Class HTMLUtils

java.lang.Object

com.codename1.ui.html.HTMLUtils

public final class HTMLUtils
extends Object

This class contains several useful static methods for HTML

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	convertCharEntity(String charEntity, boolean lookupHTMLentities, Hashtable userDefinedCharEntities)	Converts a char entity to the matching character or string.
static String	convertHTMLCharEntity(String charEntity)	Converts an HTML char entity to the matching character or string.
static String	convertXMLCharEntity(String charEntity)	Converts an XML char entity to the matching character or string.
static String	encodeString(String str)	Encodes the specified string to "percent-encoding" or URL encoding.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Method Details

convertXMLCharEntity

public static String convertXMLCharEntity(String charEntity)

Converts an XML char entity to the matching character or string. This is a convenience method that uses convertCharEntity with false for lookupHTMLentities and a null userDefinedCharEntities

Parameters

• charEntity: The char entity to convert (Not including the & and ;)

Returns

A string containing a single char, or the original char entity string (with & and ;) if the char entity couldn't be resolved

convertHTMLCharEntity

public static String convertHTMLCharEntity(String charEntity)

Converts an HTML char entity to the matching character or string. This is a convenience method that uses convertCharEntity with true for lookupHTMLentities and a null userDefinedCharEntities

Parameters

• charEntity: The char entity to convert (Not including the & and ;)

Returns

A string containing a single char, or the original char entity string (with & and ;) if the char entity couldn't be resolved

convertCharEntity

public static String convertCharEntity(String charEntity,
 boolean lookupHTMLentities,
 Hashtable userDefinedCharEntities)

Converts a char entity to the matching character or string. This handles both numbered and symbol char entities (The latter is done via getCharEntityCode)

Parameters

• charEntity: The char entity to convert (Not including the & and ;)

• lookupHTMLentities: true to include the basic HTML named char entities (unicode 160-255), false otherwise

• userDefinedCharEntities: A hashtable containing (String,int) dentoing the char entity name and its unicode

Returns

A string containing a single char, or the original char entity string (with & and ;) if the char entity couldn't be resolved

encodeString

public static String encodeString(String str)

Encodes the specified string to "percent-encoding" or URL encoding. This encodes reserved, unsafe and unicode characters

Parameters

• str: The string to be encoded

Returns

A percent-encoding of the string (safe characters remain the same)