Package editor.util

Class HTMLEscapeUtil

java.lang.Object

editor.util.HTMLEscapeUtil

public class HTMLEscapeUtil
extends Object

Static utilities for writing out HTML

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	NBSP	Constant representing non-breaking space escape character
static final String	URL_PARAMETER_SEPARATOR	Character used to separate parameters in a URL query string

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	HTMLEscapeUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	escape(String string)	Escape a string by replacing all occurrences of special characters (such as > and <) by their corresponding escapes.
static String	escape(String string, boolean escapeNewLine)
private static String	escape(String string, boolean escapeNewLine, boolean isTextArea)
static String	escapeAttribute(String string)	Escape a string for use as an HTML attribute by replacing all double quotes and '&'.
static String	escapeForTextArea(String string)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

NBSP

public static final String NBSP

Constant representing non-breaking space escape character

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

URL_PARAMETER_SEPARATOR

public static final String URL_PARAMETER_SEPARATOR

Character used to separate parameters in a URL query string

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

HTMLEscapeUtil

private HTMLEscapeUtil()

Method Details

escape

public static String escape(String string)

Escape a string by replacing all occurrences of special characters (such as > and <) by their corresponding escapes.

Parameters:

string - the string to be escaped

Returns:

the escaped string or, if the original string does not contain any special characters, the original string.

escape

public static String escape(String string,
 boolean escapeNewLine)

escapeForTextArea

public static String escapeForTextArea(String string)

escape

private static String escape(String string,
 boolean escapeNewLine,
 boolean isTextArea)

escapeAttribute

public static String escapeAttribute(String string)

Escape a string for use as an HTML attribute by replacing all double quotes and '&'.