Package org.dlese.dpc.util

Class HTMLTools

java.lang.Object
org.dlese.dpc.util.HTMLTools
public class HTMLTools extends Object
This class holds a number of handy static methods for use in HTML and XML processing.
Version:
$Id: HTMLTools.java,v 1.9 2009/03/20 23:34:00 jweather Exp $
Author:
John Weatherley

  • Constructor Details

    • HTMLTools

      public HTMLTools()

  • Method Details

    • removeHTMLComments

      public static String removeHTMLComments(String input)
      Removes all HTML comments from a String.
      Parameters:
      input - HTML String
      Returns:
      HTML with all comments removed

    • encodeCharacterEntityReferences

      public static String encodeCharacterEntityReferences(String input, boolean isSGML)
      Encodes a regular String with caracter entity references, for example the ampersand character & becomes &amp;. See Entities Reference for a nice table of character entity references. Ampersands that are already encoded will not be touched. If the input string is an SGML variant like HTML or XML then all occurances of the characters <, > and " are left alone.
      Parameters:
      input - A String.
      isSGML - True if the input string is a an SGML variant such as HTML or XML, false if not.
      Returns:
      A String that is encoded with character entity references.

    • javaScriptEncode

      public static final StringBuffer javaScriptEncode(char[] chars)
      Encodes an Array of chars so that they will be valid inside JavaScript quotes.
      Parameters:
      chars - An array of chars
      Returns:
      The resulting, encoded StringBuffer

    • javaScriptEncode

      public static final StringBuffer javaScriptEncode(String string)
      Encodes a String so that it will be valid inside JavaScript quotes.
      Parameters:
      string - A String
      Returns:
      The resulting, encoded StringBuffer

    • javaScriptEncodeToStr

      public static final String javaScriptEncodeToStr(String string)
      Same behavior as javaScriptEncode(char[]).
      Parameters:
      string - A String
      Returns:
      The resulting, encoded String