JAL-3244 renamed Platform method for clarity

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / util / Platform.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/util/Platform.java b/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
index 2c2c081..c1d8228 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
+++ b/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
@@ -87,23 +87,15 @@ public class Platform
   }
 
   /**
-   * escape a string according to the local platform's escape character
+   * Answers the input with every backslash replaced with a double backslash (an
+   * 'escaped' single backslash)
    * 
-   * @param file
-   * @return escaped file
+   * @param s
+   * @return
    */
-  public static String escapeString(String file)
+  public static String escapeBackslashes(String s)
   {
-    StringBuffer f = new StringBuffer();
-    int p = 0, lastp = 0;
-    while ((p = file.indexOf('\\', lastp)) > -1)
-    {
-      f.append(file.subSequence(lastp, p));
-      f.append("\\\\");
-      lastp = p + 1;
-    }
-    f.append(file.substring(lastp));
-    return f.toString();
+    return s == null ? null : s.replace("\\", "\\\\");
   }
 
   /**