Encode specials chars for XML representation - Java XML

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Encode specials chars for XML representation

Demo Code

/*/*from   www  .  j a  va  2 s .c  o  m*/
 * Balie - BAseLine Information Extraction
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2007  David Nadeau
 * 
 * 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 2 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, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */
//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        String pi_text = "java2s.com";
        System.out.println(Encode(pi_text));
    }

    /**
     * Encode specials chars for XML representation
     * 
     * @param pi_text The raw text
     * @return The encoded text
     */
    // find range of invald chars or use existing method somewhere..
    public static String Encode(String pi_text) {
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        char[] cText = pi_text.toCharArray();
        char cCur;
        for (int i = 0; i != cText.length; ++i) {
            cCur = cText[i];
            if (cCur == '&') {
                sb.append("&");
            } else if (cCur == '<') {
                sb.append("&lt;");
            } else if (cCur == '>') {
                sb.append("&gt;");
            } else if (cCur == '"') {
                sb.append("&quot;");
            } else if (cCur == '\'') {
                sb.append("&apos;");
            } else if (cCur == '?') {
                sb.append("&apos;");
            } else if (cCur == '`') {
                sb.append("&apos;");
            } else if (cCur < 0x20 && cCur != '\n' && cCur != '\r') {
                sb.append(" ");
            } else {
                sb.append(cCur);
            }
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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