Class XMLCoder

Object

XMLCoder

public class XMLCoder
extends Object

Encode and decode XML strings.

Author:

Christoph Hauert

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private static final Map<String, Character>	HTMLDecode	Lookup table for decoding HTML strings.
private static final Map<String, Character>	XMLDecode	Lookup table for decoding XML strings.
private static final Map<Character, String>	XMLEncode	Lookup table for encoding XML strings.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	XMLCoder()	Suppresses default constructor, ensuring non-instantiability.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	decode(String string)	Decode XML string.
static String	encode(String string)	Encode string as XML.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

XMLDecode

private static final Map<String, Character> XMLDecode

Lookup table for decoding XML strings.

XMLEncode

private static final Map<Character, String> XMLEncode

Lookup table for encoding XML strings.

HTMLDecode

private static final Map<String, Character> HTMLDecode

Lookup table for decoding HTML strings.

Constructor Details

XMLCoder

private XMLCoder()

Suppresses default constructor, ensuring non-instantiability.

Method Details

encode

public static String encode(String string)

Encode string as XML. Encoded HTML values are converted to UTF-8 characters except for the five XML entities &, ' < > ".

Parameters:

string - the string to encode in XML

Returns:

the encoded string

decode

public static String decode(String string)

Decode XML string.

Parameters:

string - the XML string to decode

Returns:

the decoded string