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Common web files (images, stylesheets, scripts) and Java classes (listeners and filters) used by all web frameworks. This module is not meant to be included in a project utilizing AppFuse. It's designed to be used internally by AppFuse only.

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package org.appfuse.webapp.jsp;

/**
 * Handles escaping of characters that could be interpreted as XML markup.
 * The specification for <c:out> defines the following
 * character conversions to be applied:
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * Character Character Entity Code
< &lt;
> &gt;
& &amp;
' &#039;
" &#034;
 */
public class EscapeXml {
    
    private static final String[] ESCAPES;

    static {
        int size = '>' + 1; // '>' is the largest escaped value
        ESCAPES = new String[size];
        ESCAPES['<'] = "<";
        ESCAPES['>'] = ">";
        ESCAPES['&'] = "&";
        ESCAPES['\''] = "'";
        ESCAPES['"'] = """;
    }

    private static String getEscape(char c) {
        if (c < ESCAPES.length) {
            return ESCAPES[c];
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Escape a string.
     * 
     * @param src
     *            the string to escape; must not be null
     * @return the escaped string
     */
    public static String escape(String src) {
        // first pass to determine the length of the buffer so we only allocate once
        int length = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < src.length(); i++) {
            char c = src.charAt(i);
            String escape = getEscape(c);
            if (escape != null) {
                length += escape.length();
            } else {
                length += 1;
            }
        }

        // skip copy if no escaping is needed
        if (length == src.length()) {
            return src;
        }

        // second pass to build the escaped string
        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(length);
        for (int i = 0; i < src.length(); i++) {
            char c = src.charAt(i);
            String escape = getEscape(c);
            if (escape != null) {
                buf.append(escape);
            } else {
                buf.append(c);
            }
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }
}