Package org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.ui.common

Class StringUtils

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.ui.common.StringUtils

public class StringUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Class containing misc helper methods for managing Strings. NOTE: Extracted from org.alfresco.web.ui.common.Utils;

Author:

Kevin Roast

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected static org.owasp.html.PolicyFactory	basePolicy
protected static org.owasp.html.PolicyFactory	docPolicy
protected static boolean	overrideDocType	default value - NOTE: see spring-webscripts-application-context.xml

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
StringUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static java.lang.String	cropEncode(java.lang.String text)	Crop a label within a SPAN element, using ellipses '...' at the end of label and and encode the result for HTML output.
static java.lang.String	cropEncode(java.lang.String text, int length)	Crop a label within a SPAN element, using ellipses '...' at the end of label and and encode the result for HTML output.
static java.lang.String	encode(java.lang.String string)	Encodes the given string, so that it can be used within an HTML page.
static java.lang.String	encodeJavascript(java.lang.String s)	Encode a string to the %AB hex style JavaScript compatible notation.
static java.lang.String	join(java.lang.Object[] value)	Join an array of values into a String value
static java.lang.String	join(java.lang.Object[] value, java.lang.String delim)	Join an array of values into a String value using supplied delimiter between each.
static java.lang.String	remove(java.lang.String str, java.lang.String match)	Remove all occurances of a String from a String
static java.lang.String	replace(java.lang.String str, java.lang.String repl, java.lang.String with)	Replace one string instance with another within the specified string
static java.lang.String	replaceLineBreaks(java.lang.String str, boolean xhtml)	Replaces carriage returns and line breaks with the <br> tag.
void	setOverrideDocType(boolean overrideDocType)
static java.lang.String	stripUnsafeHTMLDocument(java.lang.String doc, boolean encode)	Strip unsafe HTML tags from a string that represent an entire hml doc - only leaves most basic formatting tags and optionally encodes or strips the remaining characters.
static java.lang.String	stripUnsafeHTMLTags(java.lang.String s)	Strip unsafe HTML tags from a string - only leaves most basic formatting tags and encodes the remaining characters.
static java.lang.String	stripUnsafeHTMLTags(java.lang.String s, boolean encode)	Strip unsafe HTML tags from a string - only leaves most basic formatting tags and optionally encodes or strips the remaining characters.
static java.lang.String	stripUnsafeHTMLTags(java.lang.String s, boolean encode, boolean overrideDocumentType)	Strip unsafe HTML tags from a string - only leaves most basic formatting tags and optionally encodes or strips the remaining characters.
static java.lang.String	stripUnsafeHTMLTags(java.lang.String s, boolean encode, boolean overrideDocumentType, boolean isHTMLDoc)	Strip unsafe HTML tags from a string - only leaves most basic formatting tags
static java.lang.String	stripUnsafeHTMLTags(java.lang.String s, boolean encode, boolean overrideDocumentType, boolean isHTMLDoc, boolean runTwice)	Strip unsafe HTML tags from a string - only leaves most basic formatting tags

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

overrideDocType

protected static boolean overrideDocType

default value - NOTE: see spring-webscripts-application-context.xml

basePolicy

protected static org.owasp.html.PolicyFactory basePolicy

docPolicy

protected static org.owasp.html.PolicyFactory docPolicy

Constructor Detail

StringUtils

public StringUtils()

Method Detail

setOverrideDocType

public void setOverrideDocType(boolean overrideDocType)

Parameters:

overrideDocType - Decides if legacy html !DOCTYPE instructions shall be transformed to the default mode

encode

public static java.lang.String encode(java.lang.String string)

Encodes the given string, so that it can be used within an HTML page.

Parameters:

string - the String to convert

cropEncode

public static java.lang.String cropEncode(java.lang.String text)

Crop a label within a SPAN element, using ellipses '...' at the end of label and and encode the result for HTML output. A SPAN will only be generated if the label is beyond the default setting of 32 characters in length.

Parameters:

text - to crop and encode

Returns:

encoded and cropped resulting label HTML

cropEncode

public static java.lang.String cropEncode(java.lang.String text,
                                          int length)

Crop a label within a SPAN element, using ellipses '...' at the end of label and and encode the result for HTML output. A SPAN will only be generated if the label is beyond the specified number of characters in length.

Parameters:

text - to crop and encode

length - length of string to crop too

Returns:

encoded and cropped resulting label HTML

encodeJavascript

public static java.lang.String encodeJavascript(java.lang.String s)

Encode a string to the %AB hex style JavaScript compatible notation. Used to encode a string to a value that can be safely inserted into an HTML page and then decoded (and probably eval()ed) using the unescape() JavaScript method.

Parameters:

s - string to encode

Returns:

%AB hex style encoded string

stripUnsafeHTMLTags

public static java.lang.String stripUnsafeHTMLTags(java.lang.String s)

Strip unsafe HTML tags from a string - only leaves most basic formatting tags and encodes the remaining characters.

Parameters:

s - HTML string to strip tags from

Returns:

safe string

stripUnsafeHTMLTags

public static java.lang.String stripUnsafeHTMLTags(java.lang.String s,
                                                   boolean encode)

Strip unsafe HTML tags from a string - only leaves most basic formatting tags and optionally encodes or strips the remaining characters.

Parameters:

s - HTML string to strip tags from

encode - if true then encode remaining html data

Returns:

safe string

stripUnsafeHTMLDocument

public static java.lang.String stripUnsafeHTMLDocument(java.lang.String doc,
                                                       boolean encode)

Strip unsafe HTML tags from a string that represent an entire hml doc - only leaves most basic formatting tags and optionally encodes or strips the remaining characters.

Parameters:

doc - HTML string representing an entire hml doc to strip tags from

encode - if true then encode remaining html data

Returns:

safe string

stripUnsafeHTMLTags

public static java.lang.String stripUnsafeHTMLTags(java.lang.String s,
                                                   boolean encode,
                                                   boolean overrideDocumentType)

Strip unsafe HTML tags from a string - only leaves most basic formatting tags and optionally encodes or strips the remaining characters.

Parameters:

s - HTML string to strip tags from

encode - if true then encode remaining html data

overrideDocumentType - if true a doctype enforcing the latest browser rendition mode will used

Returns:

safe string

stripUnsafeHTMLTags

public static java.lang.String stripUnsafeHTMLTags(java.lang.String s,
                                                   boolean encode,
                                                   boolean overrideDocumentType,
                                                   boolean isHTMLDoc)

Strip unsafe HTML tags from a string - only leaves most basic formatting tags

Parameters:

s - HTML string to strip tags from

encode - if true then encode remaining html data (not in use)

overrideDocumentType - if true a doctype enforcing the latest browser rendition mode will used

isHTMLDoc - if true elements as html, head, body will be allowed in the sanitization

Returns:

safe string

stripUnsafeHTMLTags

public static java.lang.String stripUnsafeHTMLTags(java.lang.String s,
                                                   boolean encode,
                                                   boolean overrideDocumentType,
                                                   boolean isHTMLDoc,
                                                   boolean runTwice)

Strip unsafe HTML tags from a string - only leaves most basic formatting tags

Parameters:

s - HTML string to strip tags from

encode - if true then encode remaining html data (not in use)

overrideDocumentType - if true a doctype enforcing the latest browser rendition mode will used

isHTMLDoc - if true elements as html, head, body will be allowed in the sanitization

runTwice - if true, performs a second iteration against the first sanitation result

Returns:

safe string

replace

public static java.lang.String replace(java.lang.String str,
                                       java.lang.String repl,
                                       java.lang.String with)

Replace one string instance with another within the specified string

Parameters:

str - String

repl - String

with - String

Returns:

replaced string

remove

public static java.lang.String remove(java.lang.String str,
                                      java.lang.String match)

Remove all occurances of a String from a String

Parameters:

str - String to remove occurances from

match - The string to remove

Returns:

new String with occurances of the match removed

replaceLineBreaks

public static java.lang.String replaceLineBreaks(java.lang.String str,
                                                 boolean xhtml)

Replaces carriage returns and line breaks with the <br> tag.

Parameters:

str - The string to be parsed

Returns:

The string with line breaks removed

join

public static java.lang.String join(java.lang.Object[] value)

Join an array of values into a String value

Parameters:

value - non-null array of objects - toString() of each value is used

Returns:

concatenated string value

join

public static java.lang.String join(java.lang.Object[] value,
                                    java.lang.String delim)

Join an array of values into a String value using supplied delimiter between each.

Parameters:

value - non-null array of objects - toString() of each value is used

delim - delimiter value to apply between each value - null indicates no delimiter

Returns:

concatenated string value