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();
    }
  
  }