Name

fn:escapeXml

Synopsis

This function replaces all characters with a special meaning in XML and HTML (i.e., < > & ' “) to their corresponding character entity code (i.e., &lt; &gt; &amp; &#039; &#034;) and returns the resulting string.

Syntax

String: fn:escapeXml(string)

Parameters

Parameter name

Java type

Description

string
String

The string to convert.

Example

<input name="firstName" value="${fn:escapeXml(param.firstName)}">

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