escape_xml_characters
🔗NAME
escape_xml_characters
🔗SYNOPSIS
escape characters for xml documents
🔗USAGE
local ds = require "lib/dtutils.string"
local result = ds.escape_xml_characters(str)
str - string - the string that needs escaped
🔗DESCRIPTION
escape_xml_characters provides the escape sequences for
"&", '"', "'", "<", and ">"
with the corresponding
"&",""", "'", "<", and ">"
.
🔗RETURN VALUE
result - string - the string containing escapes for the xml characters
🔗REFERENCE
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1091945/what-characters-do-i-need-to-escape-in-xml-documents