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escaping html characters in Java? Really?

Just wondering... ...
Is there a class or method in the API that will automatically 'escape' all
the HTML special characters in a String, or a file? Something like the
'URLEncoder' class where the space character " " is converted into a plus
sign "+", for URL complience....

Example:
String myString = "<TD VALIGN=\"top\" CLASS=\"NavBarC ell3\"><FONT
SIZE=\"-2\">";

Lot's of tedious escaping eh? Does this mean I can no longer avoid learning
what 'regular expressions' are? Naaah, there MUST be a tool, right?

Cheers,
//Simon


Jul 17 '05 #1
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