How to I encode a string in java to vaild xHTML

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I am creating a web service in Java and I want to clean up my strings so they are valid xHTML. I'd also like to preserve line breaks.

So for example, if my user enters a string like this:

 This course is offered <3> times a year & is scheduled for: 
 October 2011
 November 2012 and
 December  2013

I want to clean up the string to look like this:

 This course is offered &lt;3&gt; times a year &amp is scheduled for: 
 October 2011
 November 2012 and
 December  2013

How can I achieve this in Java?

Thanks

possible duplicate of [Best way to encode text data for XML in Java?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/439298/best-way-to-encode-text-data-for-xml-in-java) — Ted Hopp, Sep 13 '11 at 00:24

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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This question has been asked before here , but it requires taking a dependency on an external library since the JDK doesn't support it directly. check it out. The top answer on the page.

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answered Sep 13 '11 at 00:24

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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This doesn't match your question exactly, but it appears that the answer is what you're looking for Recommended method for escaping HTML in Java.

Summary: StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml() from apache commons

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answered Sep 13 '11 at 00:25

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How to I encode a string in java to vaild xHTML

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