TL;DR:

A question about addressbook-query implementation of escaped search values.

The background:

In a VCard, Some types are multi-value with a type dependent separator.

Example from the RFC (with one escaped separator added):


ADR;GEO="geo:12.3457,78.910";LABEL="Mr. John Q. Public, Esq.\n
  Mail Drop: TNE QB\n123 Main Street\nAny Town, CA  91921-1234\n
  U.S.A.":;;123 Main Street;Any \; Town;CA;91921-1234;U.S.A.

Each component is escaped as expected.

My question:

In implementing addressbook-query text match value, how should I escape?

In an example, say I want to filter and find the above value.

My guess is that the value to search with will be: "Street;Any \; Town"

This means that the server query processor will have to unescape the value component by component after a split on the type specific separator.

Is that right?

Thanks,

Avner Aviad