterOrDigit(s.charAt(i)) || s.charAt(i) == '.'))
+                               return quote(s, '"');
+               return s;
+       }
+
+        /**
+        * schließt <code>s</code> in <code>'</code> ein und setzt Backslashes vor
+        * "gefährliche" Zeichen innerhalb des Strings
+        * Quotes special SQL-characters in <code>s</code>
+        *
+        * @return geqoteter String
+        */
+       public static String quote(String s)
+       {
+    //String s2 = quote(s, '\'');
+
+    //Quickhack
+    //Because of '?-Bug in Postgresql-JDBC-Driver
+    StringBuffer temp = new StringBuffer();
+    for(int i=0;i<s.length();i++){
+      if(s.charAt(i)=='\''){
+        temp.append("&acute;");
+      } else {
+        temp.append(s.charAt(i));
+      }
+    }
+    String s2 = temp.toString();
+    //Quickhack end
+
+    s2 = quote(s2, '\"');
+               return s2;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * schließt <code>s</code> in <code>'</code> ein und setzt Backslashes vor
+        * "gefährliche" Zeichen innerhalb des Strings
+        *
+        * @param s String, der gequoted werden soll
+        * @param quoteChar zu quotendes Zeichen
+        * @return gequoteter String
+        */
+       public static String quote(String s, char quoteChar)
+       {
+               StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(s.length());
+               int pos = 0;
+               while (pos < s.length()) {
+                       int i = s.indexOf(quoteChar, pos);
+                       if (i < 0) i = s.length();
+                       buf.append(s.substring(pos, i));
+                       pos = i;
+                       if (pos < s.length()) {
+                               buf.append('\\');
+             buf.append(quoteChar);
+       pos++;
+                       }
+               }
+               return buf.toString();
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * ersetzt gefährliche zeichen in  <code>s</code>
+        *
+        */
+
+       public static String unquote(String s)
+       {
+               char quoteChar='\'';
+               StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(s.length());
+               int pos = 0;
+               String searchString = "\\"+quoteChar;
+               while (pos < s.length()) {
+                       int i = s.indexOf(searchString, pos);
+                       if (i < 0) i = s.length();
+                       buf.append(s.substring(pos, i));
+                       pos = i+1;
+               }
+               return buf.toString();
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Wandelet String in byte[] um.
+        * @param s
+        * @return byte[] des String
+        */
+
+       public static byte[] stringToBytes(String s) {
+               String crlf = System.getProperty("line.separator");
+               if (!crlf.equals("\n"))
+                       s = replace(s, "\n", crlf);
+    // byte[] buf = new byte[s.length()];
+    byte[] buf = s.getBytes();
+               return buf;
+       }
+
+               /**
+        * Ersetzt in String <code>s</code> das <code>pattern</code> durch <code>substitute</code>
+        * @param s
+        * @param pattern
+        * @param substitute
+        * @return String mit den Ersetzungen
+        */
+       public static String replace(String s, String pattern, String substitute) {
+               int i = 0, pLen = pattern.length(), sLen = substitute.length();
+               StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(s.length());
+               while (true) {
+                       int j = s.indexOf(pattern, i);
+                       if (j < 0) {
+                               buf.append(s.substring(i));
+                               break;
+                       } else {
+                               buf.append(s.substring(i, j));
+                               buf.append(substitute);
+                               i = j+pLen;
+                       }
+               }
+               return buf.toString();
+       }
+
+
+       /**
+        * Fügt einen Separator an den Pfad an
+        * @param path
+        * @return Pfad mit Separator am Ende
+        */
+       public static final String addSeparator (String path) {
+               return  path.length() == 0 || path.endsWith(File.separator) ? path : path
+                               + File.separatorChar;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Fügt ein <code>/</code> ans ende des Strings and
+        * @param path
+        * @return Pfad mit <code>/</code> am Ende
+        */
+       public static final String addSlash (String path) {
+               return  path.length() == 0 || path.endsWith("/") ? path : path + '/';
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Löscht <code>/</code> am Ende des Strings, falls vorhanden
+        * @param path
+        * @return String ohne <code>/</code> am Ende
+        */
+       public static final String removeSlash (String path) {
+               return  path.length() > 1 && path.endsWith("/") ? path.substring(0, path.length()
+                               - 1) : path;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Löscht Slash am Anfang des Strings
+        * @param path
+        * @return
+        */
+       public static String removeFirstSlash (String path) {
+               return  path.startsWith("/") ? path.substring(1) : path;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * formatiert eine Zahl (0-99) zweistellig (z.B. 5 -> 05)
+        * @return zwistellige Zahl
+        */
+       public static String pad2 (int number) {
+               return  number < 10 ? "0" + number : String.valueOf(number);
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * formatiert eine Zahl (0-999) dreistellig (z.B. 7 -> 007)
+        *
+        * @return 3-stellige Zahl
+        */
+       public static String pad3 (int number) {
+               return  number < 10 ? "00" + number : number < 100 ? "0" + number : String.valueOf(number);
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Konvertiert Unix-Linefeeds in Win-Linefeeds
+        * @param s
+        * @return Konvertierter String
+        */
+       public static String unixLineFeedsToWin(String s) {
+               int i = -1;
+               while (true) {
+                       i = s.indexOf('\n', i+1);
+                       if (i < 0) break;
+                       if ((i == 0 || s.charAt(i-1) != '\r') &&
+                               (i == s.length()-1 || s.charAt(i+1) != '\r')) {
+                               s = s.substring(0, i)+'\r'+s.substring(i);
+                               i++;
+                       }
+               }
+               return s;
+       }
+
+
+       /**
+        * verwandelt einen String in eine gültige Url, konvertiert Sonderzeichen
+        * und Spaces werden zu Underscores
+        *
+        * @return gültige Url
+        */
+       public static String convert2url(String s) {
+               s = toLowerCase(s);
+               StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+               for(int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++ ) {
+                               switch( s.charAt( i ) ) {
+                               case 'ö':
+                       buf.append( "oe" ); break;
+                               case 'ä':
+                       buf.append( "ae" ); break;
+                               case 'ü':
+                       buf.append( "ue" ); break;
+                               case 'ã':
+                       buf.append( "a" ); break;
+                               case '´':
+                               case '.':
+                       buf.append( "_" ); break;
+                               case ' ':
+                       if( buf.charAt( buf.length() - 1 ) != '_' ) {
+                                       buf.append( "_" );
+                       }
+                       break;
+                               default:
+                       buf.append( s.charAt( i ) );
+                               }
+               }
+               return buf.toString();
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * wandelt Sonderzeichen in Quotes um
+        *
+        * @return Kovertierter String
+        */
+       public static String encodeHtml(String s) {
+               StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+               for(int i=0;i < s.length(); i++ ) {
+
+                       /** @todo looks inefficient */
+                       if (s.charAt(i)=='&') {
+                               // convert html to xml-parsable representation
+                               if( s.indexOf( "&ouml;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&#246;" ); i += 5;
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+                               if( s.indexOf( "&auml;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&#228;" ); i += 5;
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+                               if( s.indexOf( "&uuml;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&#252;" ); i += 5;
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+                               if( s.indexOf( "&Ouml;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&#214;" ); i += 5;
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+                               if( s.indexOf( "&Auml;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&#196;" ); i += 5;
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+                               if( s.indexOf( "&Uuml;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&#220;" ); i += 5;
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+                               if( s.indexOf( "&szlig;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&#223;" ); i += 6;
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+
+                               /** @todo should only escape outside of tags */
+
+                               if( s.indexOf( "&quot;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&#223;" ); i += 5;
+                                       continue;
+        }
+                               if( s.indexOf( "&ndash;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&#8211;" ); i += 6;
+                                       continue;
+        }
+        if( s.indexOf( "&mdash;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&#8212;" ); i += 6;
+                                       continue;
+        }
+        if( s.indexOf( "&ldquo;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&#8220;" ); i += 6;
+                                       continue;
+        }
+        if( s.indexOf( "&rdquo;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&#8221;" ); i += 6;
+                                       continue;
+        }
+        if( s.indexOf( "&bdquo;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&#8222;" ); i += 6;
+                                       continue;
+        }
+
+        //looks pretty stupid
+        if( s.indexOf( "&lt;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&lt;" ); i += 3;
+                                       continue;
+        }
+        if( s.indexOf( "&gt;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&gt;" ); i += 3;
+                                       continue;
+        }
+        if( s.indexOf( "&acute;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&acute;" ); i += 6;
+                                       continue;
+        }
+        if( s.indexOf( "&nbsp;", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&nbsp;" ); i += 5;
+                                       continue;
+        }
+        //has to be the last
+        if( s.indexOf( "&", i ) == i ) {
+                                       buf.append( "&#38;" ); i += 0;
+                                       continue;
+        }
+                       }
+                       // convert umlauts an other special charakters
+                       switch( s.charAt(i) ) {
+                               case 'ö': buf.append( "&#246;" ); break;
+                               case 'ä': buf.append( "&#228;" ); break;
+                               case 'ü': buf.append( "&#252;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ö': buf.append( "&#214;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ä': buf.append( "&#196;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ü': buf.append( "&#220;" ); break;
+                               case 'ß': buf.append( "&#223;" ); break;
+                               case 'é': buf.append( "&#233;" ); break;
+                               case 'è': buf.append( "&#232;" ); break;
+                               case 'á': buf.append( "&#225;" ); break;
+                               case 'à': buf.append( "&#224;" ); break;
+                               case 'â': buf.append( "&#226;" ); break;
+                               case 'ã': buf.append( "&#227;" ); break;
+                               case '¬': buf.append( "&#172;" ); break;
+                               case '¹': buf.append( "&#185;" ); break;
+                               case '²': buf.append( "&#178;" ); break;
+                               case '³': buf.append( "&#179;" ); break;
+                               case '¼': buf.append( "&#188;" ); break;
+                               case '½': buf.append( "&#189;" ); break;
+                               case '¾': buf.append( "&#190;" ); break;
+                               case '¶': buf.append( "&#182;" ); break;
+                               case 'æ': buf.append( "&#230;" ); break;
+                               case 'ð': buf.append( "&#240;" ); break;
+                               case '|': buf.append( "&#166;" ); break;
+                               case '·': buf.append( "&#183;" ); break;
+                               case '°': buf.append( "&#176;" ); break;
+                               case '§': buf.append( "&#167;" ); break;
+                               case 'ø': buf.append( "&#248;" ); break;
+                               case 'ç': buf.append( "&#231;" ); break;
+                               case '¤': buf.append( "&#164;" ); break;
+                               case 'ª': buf.append( "&#170;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ç': buf.append( "&#199;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ã': buf.append( "&#195;" ); break;
+                               case 'Â': buf.append( "&#194;" ); break;
+                               case 'Æ': buf.append( "&#198;" ); break;
+                               case '©': buf.append( "&#169;" ); break;
+                               case '®': buf.append( "&#174;" ); break;
+                               case '¥': buf.append( "&#165;" ); break;
+                               case 'Þ': buf.append( "&#254;" ); break;
+                               case '¯': buf.append( "&#175;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ð': buf.append( "&#208;" ); break;
+                               case 'º': buf.append( "&#186;" ); break;
+                               case '¡': buf.append( "&#161;" ); break;
+                               case '£': buf.append( "&#163;" ); break;
+                               case '±': buf.append( "&#177;" ); break;
+                               case '¿': buf.append( "&#191;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ø': buf.append( "&#216;" ); break;
+                               case 'Á': buf.append( "&#192;" ); break;
+                               case 'À': buf.append( "&#193;" ); break;
+                               case 'É': buf.append( "&#200;" ); break;
+                               case 'È': buf.append( "&#201;" ); break;
+                               case 'ù': buf.append( "&#250;" ); break;
+                               case 'ñ': buf.append( "&#241;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ñ': buf.append( "&#209;" ); break;
+                               case 'µ': buf.append( "&#181;" ); break;
+                               case 'Í': buf.append( "&#204;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ì': buf.append( "&#205;" ); break;
+                               case 'í': buf.append( "&#236;" ); break;
+                               case 'ì': buf.append( "&#237;" ); break;
+                               case 'î': buf.append( "&#238;" ); break;
+                               case 'Î': buf.append( "&#206;" ); break;
+                               case 'ó': buf.append( "&#243;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ó': buf.append( "&#210;" ); break;
+                               case 'ò': buf.append( "&#206;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ò': buf.append( "&#211;" ); break;
+                               case 'ô': buf.append( "&#244;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ô': buf.append( "&#212;" ); break;
+                               case 'õ': buf.append( "&#245;" ); break;
+                               case 'Õ': buf.append( "&#213;" ); break;
+                               case 'ý': buf.append( "&#253;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ý': buf.append( "&#221;" ); break;
+                               case 'û': buf.append( "&#251;" ); break;
+                               case 'Û': buf.append( "&#219;" ); break;
+                               case 'ú': buf.append( "&#249;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ú': buf.append( "&#217;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ù': buf.append( "&#218;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ê': buf.append( "&#202;" ); break;
+                               case 'ê': buf.append( "&#234;" ); break;
+                               case 'å': buf.append( "&#229;" ); break;
+                               case 'Å': buf.append( "&#197;" ); break;
+                               case 'ë': buf.append( "&#235;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ë': buf.append( "&#203;" ); break;
+                               case 'ÿ': buf.append( "&#255;" ); break;
+                               case 'ï': buf.append( "&#239;" ); break;
+                               case 'Ï': buf.append( "&#207;" ); break;
+                               case '«': buf.append( "&#171;" ); break;
+        case '»': buf.append( "&#187;" ); break;
+        case '\'': buf.append( "&acute;" ); break;
+        case '\"': buf.append( "&quot;" ); break;
+        //case '\u8211': buf.append( "&#8211;" ); break;
+        //case '\u8212': buf.append( "&#8212;" ); break;
+        //case '\u8220': buf.append( "&#8220;" ); break;
+        //case '\u8221': buf.append( "&#8221;" ); break;
+        //case '\u8222': buf.append( "&#8222;" ); break;
+                               //case '\"': buf.append( "&#34;" ); break;
+                               default: buf.append( s.charAt(i) );
+                       }
+
+               }
+               return buf.toString();
+       }
+
+
+  public static String decodeHTMLinTags(String s){
+    StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
+    boolean start = false;
+    boolean stop = false;
+    int startIndex = 0;
+    int stopIndex = 0;
+    int temp = 0;
+
+    for(int i=0;i<s.length();i++){
+      if(s.charAt(i)=='<'){
+        start = true;
+        startIndex = i;
+      } else if(s.charAt(i)=='>'){
+        stop = true;
+        stopIndex = i;
+
+        if(start && stop){
+          buffer.append(s.substring(temp,startIndex));
+          buffer.append(replaceQuot(s.substring(startIndex,stopIndex+1)));
+          i= temp= stopIndex+1;
+          start= stop= false;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    buffer.append(s.substring(stopIndex+1));
+    return buffer.toString();
+  }
+
+  public static String replaceQuot(String s) {
+    StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
+    for(int j = 0; j < s.length();j++){
+      if(s.charAt(j)=='&'){
+        if(s.indexOf( "&quot;",j) == j) {
+          buffer.append( "\"" );
+          j += 5;
+        }//if
+      } else {
+        buffer.append(s.charAt(j));
+      }//else
+    }//for
+    return buffer.toString();
+  }
+
+       /** wandelt Quotes in Sonderzeichen um
+        */
+       public static String decodeHtml(String s) {
+               StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+               for(int i=0;i < s.length(); i++ ) {
+                       if( s.indexOf( "&ouml;", i ) == i ) {
+                               buf.append( "ö" ); i += 5;
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       if( s.indexOf( "&auml;", i ) == i ) {
+                               buf.append( "ä" ); i += 5;
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       if( s.indexOf( "&uuml;", i ) == i ) {
+                               buf.append( "ü" ); i += 5;
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       if( s.indexOf( "&Ouml;", i ) == i ) {
+                               buf.append( "Ö" ); i += 5;
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       if( s.indexOf( "&Auml;", i ) == i ) {
+                               buf.append( "Ä" ); i += 5;
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       if( s.indexOf( "&Uuml;", i ) == i ) {
+                               buf.append( "Ü" ); i += 5;
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       if( s.indexOf( "&szlig;", i ) == i ) {
+                               buf.append( "ß" ); i += 6;
+                               continue;
+                       }
+      if( s.indexOf( "&quot;", i ) == i ) {
+                               buf.append( "\"" ); i += 5;
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       buf.append( s.charAt(i) );
+               }
+               return buf.toString();
+       }
+
+
+       /**
+        * schnellere Variante der String.toLowerCase()-Routine
+        *
+        * @return String in Kleinbuchsten
+        */
+       public static String toLowerCase(String s) {
+               int l = s.length();
+               char[] a = new char[l];
+               for (int i = 0; i < l; i++)
+                       a[i] = Character.toLowerCase(s.charAt(i));
+               return new String(a);
+       }
+
+               /**
+        * Findet <code>element</code> im String-Array <code>array</code>
+        * @param array
+        * @param element
+        * @return Fundstelle als int oder -1
+        */
+       public static int indexOf(String[] array, String element) {
+               if (array != null)
+                       for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
+                               if (array[i].equals(element))
+                                       return i;
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Testet auf Vorkommen von <code>element</code> in <code>array</code>
+        * @param array String-Array
+        * @param element
+        * @return true wenn <code>element</code> vorkommt, sonst false
+        */
+       public static boolean contains(String[] array, String element) {
+               return indexOf(array, element) >= 0;
+       }
+
+               /**
+        * Ermittelt CRC-Prüfsumme von String <code>s</code>
+        * @param s
+        * @return CRC-Prüfsumme
+        */
+  public static int getCRC(String s) {
+               int h = 0;
+               char val[] = s.toCharArray();
+               int len = val.length;
+
+               for (int i = 0 ; i < len; i++) {
+                       h &= 0x7fffffff;
+                       h = (((h >> 30) | (h << 1)) ^ (val[i]+i));
+               }
+
+               return (h << 8) | (len & 0xff);
+       }
+
+               /**
+        * Liefert Default-Wert def zurück, wenn String <code>s</code>
+        * kein Integer ist.
+        *
+        * @param s
+        * @param def
+        * @return geparster int aus s oder def
+        */
+       public static int parseInt(String s, int def) {
+               if (s == null) return def;
+               try {
+                       return Integer.parseInt(s);
+               } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+                       return def;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Liefert Defaultwert def zurück, wenn s nicht zu einem float geparsed werden kann.
+        * @param s
+        * @param def
+        * @return geparster float oder def
+        */
+       public static float parseFloat(String s, float def) {
+               if (s == null) return def;
+               try {
+                       return new Float(s).floatValue();
+               } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+                       return def;
+               }
+       }
+
+               /**
+        * Findet Ende eines Satzes in String <code>text</code>
+        * @param text
+        * @param startIndex
+        * @return index des Satzendes, oder -1
+        */
+       public static int findEndOfSentence(String text, int startIndex) {
+     while (true) {
+       int i = text.indexOf('.', startIndex);
+       if (i < 0) return -1;
+       if (i > 0 && !Character.isDigit(text.charAt(i-1)) &&
+          (i+1 >= text.length()
+          || text.charAt(i+1) == ' '
+          || text.charAt(i+1) == '\n'
+          || text.charAt(i+1) == '\t'))
+          return i+1;
+       startIndex = i+1;
+     }
+  }
+
+       /**
+        * Findet Wortende in String <code>text</code> ab <code>startIndex</code>
+        * @param text
+        * @param startIndex
+        * @return Index des Wortendes, oder -1
+        */
+       public static int findEndOfWord(String text, int startIndex) {
+               int i = text.indexOf(' ', startIndex),
+                       j = text.indexOf('\n', startIndex);
+               if (i < 0) i = text.length();
+               if (j < 0) j = text.length();
+               return Math.min(i, j);
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Diese Routine macht aus links in reinem text browsbare links
+        * @param text
+        * @return Konvertierter String
+        */
+       public static String makeLinks(String text) {
+               int i = 0;
+               StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(text.length());
+               while (true) {
+                       int j = text.indexOf("http://", i);
+                       if (j < 0) {
+                               buf.append(text.substring(i));
+                               break;
+                       } else {
+                               buf.append(text.substring(i, j));
+                               int k = findEndOfWord(text,j+7);
+                               String url="";
+                               if (k<0)        url = text.substring(j);
+                               else            url = text.substring(j,k);
+
+                               buf.append("<a href=\042"+url+"\042>"+url+"</a>");
+                               //System.out.println("url mark: " + url);
+                               i = j+url.length();
+                       }
+               }
+               return buf.toString();
+
+       }
+
+
+       /**
+        *  convertNewline2P ist eine regex-routine zum umwandeln von 2 oder mehr newlines (\n)
+        *  in den html-tag <p>
+        *  nur sinnvoll, wenn text nicht im html-format eingegeben
+        */
+       public static String convertNewline2P(String haystack) {
+               try {
+                       RE regex = new RE("(<br>\r?\n<br>){1,}");
+                       return regex.substituteAll(haystack,"\n</p><p>");
+               } catch(REException ex){
+                       return null;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /**
+        *  convertNewline2Break ist eine regex-routine zum umwandeln von 1 newline (\n)
+        *  in den html-tag <br>
+        *  nur sinnvoll, wenn text nicht im html-format eingegeben
+        */
+       public static String convertNewline2Break(String haystack) {
+               try {
+                       RE regex = new RE("(\r?\n){1}");
+                       return regex.substituteAll(haystack,"$0<br>");
+               } catch(REException ex){
+                       return null;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /**
+        *  createMailLinks wandelt text im email-adressenformat
+        *  in einen klickbaren link um
+        *  nur sinnvoll, wenn text nicht im html-format eingegeben
+        */
+       public static String createMailLinks(String haystack) {
+               try {
+                       RE regex = new RE("([a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+)@([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+).([a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+)");
+                       return regex.substituteAll(haystack,"<a href=\"mailto:$0\">$0</a>");
+               } catch(REException ex){
+                       return null;
+               }
+       }
+
+
+       /**
+        *  createMailLinks wandelt text im email-adressenformat
+        *  in einen klickbaren link um
+        *  nur sinnvoll, wenn text nicht im html-format eingegeben
+        */
+       public static String createMailLinks(String haystack, String imageRoot, String mailImage) {
+               try {
+                       RE regex = new RE("([a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+)@([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+).([a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+)");
+                       return regex.substituteAll(haystack,"<img src=\""+imageRoot+"/"+mailImage+"\" border=\"0\"/>&#160;<a href=\"mailto:$0\">$0</a>");
+               } catch(REException ex){
+                       return null;
+               }
+       }
+
+
+       /**
+        *  createURLLinks wandelt text im url-format
+        *  in einen klickbaren link um
+        *  nur sinnvoll, wenn text nicht im html-format eingegeben
+        */
+       public static String createURLLinks(String haystack) {
+               try {
+                       //dieser Ausdruck brauch dringend fachliche Beratung
+                       RE regex = new RE("((https://)|(http://)|(ftp://))+([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+).([a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]+)/([^ \t\r\n<>]+[^ \t\r\n.,<>])");
+                       return regex.substituteAll(haystack,"<a href=\"$0\">$0</a>");
+               } catch(REException ex){
+                       return null;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /**
+        *  createURLLinks wandelt text im url-format
+        *  in einen klickbaren link um
+        *  nur sinnvoll, wenn text nicht im html-format eingegeben
+        */
+       public static String createURLLinks(String haystack,String imageRoot,String extImage,String intImage) {
+               try {
+                       //dieser Ausdruck brauch dringend fachliche Beratung
+                       RE regex = new RE("((https://)|(http://)|(ftp://))+([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+).([a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]+)/?([^ \t\r\n<>]+[^ \t\r\n.,<>])");
+                       return regex.substituteAll(haystack,"<img src=\""+imageRoot+"/"+extImage+"\" border=\"0\"/>&#160;<a href=\"$0\">$0</a>");
+               } catch(REException ex){
+                       return null;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /**
+        *  deleteForbiddenTags
+        *  this method deletes all <script>, <body> and <head>-tags
+        */
+       public static String deleteForbiddenTags(String haystack) {
+               try {
+                       RE regex = new RE("<[ \t\r\n](.*?)script(.*?)/script(.*?)>",RE.REG_ICASE);
+                       haystack = regex.substituteAll(haystack,"");
+                       regex = new RE("<head>(.*?)</head>");
+                       haystack = regex.substituteAll(haystack,"");
+                       regex = new RE("<[ \t\r\n/]*body(.*?)>");
+                       haystack = regex.substituteAll(haystack,"");
+                       return haystack;
+               } catch(REException ex){
+                       return null;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /**
+        *  createHTML ruft alle regex-methoden zum unwandeln eines nicht
+        *  htmlcodierten string auf und returnt einen htmlcodierten String
+        */
+       public static String createHTML(String content){
+               content=convertNewline2Break(content);
+               content=convertNewline2P(content);
+               content=createMailLinks(content);
+               content=createURLLinks(content);
+               return content;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        *  createHTML ruft alle regex-methoden zum unwandeln eines nicht
+        *  htmlcodierten string auf und returnt einen htmlcodierten String
+        */
+       public static String createHTML(String content,String producerDocRoot,String mailImage,String extImage,String intImage){
+               content=convertNewline2Break(content);
+               content=convertNewline2P(content);
+               content=createMailLinks(content,producerDocRoot,mailImage);
+               content=createURLLinks(content,producerDocRoot,extImage,intImage);
+               return content;
+       }
+
+}
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