HTML (framework 2.3.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- play.utils.HTML

public class HTML
extends java.lang.Object

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class Description

static class HTML.HtmlCharacterEntityReferences

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

HTML()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static java.lang.String`	`htmlEscape(java.lang.String input)`	Turn special characters into HTML character references.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - HTML
```
public HTML()
```
- Method Detail
  - htmlEscape
```
public static java.lang.String htmlEscape(java.lang.String input)
```
    Turn special characters into HTML character references. Handles complete character set defined in HTML 4.01 recommendation.
    Escapes all special characters to their corresponding entity reference (e.g. <).
    Reference: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/sgml/entities.html
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the (unescaped) input string
    
    Returns:
    
    the escaped string