Example usage for org.jdom2 Verifier isXMLCharacter

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for org.jdom2 Verifier isXMLCharacter.

Prototype

public static boolean isXMLCharacter(final int c) 

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This is a utility function for determining whether a specified character is a character according to production 2 of the XML 1.0 specification.

Usage

From source file:org.mycore.common.xml.MCRXMLHelper.java

License:Open Source License

/**
 * Removes characters that are illegal in XML text nodes or attribute
 * values./*w  w  w.  ja v a  2  s. c o m*/
 * 
 * @param text
 *            the String that should be used in XML elements or attributes
 * @return the String with all illegal characters removed
 */
public static String removeIllegalChars(String text) {
    if (text == null || text.trim().length() == 0) {
        return text;
    }
    if (org.jdom2.Verifier.checkCharacterData(text) == null) {
        return text;
    }

    // It seems we have to filter out invalid XML characters...
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) {
        if (Verifier.isXMLCharacter(text.charAt(i))) {
            sb.append(text.charAt(i));
        }
    }
    return sb.toString();
}

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