/*
 * $Header: /cvsroot/mvnforum/myvietnam/src/net/myvietnam/mvncore/filter/DisableHtmlTagFilter.java,v 1.8 2005/01/18 12:16:40 minhnn Exp $
 * $Author: minhnn $
 * $Revision: 1.8 $
 * $Date: 2005/01/18 12:16:40 $
 *
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 * @author: Minh Nguyen  minhnn@MyVietnam.net
 * @author: Mai  Nguyen  mai.nh@MyVietnam.net
 */
package net.myvietnam.mvncore.filter;

public final class DisableHtmlTagFilter {

    private DisableHtmlTagFilter() { //prevent instantiation
    }

    public static String filter(String input) {
        if (input == null) {
            return null;
        }

        char[] s = input.toCharArray();
        int length = s.length;
        StringBuffer ret = new StringBuffer(length + 100);// add more room to the result String

        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            if (s[i] == '<') {
                ret.append("<");
            } else if (s[i] == '>') {
                ret.append(">");
            } else if (s[i] == '&') {
                // this hack the escape for unicode character, eg : &2345;
                if ( ((i + 3) < length) &&
                     (s[i+1] == '#') &&
                     (s[i+2]>='0'&&s[i+1]<='9') &&
                     (s[i+3]>='0'&&s[i+2]<='9') ) {
                    ret.append(s[i]);
                // hack < (dont escape this char more than once)
                } else if ( ((i + 3) < length) &&
                            (s[i+1] == 'l') &&
                            (s[i+2] == 't') &&
                            (s[i+3] == ';') ) {
                    ret.append(s[i]);
                // hack > (dont escape this char more than once)
                } else if ( ((i + 3) < length) &&
                            (s[i+1] == 'g') &&
                            (s[i+2] == 't') &&
                            (s[i+3] == ';') ) {
                    ret.append(s[i]);
                // hack & (dont escape this char more than once)
                } else if ( ((i + 4) < length) &&
                            (s[i+1] == 'a') &&
                            (s[i+2] == 'm') &&
                            (s[i+3] == 'p') &&
                            (s[i+4] == ';') ) {
                    ret.append(s[i]);
                // hack " (dont escape this char more than once)
                } else if ( ((i + 5) < length) &&
                            (s[i+1] == 'q') &&
                            (s[i+2] == 'u') &&
                            (s[i+3] == 'o') &&
                            (s[i+4] == 't') &&
                            (s[i+5] == ';') ) {
                    ret.append(s[i]);
                } else {
                    ret.append("&");
                }
            } else if (s[i] == '"') {
                ret.append(""");
            } else {
                ret.append(s[i]);
            }
        }// for
        return ret.toString();
    }
}