how to escape xml entities in javascript?

Question

In JavaScript (server side nodejs) I\'m writing a program which generates xml as output.

I am building the xml by concatenating a string:

str += \'&l         


        

Answer 1

If you have jQuery, here's a simple solution:

  String.prototype.htmlEscape = function() {
    return $('
').text(this.toString()).html();
  };

Use it like this:

"".htmlEscape(); -> "<foo&bar>"