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String encoded = URLEncoder.encode(s);
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URLEncoder.encode method is for percent-escape parameters in URL, not for ampersand-escape.<br />
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My function is more simple and quick than the one at <a href="http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0306.html" rel="ugc">http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0306.html</a>&nbsp;because it escape accentued characters as &quot;&amp;#&quot; code &quot;;&quot;.<br />
The whole set is needed only for decoding.<br />
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URLEncoder.encode method is for percent-escape parameters in URL, not for ampersand-escape.

My function is more simple and quick than the one at http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0306.html [http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0306.html] because it escape accentued characters as "&#" code ";".
The whole set is needed only for decoding.



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&gt;&gt;because it escape accentued characters as &quot;&amp;#&quot; code &quot;;&quot;.<br />
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AFAIK they should be escaped
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>>because it escape accentued characters as "&#" code ";".

AFAIK they should be escaped

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Thanks, guys, I'll have to split the points here, since Webstorm's solution is good (and the first), but CEHJ's solution is more complete - that is, it has the decoding algorithm there too (though I didn't specifically ask for it).<br />

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Thanks, guys, I'll have to split the points here, since Webstorm's solution is good (and the first), but CEHJ's solution is more complete - that is, it has the decoding algorithm there too (though I didn't specifically ask for it).


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Thanks for the points, traveh :-)<br />
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Hi,<br />
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Is there a standard java API method for ampersand-escaping a string (for using with XML)?<br />
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I do not want to create an XML document, but just to escape a string (creating a document with a Writer and all that would be over-kill).<br />
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If not - can anyone point me to some freeware class library that does that?
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Hi,

Is there a standard java API method for ampersand-escaping a string (for using with XML)?

I do not want to create an XML document, but just to escape a string (creating a document with a Writer and all that would be over-kill).

If not - can anyone point me to some freeware class library that does that?

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