umich.cac.util
Class EntityEncoding

java.lang.Object
  umich.cac.util.EntityEncoding

public class EntityEncoding

extends java.lang.Object

Class that encodes XML charachter entities such as >, <, ', ", and &.

Example:

  String reservedChars = "foo&bar"; String result = EntityEncoding.encode(reserverdChars);
 

The result would be "foo&bar"

Version:

$Header: /cvsroot/pbsaccounting/pbsaccounting/doc/javadoc/umich/cac/util/EntityEncoding.html,v 1.5 2003/10/21 20:33:47 rodmach Exp $

Author:

rmach@umich.edu

Constructor Summary

EntityEncoding()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String

encode(java.lang.String sourceString) Automatically strip XML reserved charachters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EntityEncoding

public EntityEncoding()

Method Detail

encode

public static java.lang.String encode(java.lang.String sourceString)

Automatically strip XML reserved charachters. Character Meaning Entity reference > Greater than > < Less than < ' Apostrophe (single quote) ' " Quotation mark (double quote) " & Ampersand & % Percent %

Parameters:

sourceString - string with possible XML reserved charachters

Returns:

String with reserved charachters encoded