Java HTML Escape htmlEscape(String input)

Description

Escape input string suitable for HTML output.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	Input string.

Return

String with most dangerous characters escaped.

Declaration

public static String htmlEscape(String input) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from   w  w  w .j  a v  a2  s.c  om*/
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Escape input string suitable for HTML output.
     * 
     * @param input Input string.
     * @return String with most dangerous characters escaped.
     */
    public static String htmlEscape(String input) {
        String ret = input.replaceAll("&", "&");
        ret = ret.replaceAll("<", "&lt;");
        ret = ret.replaceAll(">", "&gt;");
        return ret;
    }
}

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