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package freemarker.template.utility;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.Map;

import freemarker.template.TemplateTransformModel;

Performs an HTML escape of a given template fragment. Specifically, < > " and & are all turned into entities.

Usage:
From java:

SimpleHash root = new SimpleHash();
root.put( "htmlEscape", new freemarker.template.utility.HtmlEscape() );
...

From your FreeMarker template:

The following is HTML-escaped:
<transform htmlEscape>
  <p>This paragraph has all HTML special characters escaped.</p>
</transform>
...
See Also:
  • XmlEscape
/** * Performs an HTML escape of a given template fragment. Specifically, * &lt; &gt; &quot; and &amp; are all turned into entities. * * <p>Usage:<br> * From java:</p> * <pre> * SimpleHash root = new SimpleHash(); * * root.put( "htmlEscape", new freemarker.template.utility.HtmlEscape() ); * * ... * </pre> * * <p>From your FreeMarker template:</p> * <pre> * * The following is HTML-escaped: * &lt;transform htmlEscape&gt; * &lt;p&gt;This paragraph has all HTML special characters escaped.&lt;/p&gt; * &lt;/transform&gt; * * ... * </pre> * * @see freemarker.template.utility.XmlEscape */
public class HtmlEscape implements TemplateTransformModel { private static final char[] LT = "&lt;".toCharArray(); private static final char[] GT = "&gt;".toCharArray(); private static final char[] AMP = "&amp;".toCharArray(); private static final char[] QUOT = "&quot;".toCharArray(); public Writer getWriter(final Writer out, Map args) { return new Writer() { @Override public void write(int c) throws IOException { switch(c) { case '<': out.write(LT, 0, 4); break; case '>': out.write(GT, 0, 4); break; case '&': out.write(AMP, 0, 5); break; case '"': out.write(QUOT, 0, 6); break; default: out.write(c); } } @Override public void write(char cbuf[], int off, int len) throws IOException { int lastoff = off; int lastpos = off + len; for (int i = off; i < lastpos; i++) { switch (cbuf[i]) { case '<': out.write(cbuf, lastoff, i - lastoff); out.write(LT, 0, 4); lastoff = i + 1; break; case '>': out.write(cbuf, lastoff, i - lastoff); out.write(GT, 0, 4); lastoff = i + 1; break; case '&': out.write(cbuf, lastoff, i - lastoff); out.write(AMP, 0, 5); lastoff = i + 1; break; case '"': out.write(cbuf, lastoff, i - lastoff); out.write(QUOT, 0, 6); lastoff = i + 1; break; } } int remaining = lastpos - lastoff; if (remaining > 0) { out.write(cbuf, lastoff, remaining); } } @Override public void flush() throws IOException { out.flush(); } @Override public void close() { } }; } }