Java String Substritute substituteSelectedCharacters(String text, boolean skip)

Description

Substitutes the selected characters with entities.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String substituteSelectedCharacters(String text, boolean skip) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w ww .j ava2 s.c o m
 * Id: 
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2004, Cladonia Ltd. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This software is the proprietary information of Cladonia Ltd.  
 * Use is subject to license terms.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Substitutes the selected characters with entities.
     */
    public static String substituteSelectedCharacters(String text, boolean skip) {

        if (text != null) {

            StringBuffer newText = new StringBuffer();

            for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) {
                char character = text.charAt(i);

                if (character == '<') {
                    if (skip)
                        newText.append("&lt;");
                    else
                        newText.append((char) character);

                } else if (character == '>') {
                    if (skip)
                        newText.append("&gt;");
                    else
                        newText.append((char) character);
                } else if (character == '&') {
                    if (skip) {
                        newText.append("&amp;");
                    } else {
                        newText.append((char) character);
                    }

                } else if (character == '\'') {
                    if (skip)
                        newText.append("&apos;");
                    else
                        newText.append((char) character);

                } else if (character == '\"') {
                    if (skip)
                        newText.append("&quot;");
                    else
                        newText.append((char) character);

                    /*} else if (  character > 127) {
                    if(!skip) {
                    String name = CommonEntities.getEntityName( character);
                        
                    try {
                    if ( !name.equals( "lt") && !name.equals( "gt") && !name.equals( "amp") && !name.equals( "apos") && !name.equals( "quot")) {
                        newText.append( "&");
                        newText.append( name);
                        newText.append( ";");
                    }
                    }
                    catch (NullPointerException e) {
                    //problem with converting char to entity
                    //just use that char
                    newText.append((char)character);
                    }
                    }
                    else {
                    newText.append( (char)character);
                    }*/
                } else {
                    newText.append((char) character);
                }
            }

            return (newText.toString());
        } else {
            return (text);
        }

    }
}

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