2013 NEWS 2013-11-24 - NEW MODULE: Uize.Util.Html.Encode
The new Uize.Util.Html.Encode module provides utility methods for HTML encoding and HTML decoding of strings.
1. Migrated Functionality
The methods of the Uize.Util.Html.Encode module were migrated from the Uize.Xml module as follows...
MIGRATED
Uize.Xml.toAttributeValue >> BECOMES >> Uize.Util.Html.Encode.encode Uize.Xml.fromAttributeValue >> BECOMES >> Uize.Util.Html.Encode.decode
These two methods were migrated from the Uize.Xml module in order to make them available without also needing to load all the other code from the Uize.Xml module. The attribute value encoding and decoding methods in the Uize.Xml module are still supported for convenience and backwards compatibility - they have NOT been deprecated.
2. Uize.Util.Html.Encode.encode
Returns a string, representing the HTML-encoded form of the specified string.
SYNTAX
encodedAttributeValueSTR = Uize.Util.Html.Encode.encode (unencodedAttributeValueSTR);
EXAMPLE
encodedValue = Uize.Util.Html.Encode.encode ('solar & wind beats "fossil" fuels');
After executing the above statement, the variable encodedValue would have the value 'solar & wind beats "fossil" fuels'.
3. Uize.Util.Html.Encode.decode
Returns a string, representing the decoded form of the specified HTML-encoded string.
SYNTAX
unencodedAttributeValueSTR = Uize.Util.Html.Encode.decode (encodedAttributeValueSTR);
This method supports decoding the full set of 252 character entities contained in the HTML 4 specification, as well as entities encoded using the forms &#nnnn; and &#xhhhh; (where nnnn and hhhh are the Unicode character code of the character in decimal and hexadecimal formats, respectively).
EXAMPLE
unencoded = Uize.Util.Html.Encode.decode ( 'solar & wind beats "fossil" fuels' );
After executing the above statement, the variable unencoded would have the value 'solar & wind beats "fossil" fuels'.