*, remove html elements
public static String splitAndFilterString(String input, int length) {
if (input == null || input.trim().equals("")) {
return "";
}
// remove all html elements,
//--------------------
String htmlStr = input; // String with html tags
String str = "";
java.util.regex.Pattern p_script;
java.util.regex.Matcher m_script;
java.util.regex.Pattern p_style;
java.util.regex.Matcher m_style;
java.util.regex.Pattern p_html;
java.util.regex.Matcher m_html;
java.util.regex.Pattern p_ba;
java.util.regex.Matcher m_ba;
try {
String regEx_script = "<[\\s]*?script[^>]*?>[\\s\\S]*?<[\\s]*? \\/[\\s]*?script[ \\s]*?>"; // regular expression to define script { or <script[^>]*?>[\\s\\S]*?<\\/script>
// }
String regEx_style = "<[\\s]*?style[^>]*?>[\\s\\S]*?<[\\s]*? \\/[\\s]*?style[ \\s]*?>"; // Regular expression to define style { or <style[^>]*?>[\\s\\S]*?<\\/style>
// }
String regEx_html = "<[^>]+>"; // Define regular expression for HTML tags
String patternStr = "\\s+";
p_script = Pattern.compile(regEx_script, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
m_script = p_script.matcher(htmlStr);
htmlStr = m_script.replaceAll(""); // filter script tags
p_style = Pattern.compile(regEx_style, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
m_style = p_style.matcher(htmlStr);
htmlStr = m_style.replaceAll(""); // filter style tags
p_html = Pattern.compile(regEx_html, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
m_html = p_html.matcher(htmlStr);
htmlStr = m_html.replaceAll(""); // filter html tags
p_ba = Pattern.compile(patternStr, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
m_ba = p_ba.matcher (htmlStr);
htmlStr = m_ba.replaceAll(" "); // filter spaces
str = htmlStr;
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace ();
}
int len = str.length();
if (len <= length) {
str = str.replace("\'", "\''");
return str;
} else {
str = str.substring(0, length);
str += "...";
str = str.replace("\'", "\''");
}
return str;
}
input: field with html elements
length: target length