WildcardEscaper (Virtual Schema Common JDBC 14.1.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.exasol.adapter.jdbc.WildcardEscaper

```
public class WildcardEscaper
extends Object
```
Escape SQL wild cards in string to enable to request column metadata from JDBC driver with exact match for names of catalog, schema, and table.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`escape(String input)`
`static WildcardEscaper`	`instance(String searchStringEscape)`	Create a new instance of the `WildcardEscaper`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - instance
```
public static WildcardEscaper instance(String searchStringEscape)
```
    Create a new instance of the WildcardEscaper.
    Use DatabaseMetaData.getSearchStringEscape() to get the escape string for wild card characters.
    
    Parameters:
    
    searchStringEscape - string that should be used to escape SQL wild cards
    
    Returns:
    
    new instance of the WildcardEscaper
  - escape
```
public String escape(String input)
```
    Parameters:
    
    input - Name of catalog, schema, or table
    
    Returns:
    
    name with potential wild cards escaped.