Package org.nuxeo.common.utils

Class LinkRedactor

java.lang.Object

org.nuxeo.common.utils.LinkRedactor

public final class LinkRedactor
extends Object

Utility class for redacting linkable content from plain text before rendering in contexts where auto-linking may occur (such as email clients).

Email clients like Gmail, Outlook and Apple Mail automatically convert plain-text URLs and email addresses into clickable links. This class provides methods to redact such patterns from user-provided text to prevent content spoofing.

Since:

2025.18

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	EMAIL_REMOVED	Replacement text for redacted email addresses.
static final String	LINK_REMOVED	Replacement text for redacted URLs.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	redactLinks(String text)	Redacts URLs and email addresses from the given plain text.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

LINK_REMOVED

public static final String LINK_REMOVED

Replacement text for redacted URLs.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

EMAIL_REMOVED

public static final String EMAIL_REMOVED

Replacement text for redacted email addresses.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

redactLinks

public static String redactLinks(String text)

Redacts URLs and email addresses from the given plain text.

URLs are replaced with "[link removed]" and email addresses with "[email removed]". This prevents email clients from auto-linking user-provided content, which could be used for phishing.

Parameters:

text - the text to sanitize, may be null

Returns:

the sanitized text with URLs and emails redacted, or null if input was null