[stringtemplate-interest] html escaping

[Terence Parr]

On Nov 3, 2005, at 7:14 PM, polina orechko wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am integrating StringTemplate as a template engine in a Struts- 
> based web app.
>
> One of the questions I have is about HTML escaping, such as  
> converting <, >, quotes, etc. into their HTML entity equivalents  
> such as &lt; &gt; etc..
>
> As far as I can see from the source code, StringTemplate does not  
> provide such an option out of the box, is this understanding correct?

Correct; ST is really target language neutral.

> One way to do this would be to provide a String getter that would  
> return an encoded String, which quite cumbersome.
>
> The second question is whether providing a render for String.class  
> via StringTemplate.registerRenderer looks like a better solution?   
> Would it work well?  Are there any hidden caveats or problems that  
> may surface?

It *should* work. ;)  I think somebody found a bug (with patch on  
this list) recently.  I fixed in mainline for 2.3.

Best regards and thanks for using ST!
Ter