Java Java String Format toJava(String text)

Description

Transforms special characters in characters understandable for java

The following characters are replaced with corresponding character entities :

Character	Encoding
<	<
>	>
&	&
"	"
'	'

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String toJava(String text) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    /**//from   ww  w .  j  ava  2 s .  c o m
       Transforms special characters in characters understandable for java
           
       <P>The following characters are replaced with corresponding character entities :
       <table border='1' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='0'>
       <tr><th> Character </th><th> Encoding </th></tr>
       <tr><td> < </td><td> &lt; </td></tr>
       <tr><td> > </td><td> &gt; </td></tr>
       <tr><td> & </td><td> &amp; </td></tr>
       <tr><td> " </td><td> &quot;</td></tr>
       <tr><td> ' </td><td> &apos;</td></tr>
       </table>
      */
    public static String toJava(String text) {
        return text.replace("&lt;", "<").replace("&gt;", ">").replace("&quot;", "\"").replace("&apos;", "\'")
                .replace("&amp;", "&");
    }
}

Related

1. convertToJavaIdentity(String original, boolean firstCharacterUpperCase, boolean normalize)
2. convertToJavaUnicode(String input, Character start1, Character end1, Character start2, Character end2)
3. toJava(CharSequence str)
4. toJava(final double[] doubles)
5. toJava(String name)
6. toJAVA(String unicode)
7. toJavaBeanPropertyName(String prop)
8. toJavaBool(byte goBool)
9. toJavaCasing(final String pName)