Entities 1.1 consists of a pair of utilities that let you 
convert/strip/insert HTML entities such as & and " from files 
converting them back and forth to their equivalent single characters & and 
".  It handles the HTML 4 entities such as ♥ as well as decimal 
{ and hexadecimal &x#123; entities.  

The method structure allows you to work with standalone utilities, with 
methods that process entire files or with methods that process Strings in 
your own programs.

You can use them like this:

REM to remove & entities from a file
REM converting entities back to characters
strip  afile.html
 
REM to convert & to & etc. entities in a file
insert afile.html

They come complete with Java source and jar files.

May be used freely for any purpose but military.

Version 1.1 uses a slightly faster algorithm.