Transform.java

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package org.apache.log4j.helpers;

/**
   Utility class for transforming strings.

   @author Ceki Gülcü
   @author Michael A. McAngus 
 */
public class Transform {

   private static final String CDATA_START  = "<![CDATA[";
   private static final String CDATA_END    = "]]>";
   private static final String CDATA_PSEUDO_END = "]]>";
   private static final String CDATA_EMBEDED_END = CDATA_END + CDATA_PSEUDO_END + CDATA_START;
   private static final int CDATA_END_LEN = CDATA_END.length();

  /**
   * This method takes a string which may contain HTML tags (ie,
   * <b>, <table>, etc) and replaces any
   * '<',  '>' , '&' or '"'
   * characters with respective predefined entity references.
   *
   * @param input The text to be converted.
   * @return The input string with the special characters replaced.
   * */
  static public String escapeTags(final String input) {
    //Check if the string is null, zero length or devoid of special characters
    // if so, return what was sent in.

    if(input == null
       || input.length() == 0
       || (input.indexOf('"') == -1 &&
           input.indexOf('&') == -1 &&
           input.indexOf('<') == -1 &&
           input.indexOf('>') == -1)) {
      return input;
    }

    //Use a StringBuffer in lieu of String concatenation -- it is
    //much more efficient this way.

    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(input.length() + 6);
    char ch = ' ';

    int len = input.length();
    for(int i=0; i < len; i++) {
      ch = input.charAt(i);
      if (ch > '>') {
          buf.append(ch);
      } else if(ch == '<') {
	      buf.append("<");
      } else if(ch == '>') {
	      buf.append(">");
      } else if(ch == '&') {
	      buf.append("&");
      } else if(ch == '"') {
	      buf.append(""");
      } else {
	      buf.append(ch);
      }
    }
    return buf.toString();
  }

  /**
  * Ensures that embeded CDEnd strings (]]>) are handled properly
  * within message, NDC and throwable tag text.
  *
  * @param 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.
  * @param str The String that is inserted into an existing CDATA Section within buf.  
  * */
  static public void appendEscapingCDATA(final StringBuffer buf,
                                         final String str) {
      if (str != null) {
          int end = str.indexOf(CDATA_END);
          if (end < 0) {
              buf.append(str);
          } else {
              int start = 0;
              while (end > -1) {
                  buf.append(str.substring(start, end));
                  buf.append(CDATA_EMBEDED_END);
                  start = end + CDATA_END_LEN;
                  if (start < str.length()) {
                      end = str.indexOf(CDATA_END, start);
                  } else {
                      return;
                  }
              }
              buf.append(str.substring(start));
          }
      }
  }
}