Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * * Copyright 2006 David Blevins * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { public static String escape(Object object) { return (object == null) ? "" : escape(object.toString()); } public static String escape(String text) { text = text + ""; StringBuffer escaped = new StringBuffer(text.length()); for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) { char ch = text.charAt(i); switch (ch) { case '&': escaped.append("&"); break; case '<': escaped.append("<"); break; case '>': escaped.append(">"); break; case '"': escaped.append("""); break; case '\'': escaped.append("'"); break; default: escaped.append(ch); } } return escaped.toString(); } }