org.displaytag.util
Class HtmlTagUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.displaytag.util.HtmlTagUtil

public final class HtmlTagUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Utility methods for dealing with html tags.

Version:

$Revision: 1081 $ ($Author: fgiust $)

Author:

Fabrizio Giustina

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	abbreviateHtmlString(java.lang.String str, int maxLength, boolean byNumberOfWords) Abbreviates a String which can contain html tags.
static java.lang.String	createOpenTagString(java.lang.String tagName, HtmlAttributeMap attributes) costruct a tag from a name and a collection of attributes.
static java.lang.String	stripHTMLTags(java.lang.String str) Strips html tags from a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createOpenTagString

public static java.lang.String createOpenTagString(java.lang.String tagName,
                                                   HtmlAttributeMap attributes)

costruct a tag from a name and a collection of attributes.

Parameters:

tagName - String tag name

attributes - HtmlAttributeMap containing all the tag attributes

Returns:

String open tag with attributes

stripHTMLTags

public static java.lang.String stripHTMLTags(java.lang.String str)

Strips html tags from a String.

Parameters:

str - input string containing html tags (null is not handled)

Returns:

input message without tags

abbreviateHtmlString

public static java.lang.String abbreviateHtmlString(java.lang.String str,
                                                    int maxLength,
                                                    boolean byNumberOfWords)

Abbreviates a String which can contain html tags. Html tags are not counted in String length. It also try to handle open tags and html entities.

Parameters:

str - full String. null is handled by returning null

maxLength - maximum number of characters (excluding tags)

byNumberOfWords - if true maxLength will be the number of words returned, elsewhere will represent the number of characters.

Returns:

abbreviated String