Convert HTML character code to char in Java

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Our XML feed gives us encoded UTF-8 characters inside ISO-8859-1 a file. This is being fed into the database. So the text is ISO-8859-1 encoded and contains following stuff:

&#x91d1;&#x878d;&#x5e02;&#x573a;

Is there a way to convert that into a normal Java string? Similar to:

String str = fromHtmlUtf8("&#x91d1;&#x878d;&#x5e02;&#x573a;");

Where resulting str will contain normal UTF8 chars. Chinese in this case, but can be quite mixed.

Thanks.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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You can use the StringEscapeUtils from Apache Commons: http://commons.apache.org/lang/api-2.6/org/apache/commons/lang/StringEscapeUtils.html

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Jul 12 '11 at 18:58

timaschew

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Great people think alike. I was looking at that same page literally just now. Thanks! – Daniil Jul 12 '11 at 19:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 11 '13 at 14:07

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If you need small lib for this, you can use HTMLEntitles

http://www.tecnick.com/public/code/cp_dpage.php?aiocp_dp=htmlentities

answered Jan 11 '13 at 14:07

Borislav Gizdov

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