org.mdiutil.lang

Class StringUtils

java.lang.Object

org.mdiutil.lang.StringUtils

public class StringUtils
extends Object

Provides several String utilities.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	escapeString(String s) Escape a String converting non ASCII characters to their associated XML escaped representation.
static String	escapeString(String s, String charset) Escape a String converting non ASCII characters to their associated XML escaped representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

escapeString

public static String escapeString(String s)

Escape a String converting non ASCII characters to their associated XML escaped representation. Defer to escapeString(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) with the charset argument set to null.

Parameters:

s - the String

Returns:

the escaped String

escapeString

public static String escapeString(String s,
                                  String charset)

Escape a String converting non ASCII characters to their associated XML escaped representation. Note that for the moment this method only handles sequences of 2 or 3 bytes (but not 4 bytes sequences). See www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/utf8.htm for more information.

Example

Suppose that we have the small letter E with acute. The Unicode value of this letter is U+00E9. It will be converted in UTF-8 as the following characters:

• 0xC3
• 0xA9

The method will return:

• é

Limitations

For the moment the method only work for characters on:

• One byte
• Two bytes
• Three bytes

Characters on four bytes sequences are not handled for the moment.

Parameters:

s - the String

charset - the character set or null for the UTF-8 charset

Returns:

the escaped String