com.samskivert.servlet.util
Class HTMLUtil

java.lang.Object
  com.samskivert.servlet.util.HTMLUtil

public class HTMLUtil
extends Object

HTML related utility functions.

Field Summary

protected static Pattern

_url

Constructor Summary

HTMLUtil()

Method Summary

static String	entify(String text) Converts instances of <, >, & and " into their entified equivalents: <, >, & and ".
static String	makeLinear(String text) Inserts a <br> tag before every newline.
static String	makeParagraphs(String text) Inserts a <p> tag between every two consecutive newlines.
static String	restrictHTML(String src) Restrict all HTML from the specified String.
static String	restrictHTML(String src, boolean allowFormatting, boolean allowImages, boolean allowLinks) Restrict HTML except for the specified tags.
static String	restrictHTML(String src, String[] regexes) Restrict HTML from the specified string except for the specified regular expressions.
static String	simpleFormat(String text) Does some simple HTML markup, matching bare image URLs and wrapping them in image tags, matching other URLs and wrapping them in href tags, and wrapping * prefixed lists into ul-style HTML lists.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

_url

protected static Pattern _url

Constructor Detail

HTMLUtil

public HTMLUtil()

Method Detail

entify

public static String entify(String text)

Converts instances of <, >, & and " into their entified equivalents: <, >, & and ". These characters are mentioned in the HTML spec as being common candidates for entification.

Returns:

the entified string.

makeParagraphs

public static String makeParagraphs(String text)

Inserts a <p> tag between every two consecutive newlines.

makeLinear

public static String makeLinear(String text)

Inserts a <br> tag before every newline.

simpleFormat

public static String simpleFormat(String text)

Does some simple HTML markup, matching bare image URLs and wrapping them in image tags, matching other URLs and wrapping them in href tags, and wrapping * prefixed lists into ul-style HTML lists.

restrictHTML

public static String restrictHTML(String src)

Restrict all HTML from the specified String.

restrictHTML

public static String restrictHTML(String src,
                                  boolean allowFormatting,
                                  boolean allowImages,
                                  boolean allowLinks)

Restrict HTML except for the specified tags.

Parameters:

allowFormatting - enables <i>, <b>, <u>, <font>, <br>, <p>, and <hr>.

allowImages - enabled <img ...>.

allowLinks - enabled <a href ...>.

restrictHTML

public static String restrictHTML(String src,
                                  String[] regexes)

Restrict HTML from the specified string except for the specified regular expressions.