HtmlEntityUtil (XWiki Rendering - WikiModel 14.8-rc-1 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.xwiki.rendering.wikimodel.util.HtmlEntityUtil

```
public class HtmlEntityUtil
extends Object
```
This class provides utility methods to access HTML entities with their respective descriptions and numerical codes.

Since:

4.0M1

Version:

$Id: 59b90ba04bab71b28d0783153cf8fc6e05051b36 $

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

HtmlEntityUtil()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static char`	`getChar(String symbol)`	A character corresponding to the given symbol.
`static String`	`getDescription(char ch)`	Returns description of the given character
`static String`	`getDescription(String symbol)`	Returns description of the given symbol.
`static String`	`getSymbol(char ch)`	Returns a symbol corresponding to the given character or `null` if nothing was found

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - HtmlEntityUtil
```
public HtmlEntityUtil()
```
- Method Detail
  - getChar
```
public static char getChar(String symbol)
```
    A character corresponding to the given symbol.
    
    Parameters:
    
    symbol - for this symbol the corresponding character will be returned
    
    Returns:
    
    a character corresponding to the given symbol
  - getDescription
```
public static String getDescription(char ch)
```
    Returns description of the given character
    
    Parameters:
    
    ch - for this character the corresponding description will be returned
    
    Returns:
    
    description of the given character
  - getDescription
```
public static String getDescription(String symbol)
```
    Returns description of the given symbol.
    
    Parameters:
    
    symbol - for this symbol the corresponding description will be returned
    
    Returns:
    
    description of the given symbol
  - getSymbol
```
public static String getSymbol(char ch)
```
    Returns a symbol corresponding to the given character or null if nothing was found
    
    Parameters:
    
    ch - for this character the corresponding symbol will be returned
    
    Returns:
    
    a symbol corresponding to the given character