XML by Example

return text.toString();

}

/**

* check if a string is empty

* @param string string to test

* @return true if empty, false otherwise

*/

public static boolean isEmpty(String string)

{

if(null != string)

return string.trim().length() == 0;

else

return true;

}

/**

* Write the input in XML (or HTML) by escaping what

* must be escaped.

* @param writer write on this

* @param string string to write

* @exception IOException error writing

*/

public static void writeInXML(Writer writer,String string)

throws IOException

{

for(int i = 0;i < string.length();i++)

{

char c = string.charAt(i);

if(c == ‘<’)

writer.write(“&lt;”);

else if(c == ‘&’)

writer.write(“&amp;”);

else

writer.write(c); ...