Map replacementMap = new HashMap();
replacementMap.put("ck", "k");
replacementMap.put("dd", "wr");
replacementMap.put("f", "m");
// ...
String resultStr = "Abck fffffdk wr fmck"; // whatever string to process
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(resultStr); // wrap it in builder
Iterator iterator = replacementMap.keySet().iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
String strToReplace = iterator.next();
replaceAll(builder, strToReplace, replacementMap.get(strToReplace));
}
System.out.println("Result is: " + builder.toString());
public static void replaceAll(StringBuilder builder, String from, String to) {
int index = builder.indexOf(from);
while (index != -1) {
builder.replace(index, index + from.length(), to);
index += to.length(); // Move to the end of the replacement
index = builder.indexOf(from, index);
}
}
The replaceAll() method was borrowed from this Jon Skeet's answer
Alternative to replaceAll() int his example is to use apache commons library, there is StrBuilder class which provides replaceAll() method. see this answer