de.gerdiproject.harvest.utils

Class StringUtils

java.lang.Object

de.gerdiproject.harvest.utils.StringUtils

public class StringUtils
extends Object

This class is used for cleaning up Strings, removing unneccessary tags and spaces. The ESCAPES table and unescapeHtml() function are adapted versions of code that was developed by Nick Frolov (http://stackoverflow.com/users/305775/nick-frolov)

Author:

Robin Weiss, Nick Frolov

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	clean(String input) Cleans up a String, removing unwanted character escapes and trimming it.
static String	unescapeHtml(String input) Unescapes escaped HTML characters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

clean

public static String clean(String input)

Cleans up a String, removing unwanted character escapes and trimming it.

Parameters:

input - the String which is to be cleaned

Returns:

a cleaned String

unescapeHtml

public static final String unescapeHtml(String input)

Unescapes escaped HTML characters.

Parameters:

input - a HTML input text

Returns:

a text with unescaped characters.