public void process ( ) throws IOException { int pos = 0 ; do { int meta = findNextMeta ( text , pos ) ; if ( meta >= 0 ) { emitLiteral ( text . substring ( pos , meta ) ) ; emitLiteral ( map . getReplacement ( text . substring ( meta , meta + 1 ) ) ) ; pos = meta + 1 ; } else { emitLiteral ( text . substring ( pos , text . length ( ) ) ) ; pos = text . length ( ) ; } } while ( pos < text . length ( ) ) ; }
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