[LANG-830] FastDateParser could use \Q \E to quote regexes

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.2
• Component/s: lang.time.*
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sebb
• Created: 26/Sep/12 19:20
• Updated: 15/Oct/13 02:33
• Resolved: 27/Sep/12 11:58

Description

The escapeRegex method relies on knowing exactly what all the meta-characters are when excaping text. This is potentially fragile.

It would be a lot simpler to use the \Q \E quoting mechanism.

There would need to be special handling for unquote==true.