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/*
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/**
 * This class is for escaping CDATA sections.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:wglass@apache.org">Will Glass-Husain</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:jon@latchkey.com">Jon S. Stevens</a>
 * @version $Id: Escape.java 463298 2006-10-12 16:10:32Z henning $
 */
public class Escape {
    /**
     * 
     */
    public static final String LINE_SEPARATOR = System.getProperty("line.separator");

    /**
     * Empty constructor
     */
    public Escape() {
        // left blank on purpose
    }

    /**
     * Do the escaping.
     * 
     * @param st
     * @return The escaped text.
     */
    public static final String getText(String st) {
        StringBuffer buff = new StringBuffer();
        char[] block = st.toCharArray();
        String stEntity = null;
        int i, last;

        for (i = 0, last = 0; i < block.length; i++) {
            switch (block[i]) {
            case '<':
                stEntity = "&lt;";
                break;
            case '>':
                stEntity = "&gt;";
                break;
            case '&':
                stEntity = "&amp;";
                break;
            case '"':
                stEntity = "&quot;";
                break;
            case '\n':
                stEntity = LINE_SEPARATOR;
                break;
            default:
                /* no-op */
                break;
            }
            if (stEntity != null) {
                buff.append(block, last, i - last);
                buff.append(stEntity);
                stEntity = null;
                last = i + 1;
            }
        }
        if (last < block.length) {
            buff.append(block, last, i - last);
        }
        return buff.toString();
    }
}