com.tecnick.htmlutils.htmlentities
Class HTMLEntities

java.lang.Object
  com.tecnick.htmlutils.htmlentities.HTMLEntities

public class HTMLEntities
extends java.lang.Object

Collection of static methods to convert special and extended characters into HTML entitities and vice versa.

Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Tecnick.com S.r.l (www.tecnick.com) Via Ugo Foscolo n.19 - 09045 Quartu Sant'Elena (CA) - ITALY - www.tecnick.com - info@tecnick.com
Project homepage: http://htmlentities.sourceforge.net
License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html LGPL

Version:

1.0.004

Author:

Nicola Asuni [www.tecnick.com].

Field Summary

private static java.lang.Object[][]	html_entities_table Translation table for HTML entities. reference: W3C - Character entity references in HTML 4 [http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/sgml/entities.html].
private static java.util.Hashtable	htmlentities_map Map to convert extended characters in html entities.
private static java.util.Hashtable	unhtmlentities_map Map to convert html entities in exteden characters.

Constructor Summary

HTMLEntities()
Initialize HTML translation maps.

Method Summary

static java.lang.Object[][]	getEntitiesTable() Get the html entities translation table.
static java.lang.String	htmlAmpersand(java.lang.String str) Replace & characters with & HTML entities.
static java.lang.String	htmlAngleBrackets(java.lang.String str) Replace < > characters with &lt; &gt; entities.
static java.lang.String	htmlDoubleQuotes(java.lang.String str) Replace double quotes characters with HTML entities.
static java.lang.String	htmlentities(java.lang.String str) Convert special and extended characters into HTML entitities.
static java.lang.String	htmlQuotes(java.lang.String str) Replace single and double quotes characters with HTML entities.
static java.lang.String	htmlSingleQuotes(java.lang.String str) Replace single quotes characters with HTML entities.
private static void	initializeEntitiesTables() Initialize HTML entities table.
static java.lang.String	unhtmlAmpersand(java.lang.String str) Replace &amp; HTML entities with & characters.
static java.lang.String	unhtmlAngleBrackets(java.lang.String str) Replace &lt; &gt; entities with < > characters.
static java.lang.String	unhtmlDoubleQuotes(java.lang.String str) Replace single quotes HTML entities with equivalent character.
static java.lang.String	unhtmlentities(java.lang.String str) Convert HTML entities to special and extended unicode characters equivalents.
static java.lang.String	unhtmlQuotes(java.lang.String str) Replace single and double quotes HTML entities with equivalent characters.
static java.lang.String	unhtmlSingleQuotes(java.lang.String str) Replace single quotes HTML entities with equivalent character.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

html_entities_table

private static final java.lang.Object[][] html_entities_table

Translation table for HTML entities.
reference: W3C - Character entity references in HTML 4 [http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/sgml/entities.html].

htmlentities_map

private static final java.util.Hashtable htmlentities_map

Map to convert extended characters in html entities.

unhtmlentities_map

private static final java.util.Hashtable unhtmlentities_map

Map to convert html entities in exteden characters.

Constructor Detail

HTMLEntities

public HTMLEntities()

Initialize HTML translation maps.

Method Detail

initializeEntitiesTables

private static void initializeEntitiesTables()

Initialize HTML entities table.

getEntitiesTable

public static java.lang.Object[][] getEntitiesTable()

Get the html entities translation table.

Returns:

translation table

htmlentities

public static java.lang.String htmlentities(java.lang.String str)

Convert special and extended characters into HTML entitities.

Parameters:

str - input string

Returns:

formatted string

See Also:

unhtmlentities(String)

unhtmlentities

public static java.lang.String unhtmlentities(java.lang.String str)

Convert HTML entities to special and extended unicode characters equivalents.

Parameters:

str - input string

Returns:

formatted string

See Also:

htmlentities(String)

htmlSingleQuotes

public static java.lang.String htmlSingleQuotes(java.lang.String str)

Replace single quotes characters with HTML entities.

Parameters:

str - the input string

Returns:

string with replaced single quotes

unhtmlSingleQuotes

public static java.lang.String unhtmlSingleQuotes(java.lang.String str)

Replace single quotes HTML entities with equivalent character.

Parameters:

str - the input string

Returns:

string with replaced single quotes

htmlDoubleQuotes

public static java.lang.String htmlDoubleQuotes(java.lang.String str)

Replace double quotes characters with HTML entities.

Parameters:

str - the input string

Returns:

string with replaced double quotes

unhtmlDoubleQuotes

public static java.lang.String unhtmlDoubleQuotes(java.lang.String str)

Replace single quotes HTML entities with equivalent character.

Parameters:

str - the input string

Returns:

string with replaced single quotes

htmlQuotes

public static java.lang.String htmlQuotes(java.lang.String str)

Replace single and double quotes characters with HTML entities.

Parameters:

str - the input string

Returns:

string with replaced quotes

unhtmlQuotes

public static java.lang.String unhtmlQuotes(java.lang.String str)

Replace single and double quotes HTML entities with equivalent characters.

Parameters:

str - the input string

Returns:

string with replaced quotes

htmlAngleBrackets

public static java.lang.String htmlAngleBrackets(java.lang.String str)

Replace < > characters with &lt; &gt; entities.

Parameters:

str - the input string

Returns:

string with replaced characters

unhtmlAngleBrackets

public static java.lang.String unhtmlAngleBrackets(java.lang.String str)

Replace &lt; &gt; entities with < > characters.

Parameters:

str - the input string

Returns:

string with replaced entities

htmlAmpersand

public static java.lang.String htmlAmpersand(java.lang.String str)

Replace & characters with &amp; HTML entities.

Parameters:

str - the input string

Returns:

string with replaced characters

unhtmlAmpersand

public static java.lang.String unhtmlAmpersand(java.lang.String str)

Replace &amp; HTML entities with & characters.

Parameters:

str - the input string

Returns:

string with replaced entities