Java HTML Escape htmlEscape(String input)

Description

Convert &, ", < and > to their respective HTML escape sequences.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	a parameter

Return

a String

Declaration

static public String htmlEscape(String input) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* www  .j  a  v a 2s .  c  o m*/
 * dalserver-interop library - implementation of DAL server for interoperability
 * Copyright (C) 2015  Diversity Arrays Technology
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Convert &amp;, &quot;, &lt; and &gt; to their respective HTML escape sequences. 
     * @param input
     * @return a String
     */
    static public String htmlEscape(String input) {
        if (input == null)
            return "";
        String res = input;
        res = res.replaceAll("&", "&amp;");
        //      res = res.replaceAll("'", "&apos;");
        res = res.replaceAll("\"", "&quot;");
        res = res.replaceAll("<", "&lt;");
        res = res.replaceAll(">", "&gt;");
        return res;
    }
}

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