om/node_modules/ldapjs/lib/filters/escape.js

// Copyright 2011 Mark Cavage, Inc.  All rights reserved.

/**
 * RFC 2254 Escaping of filter strings
 *
 * Raw                     Escaped
 * (o=Parens (R Us))       (o=Parens \28R Us\29)
 * (cn=star*)              (cn=star\2A)
 * (filename=C:\MyFile)    (filename=C:\5cMyFile)
 *
 * Use substr_filter to avoid having * ecsaped.
 *
 * @author [Austin King](https://github.com/ozten)
 */
exports.escape = function (inp) {
  if (typeof (inp) === 'string') {
    var esc = '';
    for (var i = 0; i < inp.length; i++) {
      switch (inp[i]) {
        case '*':
          esc += '\\2a';
          break;
        case '(':
          esc += '\\28';
          break;
        case ')':
          esc += '\\29';
          break;
        case '\\':
          esc += '\\5c';
          break;
        case '\0':
          esc += '\\00';
          break;
        default:
          esc += inp[i];
          break;
      }
    }
    return esc;

  } else {
    return inp;
  }
};