Recommended method for escaping HTML in Java

Question

Is there a recommended way to escape <, >, \" and & characters when outputting HTML in plain Java code? (Other

Answer 1

For some purposes, HtmlUtils:

import org.springframework.web.util.HtmlUtils;
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HtmlUtils.htmlEscapeDecimal("&"); //gives &
HtmlUtils.htmlEscape("&"); //gives &