XmlEntityExpander (Atlassian Confluence 8.0.0-m90 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultXmlEntityExpander
```
public interface XmlEntityExpander
```
Since:

4.0

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  String expandEntities(String text)
  Expand all XML entities encountered in the supplied String.

- Method Detail
  - expandEntities
```
String expandEntities(String text)
```
    Expand all XML entities encountered in the supplied String.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - a string containing entities that you require to expand to their characters.
    
    Returns:
    
    a string where xml entity references have been resolved.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if the text is a XML (or invalid XML - say it contains an < character without a closing >)