public static String getExprInXml ( String expression ) { String returnString ; int length = expression . length ( ) ; if ( expression . startsWith ( OPEN_EXPR ) && expression . endsWith ( CLOSE_EXPR ) ) { returnString = expression . substring ( 1 , length - 1 ) ; } else { returnString = expression ; } return escapeXml ( returnString ) ; }
Takes a potential expression and converts it into XML form