Package org.jsoup.nodes

Class Entities

java.lang.Object

org.jsoup.nodes.Entities

public class Entities
extends Object

HTML entities, and escape routines. Source: W3C HTML named character references.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	Entities.EscapeMode

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static int	codepointsForName(String name, int[] codepoints)
static String	escape(String string)	HTML escape an input string, using the default settings (UTF-8, base entities).
static String	escape(String string, Document.OutputSettings out)	HTML escape an input string.
static String	getByName(String name)	Get the character(s) represented by the named entity
static Character	getCharacterByName(String name)	Deprecated. does not support characters outside the BMP or multiple character names
static boolean	isBaseNamedEntity(String name)	Check if the input is a known named entity in the base entity set.
static boolean	isNamedEntity(String name)	Check if the input is a known named entity
static String	unescape(String string)	Un-escape an HTML escaped string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

isNamedEntity

public static boolean isNamedEntity(String name)

Check if the input is a known named entity

Parameters:

name - the possible entity name (e.g. "lt" or "amp")

Returns:

true if a known named entity

isBaseNamedEntity

public static boolean isBaseNamedEntity(String name)

Check if the input is a known named entity in the base entity set.

Parameters:

name - the possible entity name (e.g. "lt" or "amp")

Returns:

true if a known named entity in the base set

See Also:

isNamedEntity(String)

getCharacterByName

public static Character getCharacterByName(String name)

Deprecated. does not support characters outside the BMP or multiple character names

Get the Character value of the named entity

Parameters:

name - named entity (e.g. "lt" or "amp")

Returns:

the Character value of the named entity (e.g. '<' or '&')

getByName

public static String getByName(String name)

Get the character(s) represented by the named entity

Parameters:

name - entity (e.g. "lt" or "amp")

Returns:

the string value of the character(s) represented by this entity, or "" if not defined

codepointsForName

public static int codepointsForName(String name,
                                    int[] codepoints)

escape

public static String escape(String string,
                            Document.OutputSettings out)

HTML escape an input string. That is, < is returned as <

Parameters:

string - the un-escaped string to escape

out - the output settings to use

Returns:

the escaped string

escape

public static String escape(String string)

HTML escape an input string, using the default settings (UTF-8, base entities). That is, < is returned as <

Parameters:

string - the un-escaped string to escape

Returns:

the escaped string

unescape

public static String unescape(String string)

Un-escape an HTML escaped string. That is, < is returned as <.

Parameters:

string - the HTML string to un-escape

Returns:

the unescaped string