+ // XML Quote --
+ // s/&/&/g;
+ // s/</</g;
+ // s/>/>/g;
+ // This is hideously inefficient, but I just don't see a better
+ // way using the standard JAVA library.
+ //
+ protected String xq(String str) {
+ str = replace(str, "&", "&");
+ str = replace(str, "<", "<");
+ str = replace(str, ">", ">");
+ return str;
+ }
+
+ // I can't _believe_ I have to write this by hand in 2002 ...
+ protected static String replace(String str, String from, String to) {
+ StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+ int ix; // index of next `from'
+ int offset = 0; // index of previous `from' + length(from)
+
+ while ((ix = str.indexOf(from, offset)) != -1) {
+ sb.append(str.substring(offset, ix));
+ sb.append(to);
+ offset = ix + from.length();
+ }
+
+ // End of string: append last bit and we're done
+ sb.append(str.substring(offset));
+ return sb.toString();
+ }
+