org.jfree.report.util

Class CharacterEntityParser

public class CharacterEntityParser extends Object

The character entity parser replaces all known occurrences of an entity in the format &entityname;.

Author: Thomas Morgner

Constructor Summary
	CharacterEntityParser(Properties characterEntities) Creates a new CharacterEntityParser and initializes the parser with the given set of entities.

Method Summary
static CharacterEntityParser	createXMLEntityParser() create a new Character entity parser and initializes the parser with the entities defined in the XML standard.
String	decodeEntities(String value) Decode the string, all known entities are replaced by their resolved characters.
String	encodeEntities(String value) Encode the given String, so that all known entites are encoded.

Constructor Detail

public CharacterEntityParser(Properties characterEntities)

Creates a new CharacterEntityParser and initializes the parser with the given set of entities.

Parameters: characterEntities the entities used for the parser

public static CharacterEntityParser createXMLEntityParser()

create a new Character entity parser and initializes the parser with the entities defined in the XML standard.

Returns: the CharacterEntityParser initialized with XML entities.

public String decodeEntities(String value)

Decode the string, all known entities are replaced by their resolved characters.

Parameters: value the string that should be decoded.

Returns: the decoded string.

public String encodeEntities(String value)

Encode the given String, so that all known entites are encoded. All characters represented by these entites are now removed from the string.

Parameters: value the original string

Returns: the encoded string.