Java XML Escape escapeNonXmlTagSymbols(String string)

Description

escape Non Xml Tag Symbols

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String escapeNonXmlTagSymbols(String string) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.text.CharacterIterator;
import java.text.StringCharacterIterator;

import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Main {
    private static Pattern non_xml_pattern = Pattern.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9{-}{_}]");

    public static String escapeNonXmlTagSymbols(String string) {

        StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();

        StringCharacterIterator iterator = new StringCharacterIterator(string);

        Character character = iterator.current();

        while (character != CharacterIterator.DONE) {

            if (non_xml_pattern.matcher(character.toString()).matches())
                result.append(character);

            character = iterator.next();
        }/*  ww w .  j a v  a2s. co m*/

        return result.toString();
    }
}

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