Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; public class Main { /** * Method to decode a string xml text. * @param text string xml to decode. * @return the string xml decoded. * @throws Exception throw if any error is occurred. */ public static String xmlDecode(String text) throws Exception { String origText = text; String newText = ""; while (text.contains("&")) { int pos = text.indexOf("&"); newText += text.substring(0, pos); text = text.substring(pos + 1); pos = text.indexOf(";"); if (pos <= 0) { throw new Exception("Improperly escaped character: " + origText); } String charref = text.substring(0, pos); text = text.substring(pos + 1); if (charref.equals("lt")) { newText += "<"; } else if (charref.equals("gt")) { newText += ">"; } else if (charref.equals("amp")) { newText += "&"; } else if (charref.equals("quot")) { newText += "\""; } else if (charref.equals("apos")) { newText += "'"; } else if (charref.startsWith("#")) { String number = charref.substring(1); int radix = 10; if (charref.startsWith("#x") || charref.startsWith("#X")) { number = charref.substring(2); radix = 16; } if ("".equals(number)) { throw new Exception("Improperly escaped character: " + charref); } char ch; try { ch = (char) Integer.parseInt(number, radix); } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) { throw new Exception("Improperly escaped character: " + charref); } newText += ch; } else { throw new Exception("Improperly escaped character: " + charref); } } //while return newText + text; } }