org.jcoderz.commons.util
Class XmlUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.jcoderz.commons.util.XmlUtil

public final class XmlUtil
extends Object

This class holds utility methods for common xml topics.

Author:

Andreas Mandel

Field Summary

static Attributes

EMPTY_ATTRIBUTES Immutable and always empty version of a Attributes object.

Method Summary

static String	attributeEscape(String attribute) Encode a string so that it can be safely used as attribute value in XML output.
static String	escape(String text) Encode a string so that it can be safely used as text in an element for XML output.
static String	formatXml(String org) Simple xml formatter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EMPTY_ATTRIBUTES

public static final Attributes EMPTY_ATTRIBUTES

Immutable and always empty version of a Attributes object.

Method Detail

attributeEscape

public static String attributeEscape(String attribute)

Encode a string so that it can be safely used as attribute value in XML output.

Parameters:

attribute - the attribute value to be encoded.

Returns:

a string representing the attribute value that can be safely used in XML output.

escape

public static String escape(String text)

Encode a string so that it can be safely used as text in an element for XML output.

Parameters:

text - the element text body.

Returns:

a string so that it can be safely used as text in an element for XML output.

formatXml

public static String formatXml(String org)

Simple xml formatter. This code might fail for several input. In this case the original input is returned.

Parameters:

org - the input to be formated.

Returns:

the input in xml formated (human readable) form or the input string.