Java String Sanitize sanitizeForJson(String data)

Description

Sanitize a string for inclusion in a JSON string Because most browsers will interpret HTML tags e.g.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String sanitizeForJson(String data) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**/*from   www .ja  va  2  s  . c  om*/
     * Sanitize a string for inclusion in a JSON string Because most browsers
     * will interpret HTML tags e.g. </script> that appear in Javascript as
     * document level elements. Works by replacing angle brackets with their
     * character literal equivalents. See
     * http://www.wwco.com/~wls/blog/2007/04/25
     * /using-script-in-a-javascript-literal/ for discussion of the problem and
     * the solution.
     */
    public static String sanitizeForJson(String data) {
        data = data.replace("<", "\\x3C");
        data = data.replace(">", "\\x3E");
        // UI-destroying LINE-SEPERATOR character of doom. It's really rare, so lets just replace it.
        data = data.replace("\u2028", "");
        return data;
    }
}

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