Java String Unescape unescape(String input)

Description

Method description

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	a parameter

Declaration

public static String unescape(String input) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w  w w. j  ava2 s .  co  m*/
 * Tigase Jabber/XMPP XML Tools
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2007 "Artur Hefczyc" <artur.hefczyc@tigase.org>
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program. Look for COPYING file in the top folder.
 * If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 *
 * $Rev: 480 $
 * Last modified by $Author: cvsdeploy $
 * $Date: 2012/08/20 21:20:17 $
 */

public class Main {
    private static final String[] decoded = { "&", "<", ">", "\"", "\'" };
    private static final String[] encoded = { "&amp;", "&lt;", "&gt;", "&quot;", "&apos;" };

    /**
     * Method description
     *
     *
     * @param input
     *
     * @return
     */
    public static String unescape(String input) {
        return translateAll(input, encoded, decoded);
    }

    /**
     * Method description
     *
     *
     * @param input
     * @param patterns
     * @param replacements
     *
     * @return
     */
    public static String translateAll(String input, String[] patterns, String[] replacements) {
        String result = input;

        for (int i = 0; i < patterns.length; i++) {
            result = result.replaceAll(patterns[i], replacements[i]);
        }

        return result;
    }
}

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