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/**
* This class is for escaping CDATA sections.
*
* @author Will Glass-Husain
* @author Jon S. Stevens
* @version $Id: Escape.java 463298 2006-10-12 16:10:32Z henning $
*/
public class Escape {
/**
*
*/
public static final String LINE_SEPARATOR = System.getProperty("line.separator");
/**
* Empty constructor
*/
public Escape() {
// left blank on purpose
}
/**
* Do the escaping.
*
* @param st
* @return The escaped text.
*/
public static final String getText(String st) {
StringBuffer buff = new StringBuffer();
char[] block = st.toCharArray();
String stEntity = null;
int i, last;
for (i = 0, last = 0; i < block.length; i++) {
switch (block[i]) {
case '<':
stEntity = "<";
break;
case '>':
stEntity = ">";
break;
case '&':
stEntity = "&";
break;
case '"':
stEntity = """;
break;
case '\n':
stEntity = LINE_SEPARATOR;
break;
default:
/* no-op */
break;
}
if (stEntity != null) {
buff.append(block, last, i - last);
buff.append(stEntity);
stEntity = null;
last = i + 1;
}
}
if (last < block.length) {
buff.append(block, last, i - last);
}
return buff.toString();
}
}