java - How to decode encoded special XML characters in a string?

Question

I was given a string like

example.com/test?region=us&lang=en&jurisdiction=us

How can I write the java code to decode the encoded characters like

& 

in the string. Is there any existing class/method to decode them?

Thanks.

Answer 1

To unescape HTML/XML entities, use Apache Commons Lang StringEscapeUtils or homegrow one.