class QueryParser {
public static String escape(String s) {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
char c = s.charAt(i);
// These characters are part of the query syntax and must be escaped
if (c == '\\' || c == '+' || c == '-' || c == '!' || c == '(' || c == ')' || c == ':'
|| c == '^' || c == '[' || c == ']' || c == '\"' || c == '{' || c == '}' || c == '~'
|| c == '*' || c == '?' || c == '|' || c == '&') {
sb.append('\\');
}
sb.append(c);
}
return sb.toString();
}
}