How to encode a string to UTF8 and then display it correctly in html?

Question

I have a program, in which a table is shown on the screen. The content is displayed correctly as long as there are no accents.

This is my code

StringBuffer sBuff = new StringBuffer();
if(!("CSV".equalsIgnoreCase(exportFormat) || "HTML".equalsIgnoreCase(exportFormat))){
        sBuff.append("<p title=\""+displayparseado+"\">");
        sBuff.append(displayparseado);
        sBuff.append("</p>");
}
else{
        sBuff.append(display);
}

I have also tried parsing the string.

byte arr[] = display.getBytes("UTF-8");
String displayparseado = new String(arr);

Expected output: Descripción de prueba.

Actual output:

A note; I can not use external libraries.

Are you using thymeleaf at front-side? – Chirag Shah May 27 '19 at 07:36 — Chirag Shah, May 27 '19 at 07:36
It is looks like you escape your `sBuff`. Don't do it, – talex May 27 '19 at 07:37 — talex, May 27 '19 at 07:37

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 27 '19 at 07:35

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Try StringEscapeUtils to escape your String for html. This did a good job for me till now.

answered May 27 '19 at 07:35

heiwil

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Thank you but I can not use external libraries. – icortazar May 27 '19 at 07:38

How to encode a string to UTF8 and then display it correctly in html?

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