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Convert HTML to plain-text

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Demonstrates how to convert HTML to plain-text.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHtmlToText h2t = new CkHtmlToText();

    // Set the HTML:
    String html;
    html = "<html><body><p>This is a test.</p><blockquote>Here is text within a blockquote</blockquote></body></html>";

    String plainText;

    plainText = h2t.toText(html);

    System.out.println(plainText);

    // The output looks like this:

    // This is a test.
    // 
    //     Here is text within a blockquote
  }
}