int process(CharSequence org, int index, char begin, char end, StringBuilder result, Link link) { StringBuilder line = new StringBuilder(org); int nesting = 1; StringBuilder variable = new StringBuilder(); outer: while (index < line.length()) { char c1 = line.charAt(index++); if (c1 == end) { if (--nesting == 0) { result.append(replace(variable.toString(), link)); return index; } } else if (c1 == begin) nesting++; else if (c1 == '\\' && index < line.length() - 1 && line.charAt(index) == '$') { // remove the escape backslash and interpret the dollar // as a // literal index++; variable.append('$'); continue outer; } else if (c1 == '$' && index < line.length() - 2) { char c2 = line.charAt(index); char terminator = getTerminator(c2); if (terminator != 0) { index = process(line, index + 1, c2, terminator, variable, link); continue outer; } } else if (c1 == '.' && index < line.length() && line.charAt(index) == '/') { // Found the sequence ./ if (index == 1 || Character.isWhitespace(line.charAt(index - 2))) { // make sure it is preceded by whitespace or starts at begin index++; variable.append(domain.getBase().getAbsolutePath()); variable.append('/'); continue outer; } } variable.append(c1); } result.append(variable); return index; }