Versão Swift 3 da resposta de Jugale
extension String {
static private let mappings = [""" : "\"","&" : "&", "<" : "<", ">" : ">"," " : " ","¡" : "¡","¢" : "¢","£" : " £","¤" : "¤","¥" : "¥","¦" : "¦","§" : "§","¨" : "¨","©" : "©","ª" : " ª","«" : "«","¬" : "¬","®" : "®","¯" : "¯","°" : "°","±" : "±","² " : "²","³" : "³","´" : "´","µ" : "µ","¶" : "¶","·" : "·","¸" : "¸","¹" : "¹","º" : "º","»" : "»&","frac14" : "¼","½" : "½","¾" : "¾","¿" : "¿","×" : "×","÷" : "÷","Ð" : "Ð","ð" : "ð","Þ" : "Þ","þ" : "þ","Æ" : "Æ","æ" : "æ","&OElig" : "Œ","&oelig" : "œ","Å" : "Å","Ø" : "Ø","Ç" : "Ç","ç" : "ç","ß" : "ß","Ñ" : "Ñ","ñ":"ñ",]
func stringByDecodingXMLEntities() -> String {
guard let _ = self.range(of: "&", options: [.literal]) else {
return self
}
var result = ""
let scanner = Scanner(string: self)
scanner.charactersToBeSkipped = nil
let boundaryCharacterSet = CharacterSet(charactersIn: " \t\n\r;")
repeat {
var nonEntityString: NSString? = nil
if scanner.scanUpTo("&", into: &nonEntityString) {
if let s = nonEntityString as? String {
result.append(s)
}
}
if scanner.isAtEnd {
break
}
var didBreak = false
for (k,v) in String.mappings {
if scanner.scanString(k, into: nil) {
result.append(v)
didBreak = true
break
}
}
if !didBreak {
if scanner.scanString("&#", into: nil) {
var gotNumber = false
var charCodeUInt: UInt32 = 0
var charCodeInt: Int32 = -1
var xForHex: NSString? = nil
if scanner.scanString("x", into: &xForHex) {
gotNumber = scanner.scanHexInt32(&charCodeUInt)
}
else {
gotNumber = scanner.scanInt32(&charCodeInt)
}
if gotNumber {
let newChar = String(format: "%C", (charCodeInt > -1) ? charCodeInt : charCodeUInt)
result.append(newChar)
scanner.scanString(";", into: nil)
}
else {
var unknownEntity: NSString? = nil
scanner.scanUpToCharacters(from: boundaryCharacterSet, into: &unknownEntity)
let h = xForHex ?? ""
let u = unknownEntity ?? ""
result.append("&#\(h)\(u)")
}
}
else {
scanner.scanString("&", into: nil)
result.append("&")
}
}
} while (!scanner.isAtEnd)
return result
}
}
&#...;
em uma string por seu caractere equivalente.