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package org.apache.jasper.security;
import org.apache.jasper.Constants;
/**
* Util class for Security related operations.
*/
public final class SecurityUtil{
private static final boolean packageDefinitionEnabled =
System.getProperty("package.definition") == null ? false : true;
/**
* Return the SecurityManager only if Security is enabled AND
* package protection mechanism is enabled.
* @return true if package protection is enabled
*/
public static boolean isPackageProtectionEnabled(){
if (packageDefinitionEnabled && Constants.IS_SECURITY_ENABLED){
return true;
}
return false;
}
/**
* 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 HTML filtered message
*
* @deprecated This method will be removed in Tomcat 9
*/
@Deprecated
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();
}
}