org.apache.ace.client.repository/src/org/apache/ace/client/repository/RepositoryUtil.java

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package org.apache.ace.client.repository;

import aQute.bnd.annotation.ProviderType;

@ProviderType
public class RepositoryUtil
{
	/**
	 * Before passing user input into an LDAP filter, some precautions need to be taken
	 * (see section 3.2.6 of the OSGi core specification). This function escapes
	 * illegal characters, and returns the resulting string.
	 */
    public static String escapeFilterValue(String value) {
        return value.replaceAll("\\\\", "\\\\\\\\")
            .replaceAll("\\(", "\\\\(")
            .replaceAll("\\)", "\\\\)")
            .replaceAll("\\*", "\\\\*");
    }
}