Module: Philiprehberger::XmlBuilder::Escaper

Defined in:: lib/philiprehberger/xml_builder/escaper.rb

Overview

XML entity escaping for text content and attribute values.

Constant Summary collapse

ENTITIES =

{
  '&' => '&amp;',
  '<' => '&lt;',
  '>' => '&gt;',
  '"' => '&quot;',
  "'" => '&apos;'
}.freeze

ENTITY_PATTERN =

Regexp.union(ENTITIES.keys).freeze

Class Method Summary collapse

.escape(text) ⇒ String

Escape special XML characters in a string.

Class Method Details

.escape(text) ⇒ `String`

Escape special XML characters in a string.

Parameters:

text (String) —

the text to escape

Returns:

(String) —

the escaped text



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# File 'lib/philiprehberger/xml_builder/escaper.rb', line 21

def self.escape(text)
  text.to_s.gsub(ENTITY_PATTERN, ENTITIES)
end