Java HTML htmlSafe(String field)

Description

Make string safe to output as value="" in an html form

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
field	String that will be sent back to user agent

Return

String safe for returning to user agent

Declaration

public static String htmlSafe(String field) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from   w w w . ja  va  2  s . c  om*/
 *  Copyright 2011 SECTRA Imtec AB
 *
 *  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.
 *
 * @author      Markus Berg  <markus.berg @ sectra.se>
 * @version     1.17
 * @since       2011-09-21
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Make string safe to output as value="" in an html form
     * @param field String that will be sent back to user agent
     * @return String safe for returning to user agent
     */
    public static String htmlSafe(String field) {
        if (field == null) {
            return "";
        }
        field = field.replaceAll("\"", "&quot;");
        field = field.replaceAll("<", "&lt;");
        field = field.replaceAll(">", "&gt;");
        return field;
    }
}

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1. htmlify(String str)
2. htmlItemName(int itemId)
3. htmlLineBreaks(String s)
4. htmlLink(String url, String linkName)
5. htmlNewline(String text)
6. htmlSafe(String value)
7. htmlSize(String str)
8. htmlString(String str)
9. htmlText(String text)