Java HTML Unescape unEscapeHTML(final String escapedHTML)

Description

Replace HTML escape sequences with the correct characters

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
escapedHTML	The original string

Return

The result, after substitution

Declaration

public static String unEscapeHTML(final String escapedHTML) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

public class Main {
    /**//from   w  ww . j  a  v  a  2s.c o  m
     * Replace HTML escape sequences with the correct characters
     *
     * @param escapedHTML The original string
     * @return The result, after substitution
     */
    public static String unEscapeHTML(final String escapedHTML) {
        String retVal = escapedHTML;

        retVal = retVal.replaceAll(">", ">");
        retVal = retVal.replaceAll("&lt;", "<");
        retVal = retVal.replaceAll("&amp;", "&");
        retVal = retVal.replaceAll("&nbsp;", " ");

        return retVal;
    }
}

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