net.sourceforge.nite.util
Class XMLutils

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.nite.util.XMLutils

public class XMLutils
extends java.lang.Object

Some factored out utilities for dealing with XML, special characters etc.

Author:

Jonathan Kilgour, UEdin

Constructor Summary

XMLutils()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	escapeAttributeValue(java.lang.String in) escape an attribute value - put quotes round it and escape any special characters
static int	escapeChars(char[] chin, int start, int length, char[] chout) Escape special characters for writing.
static java.lang.String	escapeText(java.lang.String in) escape text for serializing to XML - just escape any special characters

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLutils

public XMLutils()

Method Detail

escapeAttributeValue

public static java.lang.String escapeAttributeValue(java.lang.String in)

escape an attribute value - put quotes round it and escape any special characters

escapeText

public static java.lang.String escapeText(java.lang.String in)

escape text for serializing to XML - just escape any special characters

escapeChars

public static int escapeChars(char[] chin,
                              int start,
                              int length,
                              char[] chout)

Escape special characters for writing.

Parameters:

ch - The character array containing the string @param start The start position of the input string within the character array

length - The length of the input string within the character array @param out Character array to receive the output. In the worst case, this should be 8 times the length of the input array. @return * The number of characters used in the output array