org.apache.log4j.helpers

Class Transform


public class Transform
extends Object

Utility class for transforming strings.
Authors:
Ceki Gülcü
Michael A. McAngus

Method Summary

static void
appendEscapingCDATA(StringBuffer buf, String str)
Ensures that embeded CDEnd strings (]]>) are handled properly within message, NDC and throwable tag text.
static String
escapeTags(String input)
This method takes a string which may contain HTML tags (ie, <b>, <table>, etc) and replaces any '<' and '>' characters with respective predefined entity references.

Method Details

appendEscapingCDATA

public static void appendEscapingCDATA(StringBuffer buf,
                                       String str)
Ensures that embeded CDEnd strings (]]>) are handled properly within message, NDC and throwable tag text.
Parameters:
buf - StringBuffer holding the XML data to this point. The initial CDStart (<![CDATA[) and final CDEnd (]]>) of the CDATA section are the responsibility of the calling method.
str - The String that is inserted into an existing CDATA Section within buf.

escapeTags

public static String escapeTags(String input)
This method takes a string which may contain HTML tags (ie, <b>, <table>, etc) and replaces any '<' and '>' characters with respective predefined entity references.
Parameters:
input - The text to be converted.
Returns:
The input string with the characters '<' and '>' replaced with &lt; and &gt; respectively.

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