Class HTMLUtilities

Method Details

• escapeString

  public static String escapeString(String string, boolean doLineBreaks)

  Escapes a HTML format string as the rules for quoted value for HTML.

  The following rules apply:

  • Single CR, Single LF, CR/LF or LF/CR is replaced with '<br>' depending on the doLineBreaks = true.
  • White space characters (Tab, VT, FF) are left as is.
  • '&' is replaced by '&amp;'
  • '<' is replaced with '&lt;'
  • '>' is replaced with '&gt;'
  • " is replaced by &quot;
  • All control characters (below space/0x20/32) are replaced by &#nnn;

  Parameters:

  string - The input string.

  doLineBreaks - Flag indicating line breaks should be replaced with '<br>' (valid for CR+LF, a single LF or a single CR).

  Returns:

  The escaped string, to surround with double-quotes when passed as a HTML value parameter in a tag.

• escapeTagValueString

  public static String escapeTagValueString(String string)

  Escapes a string as the rules for quoted value in HTML tag specifies.

  • White space characters (Tab, VT, FF, etc., see Character.isWhitespace(char)) are left as is.
  • '<' and '>' are replaced with '&lt;' and '&gt;'
  • All control characters (below space/0x20/32) are replaced by &#nnn;, & to &amp;, double-quote to &quot;, < to &lt; and > to &gt;.

  Parameters:

  string - The input string.

  Returns:

  The escaped string, to surround with double-quotes when passed as a HTML value parameter in a tag.

• escapeCharsCodes

  public static String escapeCharsCodes(String string)

  Escapes all characters in the string that are below 32 (space) or above or equal to 127 to a "&#nnn;".

  Parameters:

  string - The input string.

  Returns:

  The escaped string.

• replaceCharacterEntities

  public static String replaceCharacterEntities(String string)

  Replaces all strings such as &copy; &#00; &x0000; to character values.

  Parameters:

  string - Input string.

  Returns:

  The "encoded" string (kind of inverted encode function).