Packagesystem.text.html
Classpublic class Entities
InheritanceEntities Inheritance Object

The HTML entities tool class.

Example :

     import system.text.html.Entities ;
     
     var findByChar:Boolean = Entities.findByChar("€") ;
     trace( findByChar ) ;  // true
     
     var findByName:Boolean = Entities.findByName("&euro ") ;
     trace( findByName ) ;  // true
     
     var toHTML:String = Entities.toHTML("€") ;
     trace( toHTML ) ; // &euro 
     
     var fromName:String = Entities.fromName("&euro ") ;
     trace( fromName ) ;  // €
     



Public Properties
 PropertyDefined By
  support_ISO_8859_15 : Boolean
[static] Indicates if the class support ISO-8859-15.
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Public Methods
 MethodDefined By
  
add(entity:Entity):void
[static] Inserts a new Entity element in the entities definitions.
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findByChar(char:String):Boolean
[static] Finds the entity by character.
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findByName(name:String):Boolean
[static] Finds the entity by name.
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fromName(name:String):String
[static] Returns the character determinates by the name in argument.
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toHTML(char:String):String
[static] Transforms the characters in HTML entity format.
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Property Detail
support_ISO_8859_15property
public static var support_ISO_8859_15:Boolean

Indicates if the class support ISO-8859-15.

Method Detail
add()method
public static function add(entity:Entity):void

Inserts a new Entity element in the entities definitions.

Parameters

entity:Entity

findByChar()method 
public static function findByChar(char:String):Boolean

Finds the entity by character.

Example :

         import system.text.html.Entities ;
         var findByChar:Boolean = Entities.findByChar("€") ;
         trace( findByChar ) ; // true
         

Parameters

char:String

Returns
Booleantrue if the entity is register with the specified character.
findByName()method 
public static function findByName(name:String):Boolean

Finds the entity by name.

Example :

         import system.text.html.Entities ;
         var findByName:Boolean = Entities.findByName("&euro ") ;
         trace( findByName ) ; // true
         

Parameters

name:String

Returns
Booleantrue if the entity is register with the specified name.
fromName()method 
public static function fromName(name:String):String

Returns the character determinates by the name in argument.

Example :

         import system.text.html.Entities ;
         var fromName:String = Entities.fromName("&euro ") ;
         trace( fromName ) ;  // €
         

Parameters

name:String

Returns
String — the character determinates by the name in argument.
toHTML()method 
public static function toHTML(char:String):String

Transforms the characters in HTML entity format.

Example :

         import system.text.html.Entities ;
         var toHTML:String = Entities.toHTML("€") ;
         trace( toHTML ) ;  // &euro
         

Parameters

char:String

Returns
String