private String escapeText ( StringBuilder sb , String text ) { int length = text . length ( ) ; char c ; sb . setLength ( 0 ) ; for ( int loop = 0 ; loop < length ; loop ++ ) { c = text . charAt ( loop ) ; switch ( c ) { case ' ' : { sb . append ( "&lt;" ) ; break ; } case ' ' : { sb . append ( "&gt;" ) ; break ; } case ' ' : { sb . append ( "&amp;" ) ; break ; } default : { if ( validXMLCharacter ( c ) ) { if ( c > 127 ) { sb . append ( "&#" + ( int ) c + ";" ) ; } else { sb . append ( c ) ; } } break ; } } } return ( sb . toString ( ) ) ; }
Quick and dirty XML text escape .