[Springframework-developer] StringUtils.arrayToCommaDelimitedString

[Trevor C. <pr...@se...>]

This also applies to StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString

With csv files, there is normally escaping if the field contains either a
quote or a comma.  For example:

VALUE				ESCAPED
Bob				Bob
dog,cat			"dog,cat"
The "funny" house		"The ""funny"" house"

The current methods in StringUtils don't handle these cases.  I have
implemented this escaping for output, and I'm wondering if it's worth adding
to Spring.  If so, should I change the current methods to support escaping,
or simply add escaping methods (such as String[] escapeArray(Object[]
array) ).  I'd prefer to modify the current methods, but want to make sure
it won't adversely affect anyone.  If we do change those methods, I will
also fix the reverse methods.

Trevor D. Cook