Unicode symbols in xml file

Question

How do I extract unicode symbols from xml files. Say, I have text="\u03C3" attribute in the xml file. When I parse it I get the \\u03C3 string. Is there a way to convert it to unicode?

Answer 1

There is something I do not get. Integer.parseInt("03C3") will clearly throw in exception.
OK, I got the idea. Something like
public class Tmp3 {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          int base = 16;
          System.out.println((char)(charToInt('3') + base*charToInt('C') + base*base*charToInt('3') + base*base*base*charToInt('0')));
     static int charToInt(char c) {
          switch(c) {
          case '0':
               return 0;
          case '1':
               return 1;
          case '2':
               return 2;
          case '3':
               return 3;
          case '4':
               return 4;
          case '5':
               return 5;
          case '6':
               return 6;
          case '7':
               return 7;
          case '8':
               return 8;
          case '9':
               return 9;
          case 'A':
               return 10;
          case 'B':
               return 11;
          case 'C':
               return 12;
          case 'D':
               return 13;
          case 'E':
               return 14;
          case 'F':
               return 15;
          default:
               return -1000000000;
     }I wonder is there a shortcut to it.
Edited by: javiator on Jan 16, 2010 8:48 AM