Java: How to decode HTML character entities in Java like HttpUtility.HtmlDecode?

Question

Basically I would like to decode a given Html document, and replace all special chars, such as "&nbsp" -> " ", ">" -> ">".

In .NET we can make use of HttpUtility.HtmlDecode.

What's the equivalent function in Java?

Answer 1

I've never used this but found Entity Strip/Insert.

Answer 2

I have used the Apache Commons StringEscapeUtils.unescapeHTML() for this:

Unescapes a string containing entity escapes to a string containing the actual Unicode characters corresponding to the escapes. Supports HTML 4.0 entities.

Answer 3

I have used the Apache Commons StringEscapeUtils.unescapeHTML() also escapes already present html. For example: <br/> becones &lt;br&gt; Is there any way to prevent this?