org.jfree.report.util
Class CharacterEntityParser

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.jfree.report.util.CharacterEntityParser

public class CharacterEntityParser

extends java.lang.Object

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

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Constructor Summary

CharacterEntityParser(java.util.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.
java.lang.String	decodeEntities(java.lang.String value) Decode the string, all known entities are replaced by their resolved characters.
java.lang.String	encodeEntities(java.lang.String value) Encode the given String, so that all known entites are encoded.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CharacterEntityParser

public CharacterEntityParser(java.util.Properties characterEntities)

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

Parameters:

characterEntities - the entities used for the parser

Method Detail

createXMLEntityParser

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.

encodeEntities

public java.lang.String encodeEntities(java.lang.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.

decodeEntities

public java.lang.String decodeEntities(java.lang.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.