echopoint.util
Class HtmlKit

java.lang.Object
  echopoint.util.HtmlKit

public class HtmlKit
extends Object

Encodes text strings into HTML.

Field Summary

static int	NEWLINE_REMOVE
static int	NEWLINE_TO_BR
static int	NEWLINE_TO_SPACE
static int	NEWLINE_TRANSPARENT

Method Summary

static String	encode(String text) Encodes a string of text into HTML by replacing less than, greater than, ampersand, and quotation mark characters with their HTML escaped equivalents.
static String	encode(String text, int newLinePolicy) Encodes a string of text into HTML by replacing less than, greater than, ampersand, and quotation mark characters with their HTML escaped equivalents.
static Node[]	encodeNewLines(Document document, String text, int newLinePolicy) Encodes a string of text into DOM Nodes by taking new lines and replacing them aoccording to the policy provided.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NEWLINE_REMOVE

public static final int NEWLINE_REMOVE

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Constant Field Values

NEWLINE_TO_BR

public static final int NEWLINE_TO_BR

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NEWLINE_TO_SPACE

public static final int NEWLINE_TO_SPACE

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NEWLINE_TRANSPARENT

public static final int NEWLINE_TRANSPARENT

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Method Detail

encode

public static String encode(String text)

Encodes a string of text into HTML by replacing less than, greater than, ampersand, and quotation mark characters with their HTML escaped equivalents. Groups of spaces are replaced with alternating spaces and non-breaking space characters.

Parameters:

text - The text to be encoded into HTML.

Returns:

The text, converted to HTML. Newlines will be left intact, NOT translated to <br> tags.

encode

public static String encode(String text,
                            int newLinePolicy)

Encodes a string of text into HTML by replacing less than, greater than, ampersand, and quotation mark characters with their HTML escaped equivalents. Groups of spaces are replaced with alternating spaces and non-breaking space characters.

Parameters:

text - The text to be encoded into HTML.

newLinePolicy - The policy for handling newline characters, one of the following values:

• NEWLINE_TRANSPARENT - Leave newline characters intact.
• NEWLINE_TO_SPACE - Convert newlines to spaces.
• NEWLINE_TO_BR - Convert newlines to <br> tags.
• NEWLINE_REMOVE - Remove newlines entirely.

Returns:

The text, converted to HTML.

encodeNewLines

public static Node[] encodeNewLines(Document document,
                                    String text,
                                    int newLinePolicy)

Encodes a string of text into DOM Nodes by taking new lines and replacing them aoccording to the policy provided.

Parameters:

text - The text to be encoded into DOM Nodes.

newLinePolicy - The policy for handling newline characters, one of the following values:

• NEWLINE_TRANSPARENT - Leave newline characters intact.
• NEWLINE_TO_SPACE - Convert newlines to spaces.
• NEWLINE_TO_BR - Convert newlines to <br> tags.
• NEWLINE_REMOVE - Remove newlines entirely.

Returns:

The text, converted to an array of DOM Nodes.