// $Header: /home/cvs/jakarta-jmeter/src/core/org/apache/jmeter/functions/util/ArgumentEncoder.java,v 1.4 2004/02/14 03:34:30 sebb Exp $
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 * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package org.apache.jmeter.functions.util;

import org.apache.oro.text.perl.Perl5Util;

/**
 * @version $Revision: 1.4 $
 */
public final class ArgumentEncoder
{
    private static Perl5Util util = new Perl5Util();
    private static String expression = "s#([${}(),\\\\])#\\$1#g";

    public static String encode(String s)
    {
        return util.substitute(expression, s);
    }
    
    /**
     * Prevent instantiation of utility class.
     */
    private ArgumentEncoder()
    {
    }
}