class HtmlUtilities {
/**
* This method parses a String with attributes and returns a Properties
* object.
*
* @param string
* a String of this form: 'key1="value1"; key2="value2";...
* keyN="valueN" '
* @return a Properties object
*/
public static Properties parseAttributes(String string) {
Properties result = new Properties();
if (string == null)
return result;
StringTokenizer keyValuePairs = new StringTokenizer(string, ";");
StringTokenizer keyValuePair;
String key;
String value;
while (keyValuePairs.hasMoreTokens()) {
keyValuePair = new StringTokenizer(keyValuePairs.nextToken(), ":");
if (keyValuePair.hasMoreTokens())
key = keyValuePair.nextToken().trim();
else
continue;
if (keyValuePair.hasMoreTokens())
value = keyValuePair.nextToken().trim();
else
continue;
if (value.startsWith("\""))
value = value.substring(1);
if (value.endsWith("\""))
value = value.substring(0, value.length() - 1);
result.setProperty(key.toLowerCase(), value);
}
return result;
}
}
