Java HTML Encode htmlEncode(String input)

Description

HTML-encode a string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	the String to convert

Return

a new String with HTML encoded characters

Declaration

public static String htmlEncode(String input) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**/*from   w w w  .  j  a va 2 s .com*/
     * HTML-encode a string. This simple method only replaces the five characters &, <, >, ", and '.
     * 
     * @param input the String to convert
     * @return a new String with HTML encoded characters
     */
    public static String htmlEncode(String input) {
        String output = input.replaceAll("&", "&amp;");
        output = output.replaceAll("<", "&lt;");
        output = output.replaceAll(">", "&gt;");
        output = output.replaceAll("\"", "&quot;");
        output = output.replaceAll("'", "&#039;");
        return output;
    }
}

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