package com.aurea.maven.plugins.sonic.utils;

 import java.util.regex.Matcher;

 import java.util.regex.Pattern;

 public class RegexUtil {

   /**

    * Find #{text} in the string and replaces any occurrences of str in text by replacement. The entire match is then

    * replaced by the result.

    * 

    * @param text

    * @return string replaced version of string

    */

   public static String applyReplaceFunction(String text, String str, String replacement) {

     Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("#\\{([^\\}]*)\\}");

     Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(text);

     StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();

     while (matcher.find()) {

       String argument = matcher.group(1);

       matcher.appendReplacement(result, argument.replace(str, Matcher.quoteReplacement(replacement)));

     }

     matcher.appendTail(result);

     return result.toString();

   }

 }