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package org.apache.catalina.util;
/**
* General purpose request parsing and encoding utility methods.
*
* @author Craig R. McClanahan
* @author Tim Tye
*/
public final class RequestUtil {
/**
* Filter the specified message string for characters that are sensitive
* in HTML. This avoids potential attacks caused by including JavaScript
* codes in the request URL that is often reported in error messages.
*
* @param message The message string to be filtered
*
* @return the filtered message
*/
public static String filter(String message) {
if (message == null) {
return null;
}
char content[] = new char[message.length()];
message.getChars(0, message.length(), content, 0);
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(content.length + 50);
for (int i = 0; i < content.length; i++) {
switch (content[i]) {
case '<':
result.append("<");
break;
case '>':
result.append(">");
break;
case '&':
result.append("&");
break;
case '"':
result.append(""");
break;
default:
result.append(content[i]);
}
}
return result.toString();
}
}