org.apache.log4j.helpers
Class Transform

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.log4j.helpers.Transform

public class Transform
extends Object

Utility class for transforming strings.

Author:

Ceki Gülcü, Michael A. McAngus

Constructor Summary

Transform()

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.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Transform

public Transform()

Method Detail

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.

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 () of the CDATA section are the responsibility of the calling method.

str - The String that is inserted into an existing CDATA Section within buf.