Java Utililty Methods HTML Encode

List of utility methods to do HTML Encode

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Description

The list of methods to do HTML Encode are organized into topic(s).

Method

StringtoHtmlString(String input)
to Html String 
if ((input == null) || (input.trim().length() == 0)) {
    return input;
StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
char tmp;
char lstchar = ' ';
for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
    tmp = input.charAt(i);
...
StringtoHTMLString(String org)
to HTML String 
StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(org.length());
char[] chars = org.toCharArray();
for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) {
    if (chars[i] == '\"')
        result.append("&quot;");
    else if (chars[i] == '<')
        result.append("&lt;");
    else if (chars[i] == '>')
...
StringtoHtmlString(String s)
to Html String 
String toReturn = null;
if (s == null) {
    return null;
if (s.contains("!DOCTYPE HTML")) {
    s = replace(s, "!DOCTYPE HTML", "");
    return s;
toReturn = s;
if (toReturn.contains("<")) {
    if (toReturn.contains("</a>") || toReturn.contains("</A>")) {
        return toReturn;
    toReturn = replace(toReturn, "<B>", BOLD_START);
    toReturn = replace(toReturn, "<b>", BOLD_START);
    toReturn = replace(toReturn, "</B>", BOLD_END);
    toReturn = replace(toReturn, "</b>", BOLD_END);
    toReturn = replace(toReturn, "<BR>", NEW_LINE);
    toReturn = replace(toReturn, "<br>", NEW_LINE);
    toReturn = replace(toReturn, "<", "&lt;");
    toReturn = replace(toReturn, ">", "&gt;");
    toReturn = replace(toReturn, BOLD_START, "<B>");
    toReturn = replace(toReturn, BOLD_END, "</B>");
    toReturn = replace(toReturn, NEW_LINE, "<br>");
toReturn = replace(toReturn, "\r\n", "<br>");
toReturn = replace(toReturn, "\r", "<br>");
toReturn = replace(toReturn, "\n", "<br>");
toReturn = replace(toReturn, " ", "&nbsp;");
toReturn = replace(toReturn, "\t", "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;");
return toReturn;
StringtoHTMLString(String str)
Converts the given unicode string to an html string where special characters are converted to &#xxx; sequences (xxx is the unicode value of the character) 
if (str == null)
    return null;
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
int len = str.length();
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
    char c = str.charAt(i);
    int code = c;
    if ((code >= 32 && code <= 126)) {
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StringtoHtmlText(String s)
Description of the Method 
s = replace(s, "<br>\r\n", "<br>");
s = replace(s, "\r\n", "<br>");
return s;
StringtoHtmlText(String text)
to Html Text 
StringBuffer htmlText = null;
for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) {
    String rep; 
    char ch = text.charAt(i);
    switch (ch) {
    case '<':
        rep = "&lt;"; 
        break;
...
StringtoHtmlTitle(final String title)
to Html Title 
return "<title>" + title + "</title>";
StringtoHtmlUrl(String url, String displayLabel)
to Html Url 
return String.format("<a href='%s'>%s</a>", url, displayLabel);
StringtoHtmlValue(String s)
Description of the Method 
if (s != null) {
    String htmlReady = s.trim();
    htmlReady = replace(htmlReady, "&", "&amp;");
    htmlReady = replace(htmlReady, "\"", "&quot;");
    htmlReady = replace(htmlReady, "<", "&lt;");
    htmlReady = replace(htmlReady, ">", "&gt;");
    htmlReady = replace(htmlReady, "\r\n", "<br>");
    htmlReady = replace(htmlReady, "\n\r", "<br>");
...
StringtoHtmlVerticalString(final String source)
to Html Vertical String 
if ((source == null) || (source.trim().length() == 0)) {
    return source;
final String tmp = source.trim();
final int len = tmp.length();
final StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
for (int i = 0; i < (len - 1); i++) {
    result.append(tmp.charAt(i)).append("<br>");
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