/**
* Set attribute with given key, value pair. Figures out a quote character to use if necessary.
*
* @param key The name of the attribute.
* @param value The value of the attribute.
*/
public void setAttribute(String key, String value) {
char ch;
boolean needed;
boolean singleq;
boolean doubleq;
String ref;
StringBuffer buffer;
char quote;
Attribute attribute;
// first determine if there's whitespace in the value
// and while we'return at it find a suitable quote character
needed = false;
singleq = true;
doubleq = true;
if (null != value)
for (int i = 0; i < value.length(); i++) {
ch = value.charAt(i);
if (Character.isWhitespace(ch)) needed = true;
else if ('\'' == ch) singleq = false;
else if ('"' == ch) doubleq = false;
}
// now apply quoting
if (needed) {
if (doubleq) quote = '"';
else if (singleq) quote = '\'';
else {
// uh-oh, we need to convert some quotes into character references
// convert all double quotes into "
quote = '"';
ref = """; // Translate.encode (quote);
// JDK 1.4: value = value.replaceAll ("\"", ref);
buffer = new StringBuffer(value.length() * 5);
for (int i = 0; i < value.length(); i++) {
ch = value.charAt(i);
if (quote == ch) buffer.append(ref);
else buffer.append(ch);
}
value = buffer.toString();
}
} else quote = 0;
attribute = getAttributeEx(key);
if (null != attribute) { // see if we can splice it in rather than replace it
attribute.setValue(value);
if (0 != quote) attribute.setQuote(quote);
} else setAttribute(key, value, quote);
}
