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1   /**
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34  package info.magnolia.util;
35  
36  /**
37   *    <p>Utilities to escaping characters for preventing XSS attack.</p>
38   *    <p>This class escapes only & (&amp;), "(&quot), <(&lt;), >(&gt;)  characters, but doesn't escape others characters.</p>
39   *    <p>Use when StringEscapeUtils cannot be used because of escaping more or less character entities.</p>
40   */
41  public class EscapeUtil {
42  
43      public static String escapeXss(String str) {
44          return str == null ? null : str.replace("&", "&amp;").replace("\"", "&quot;").replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;");
45      }
46  
47      public static String[] escapeXss(String[] str) {
48          if (str == null) {
49              return null;
50          }
51          String[] retValue = new String[str.length];
52          for(int i = 0; i < retValue.length; i++) {
53              retValue[i] = escapeXss(unescapeXss(str[i]));
54          }
55          return retValue;
56      }
57  
58      public static String unescapeXss(String str) {
59          return str == null ? null : str.replace("&amp;", "&").replace("&quot;", "\"").replace("&lt;", "<").replace("&gt;", ">");
60      }
61  
62      public static String[] unescapeXss(String[] str) {
63            if (str == null) {
64                return null;
65            }
66            String[] retValue = new String[str.length];
67            for(int i = 0; i < retValue.length; i++) {
68                retValue[i] = unescapeXss(str[i]);
69            }
70            return retValue;
71      }
72  }