Java XML Unescape unescapeXMLComment(String content)

Description

XML comment does not support some characters inside its content but there is no official escaping/unescaping for it so we made our own.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
content	the XML comment content to unescape

Return

the unescaped content.

Declaration

public static String unescapeXMLComment(String content) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * XML comment does not support some characters inside its content but there is no official escaping/unescaping for
     * it so we made our own.
     *
     * @param content the XML comment content to unescape
     * @return the unescaped content.
     * @see #escapeXMLComment(String)
     * @since 1.9M2
     */
    public static String unescapeXMLComment(String content) {
        StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer(content.length());

        char[] buff = content.toCharArray();
        boolean escaped = false;
        for (char c : buff) {
            if (!escaped && c == '\\') {
                escaped = true;
                continue;
            }

            str.append(c);
            escaped = false;
        }

        return str.toString();
    }
}

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1. unescapeXml(String value)
2. unescapeXml(String value)
3. unescapeXml(String xml)
4. unescapeXML(String xml)
5. unescapeXmlChars(String source)
6. unescapeXMLEntities(String text)
7. unescapeXMLEntity(String str)
8. unescapeXMLString(String str)
9. unescapeXMLString2(String str)