How can I escape special HTML characters in JSP?
escaping, html, java, jsp
Solution
Short answer:
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<c:out value="${myString}"/>
there is another option:
<%@taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" prefix="fn" %>
${fn:escapeXml(myString)}
Problem
Before I go and create a custom tag or Java method to do it, what is the standard way to escape HTML characters in JSP? I have a String object and I want to display it in the HTML so that it appears to the user as is. For example: ``` String a = "Hello < World"; ``` Would become: ``` Hello < World ```