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// The demoUtil class will be declared as an inner class in any JSP which
// includes this file.
class demoUtil
{
  // List of mappings.  The first element is the original HTML special
  // character, and the second the replacement string.
  public String[][] mappings =
  {{"<", "&lt;"}, 
   {">", "&gt;"},
   {"&", "&amp;"},
   {"\"", "&quot;"}};

  /**
   * HTMLReplace()
   * Returns the input string with any HTML special characters replaced by
   * their mnemonic equivalents.
   *
   * @param input  Input string
   * @return       Input with characters replaced
   */
  public String HTMLReplace(String input)
  {
    if (input == null)
      return null;

    StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer();

    // Loop over the input string
    for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++)
    {
      boolean replaced = false;
      String current = input.substring(i, i + 1);

      // For each character in the input, loop through the mappings
      for (int j = 0; j < mappings.length; j++)
      {
        // and replace if necessary
        if (current.equalsIgnoreCase(mappings[j][0]))
        {
          replaced = true;
          output = output.append(mappings[j][1]);
          break;
        }
      }
      if (!replaced)
        output.append(current);
    }

    return new String(output);
  }
}

// Declare an instance of the demoUtil class, which can then be referenced
// with "util".
demoUtil util = new demoUtil();

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