com.google.visualization.datasource.render
Class EscapeUtil

java.lang.Object
  com.google.visualization.datasource.render.EscapeUtil

public class EscapeUtil
extends Object

A utility to escape strings.

Author:

Hillel M.

Method Summary

static String	htmlEscape(String str) Escapes the string for embedding in html.
static String	jsonEscape(String str) This method is used to escape strings embedded in the json response.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

jsonEscape

public static String jsonEscape(String str)

This method is used to escape strings embedded in the json response. The method is based on org.apache.shindig.common.JsonSerializer.appendString(). The method escapes the following in order to enable safe parsing of the json string: 1) single and double quotes - ' and " 2) backslash - / 3) html brackets - <> 4) control characters - \n \t \r .. 5) special characters - out of range unicode characters (formatted to the uxxxx format)

Parameters:

str - The original string to escape.

Returns:

The escaped string.

htmlEscape

public static String htmlEscape(String str)

Escapes the string for embedding in html.

Parameters:

str - The string to escape.

Returns:

The escaped string.