- * Decodes colon, semicolon, equals sign, percent sign, comma to their decoded
- * form. The VCF specification (para 1.2) requires these to be encoded where not
- * used with their special meaning in the VCF syntax. Note that general URL
- * decoding should not be applied, since this would incorrectly decode (for
- * example) a '+' sign.
- *
- * @param value
- * @return
- */
- protected static String decodeSpecialCharacters(String value)
- {
- /*
- * avoid regex compilation if it is not needed!
- */
- if (!value.contains(ENCODED_COLON) && !value.contains(ENCODED_SEMICOLON)
- && !value.contains(ENCODED_EQUALS)
- && !value.contains(ENCODED_PERCENT)
- && !value.contains(ENCODED_COMMA))
- {
- return value;
- }
-
- value = value.replace(ENCODED_COLON, ":")
- .replace(ENCODED_SEMICOLON, ";").replace(ENCODED_EQUALS, "=")
- .replace(ENCODED_PERCENT, "%").replace(ENCODED_COMMA, ",");
- return value;
- }
-
- /**
- * Answers true for '.', null, or an empty value, or if the INFO type is String.
- * If the INFO type is Integer or Float, answers false if the value is not in
- * valid format.
+ * Answers true for '.', null, or an empty value, or if the INFO type is
+ * String. If the INFO type is Integer or Float, answers false if the value is
+ * not in valid format.