Examples with ParserException org.htmlparser.util.ParserException used on opensource projects

Example 6 with ParserException

use of org.htmlparser.util.ParserException in project lucida by claritylab.

the class HTMLConverter method html2text.

/**
	 * Converts an HTML document into plain text.
	 * 
	 * @param html HTML document
	 * @return plain text or <code>null</code> if the conversion failed
	 */
public static synchronized String html2text(String html) {
    // convert HTML document
    StringBean sb = new StringBean();
    // no links
    sb.setLinks(false);
    // replace non-breaking spaces
    sb.setReplaceNonBreakingSpaces(true);
    // replace sequences of whitespaces
    sb.setCollapse(true);
    Parser parser = new Parser();
    try {
        parser.setInputHTML(html);
        parser.visitAllNodesWith(sb);
    } catch (ParserException e) {
        return null;
    }
    String docText = sb.getStrings();
    // no content
    if (docText == null)
        docText = "";
    return docText;
}