org.jsoup.nodes
Class Entities

java.lang.Object
  org.jsoup.nodes.Entities

public class Entities
extends Object

HTML entities, and escape routines. Source: W3C HTML named character references.

Nested Class Summary

static class

Entities.EscapeMode

Method Summary

static Character	getCharacterByName(String name) Get the Character value of the named entity
static boolean	isBaseNamedEntity(String name) Check if the input is a known named entity in the base entity set.
static boolean	isNamedEntity(String name) Check if the input is a known named entity

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

isNamedEntity

public static boolean isNamedEntity(String name)

Check if the input is a known named entity

Parameters:

name - the possible entity name (e.g. "lt" or "amp")

Returns:

true if a known named entity

isBaseNamedEntity

public static boolean isBaseNamedEntity(String name)

Check if the input is a known named entity in the base entity set.

Parameters:

name - the possible entity name (e.g. "lt" or "amp")

Returns:

true if a known named entity in the base set

See Also:

isNamedEntity(String)

getCharacterByName

public static Character getCharacterByName(String name)

Get the Character value of the named entity

Parameters:

name - named entity (e.g. "lt" or "amp")

Returns:

the Character value of the named entity (e.g. '<' or '&')