Is there a standard class in Java that has a method to HTML-escape a string?
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Is there a standard class in Java that has a method to HTML-escape a
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Is there a standard class in Java that has a method to HTML-escape a string?
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No, there isn’t. You can use Apache Commons Lang
StringEscapeUtils#escapeHtml4for this.Update: if you have an aversion against 3rd party libraries and/or prefer homegrowing, then loop over the String’s characters and determine the character in a
switchand replace it by the escaped character. You can find here and here an example. But still, usingStringEscapeUtilsis easier on long term.