plugins/org.eclipse.actf.visualization.eval/src/org/eclipse/actf/visualization/internal/eval/XMLStringUtil.java

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 * Contributors:
 *    Shin SAITO - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.actf.visualization.internal.eval;


/**
 * Utility class to canonicalize String 
 */
public class XMLStringUtil {


	/**
	 * Canonicalize target String
	 * 
	 * @param targetS
	 *            the target String
	 * @return canonicalized String
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("nls")
	public static String canonicalize(String targetS) {
		return (targetS.replaceAll("\\p{Cntrl}", "").replaceAll("&", "&")
				.replaceAll("<", "&lt;").replaceAll(">", "&gt;").replaceAll(
						"\"", "&quot;").replaceAll("\'", "&apos;"));
	}

}