org.jsoup.nodes
Class Entities

java.lang.Object
  org.jsoup.nodes.Entities

public class Entities
     

      extends 
      Object
     

HTML entities, and escape routines. Source: W3C HTML named character references.

isNamedEntity

public static boolean isNamedEntity(String name)

Check if the input is a known named entity

Parameters:

name - the possible entity name (e.g. "lt" or "amp"

Returns:

true if a known named entity

getCharacterByName

public static Character getCharacterByName(String name)

Get the Character value of the named entity

Parameters:

name - named entity (e.g. "lt" or "amp")

Returns:

the Character value of the named entity (e.g. '<' or '&')