com.beasys.commerce.util.dom
Class EntityFixer

java.lang.Object
  com.beasys.commerce.util.dom.EntityFixer

public class EntityFixer

extends Object

A utility class for replacing standard XML entities with their character values.

Field Summary

protected static String[][]	defReplaceEntities Default XML/HTML entities that represent special character sequences.
protected Hashtable	entities Our character to entity mapping.
protected static EntityFixer	instance The singleton EntityFixer.

Constructor Summary

EntityFixer()
Constructor.

Method Summary

String	addEntityMapping(String chars, String value) Add a characters to value mapping (i.e. "%" -> "&pect;")
String	fixEntities(String in)
String	getEntityMapping(String chars) Retrive the a current entity mapping.
static EntityFixer	getInstance() Get the singleton instance.
String	removeEntityMapping(String chars) Remove an entity mapping.
static String	replace(String inStr, String find, String replace) Deprecated. Use StringUtils

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

defReplaceEntities

protected static final String[][] defReplaceEntities

Default XML/HTML entities that represent special character sequences.

entities

protected Hashtable entities

Our character to entity mapping.

instance

protected static EntityFixer instance

The singleton EntityFixer.

Constructor Detail

EntityFixer

public EntityFixer()

Constructor.

This will initialize the entity mapping with the default values.

Method Detail

addEntityMapping

public String addEntityMapping(String chars,
                               String value)

Add a characters to value mapping (i.e. "%" -> "&pect;")

Parameters:

chars - the characters ("%").

value - the string to replace chars with ("&pect;").

Returns:

the previous value, or null if none.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - thrown if chars is "&".

fixEntities

public String fixEntities(String in)

getEntityMapping

public String getEntityMapping(String chars)

Retrive the a current entity mapping.

getInstance

public static EntityFixer getInstance()

Get the singleton instance.

removeEntityMapping

public String removeEntityMapping(String chars)

Remove an entity mapping.

replace

public static String replace(String inStr,
                             String find,
                             String replace)

Deprecated. Use StringUtils

String search and replace method.