Is there an implementation of org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils for .Net?

.net, apache-commons, c#, java

Solution

Using System.Web for HTML there is:

- HttpUtility.HtmlEncode

- HttpUtility.HtmlDecode

For XML escaping you can use the SecurityElement.Escape method in the System.Security namespace. However, there's no equivalent to unescape it that I am aware of. You would have to write your own method that replaces the encoded XML, such as `<` and `&` etc. with their equivalents. The link for the escape method lists the other items.

Problem

I'm porting over a Java project that I wrote which uses the Apache Commons Lang StringEscapeUtils class (particularly the ``` escapeXml unescapeXml escapeHtml unescapeHtml ``` methods). Is there a .Net equivalent? Or perhaps some totally logical bit of C# code that accomplishes the same thing?

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