svn commit: r741857 - in /ofbiz/trunk/framework: base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/ widget/dtd/ widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/html/ widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/

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svn commit: r741857 - in /ofbiz/trunk/framework: base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/ widget/dtd/ widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/html/ widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/

jonesde
Author: jonesde
Date: Sat Feb  7 08:56:19 2009
New Revision: 741857

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=741857&view=rev
Log:
Added general usage of ESAPI HTML and XML encoding for the form widget; removed the old partially implemented use of the StringEscapeUtils stuff; includes attribute on the form field element called encode-output that is true by default so if HTML encoding is not desired then must be set to false

Modified:
    ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/StringUtil.java
    ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/UtilHttp.java
    ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/dtd/widget-form.xsd
    ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ModelFormField.java
    ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/html/HtmlFormRenderer.java
    ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/ScreenFopViewHandler.java
    ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/ScreenWidgetViewHandler.java
    ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/ScreenXmlViewHandler.java

Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/StringUtil.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/StringUtil.java?rev=741857&r1=741856&r2=741857&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/StringUtil.java (original)
+++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/StringUtil.java Sat Feb  7 08:56:19 2009
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -35,6 +36,13 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.codec.DecoderException;
 import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex;
+import org.owasp.esapi.Encoder;
+import org.owasp.esapi.codecs.CSSCodec;
+import org.owasp.esapi.codecs.Codec;
+import org.owasp.esapi.codecs.HTMLEntityCodec;
+import org.owasp.esapi.codecs.JavaScriptCodec;
+import org.owasp.esapi.codecs.PercentCodec;
+import org.owasp.esapi.reference.DefaultEncoder;
 
 /**
  * Misc String Utility Functions
@@ -44,6 +52,36 @@
     
     public static final String module = StringUtil.class.getName();
 
+    /** OWASP ESAPI canonicalize strict flag; setting false so we only get warnings about double encoding, etc; can be set to true for exceptions and more security */
+    public static final boolean esapiCanonicalizeStrict = false;
+    public static final Encoder defaultWebEncoder;
+    //public static final Validator defaultWebValidator;
+    static {
+        // possible codecs: CSSCodec, HTMLEntityCodec, JavaScriptCodec, MySQLCodec, OracleCodec, PercentCodec, UnixCodec, VBScriptCodec, WindowsCodec
+        List<Codec> codecList = Arrays.asList(new CSSCodec(), new HTMLEntityCodec(), new JavaScriptCodec(), new PercentCodec());
+        defaultWebEncoder = new DefaultEncoder(codecList);
+        //defaultWebValidator = new DefaultValidator();
+    }
+    
+    public static final SimpleEncoder htmlEncoder = new HtmlEncoder();
+    public static final SimpleEncoder xmlEncoder = new XmlEncoder();
+    
+    public static interface SimpleEncoder {
+        public String encode(String original);
+    }
+    
+    public static class HtmlEncoder implements SimpleEncoder {
+        public String encode(String original) {
+            return StringUtil.defaultWebEncoder.encodeForHTML(original);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public static class XmlEncoder implements SimpleEncoder {
+        public String encode(String original) {
+            return StringUtil.defaultWebEncoder.encodeForXML(original);
+        }
+    }
+    
     public static String internString(String value) {
         return value != null ? value.intern() : null;
     }

Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/UtilHttp.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/UtilHttp.java?rev=741857&r1=741856&r2=741857&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/UtilHttp.java (original)
+++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/UtilHttp.java Sat Feb  7 08:56:19 2009
@@ -52,14 +52,7 @@
 import javolution.util.FastList;
 import javolution.util.FastMap;
 
-import org.owasp.esapi.Encoder;
-import org.owasp.esapi.codecs.CSSCodec;
-import org.owasp.esapi.codecs.Codec;
-import org.owasp.esapi.codecs.HTMLEntityCodec;
-import org.owasp.esapi.codecs.JavaScriptCodec;
-import org.owasp.esapi.codecs.PercentCodec;
 import org.owasp.esapi.errors.EncodingException;
-import org.owasp.esapi.reference.DefaultEncoder;
 
 /**
  * HttpUtil - Misc HTTP Utility Functions
@@ -68,17 +61,6 @@
 
     public static final String module = UtilHttp.class.getName();
     
-    /** OWASP ESAPI canonicalize strict flag; setting false so we only get warnings about double encoding, etc; can be set to true for exceptions and more security */
-    public static final boolean esapiCanonicalizeStrict = false;
-    public static final Encoder defaultWebEncoder;
-    //public static final Validator defaultWebValidator;
-    static {
-        // possible codecs: CSSCodec, HTMLEntityCodec, JavaScriptCodec, MySQLCodec, OracleCodec, PercentCodec, UnixCodec, VBScriptCodec, WindowsCodec
-        List<Codec> codecList = Arrays.asList(new CSSCodec(), new HTMLEntityCodec(), new JavaScriptCodec(), new PercentCodec());
-        defaultWebEncoder = new DefaultEncoder(codecList);
-        //defaultWebValidator = new DefaultValidator();
-    }
-    
     public static final String MULTI_ROW_DELIMITER = "_o_";
     public static final String ROW_SUBMIT_PREFIX = "_rowSubmit_o_";
     public static final String COMPOSITE_DELIMITER = "_c_";
@@ -263,7 +245,7 @@
     
     public static String canonicalizeParameter(String paramValue) {
         try {
-            String cannedStr = defaultWebEncoder.canonicalize(paramValue, esapiCanonicalizeStrict);
+            String cannedStr = StringUtil.defaultWebEncoder.canonicalize(paramValue, StringUtil.esapiCanonicalizeStrict);
             if (Debug.verboseOn()) Debug.logVerbose("Canonicalized parameter with " + (cannedStr.equals(paramValue) ? "no " : "") + "change: original [" + paramValue + "] canned [" + cannedStr + "]", module);
             return cannedStr;
         } catch (EncodingException e) {
@@ -748,7 +730,7 @@
                             }
                         }
                         try {
-                            buf.append(defaultWebEncoder.encodeForURL(name));
+                            buf.append(StringUtil.defaultWebEncoder.encodeForURL(name));
                         } catch (EncodingException e) {
                             Debug.logError(e, module);
                         }
@@ -759,7 +741,7 @@
                         } */
                         buf.append('=');
                         try {
-                            buf.append(defaultWebEncoder.encodeForURL(valueStr));
+                            buf.append(StringUtil.defaultWebEncoder.encodeForURL(valueStr));
                         } catch (EncodingException e) {
                             Debug.logError(e, module);
                         }

Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/dtd/widget-form.xsd
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/dtd/widget-form.xsd?rev=741857&r1=741856&r2=741857&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/dtd/widget-form.xsd (original)
+++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/dtd/widget-form.xsd Sat Feb  7 08:56:19 2009
@@ -454,9 +454,21 @@
                 </xs:restriction>
             </xs:simpleType>
         </xs:attribute>
-        <xs:attribute type="xs:string" name="use-when">
+        <xs:attribute name="use-when" type="xs:string">
             <xs:annotation><xs:documentation>Used to specify a condition that must be true to use this field; the condition should be written using the Java syntax and can operate on values in the form context; if this is used the field will only be put on the field list, and not in the field map meaning that values for this field cannot be overridden.</xs:documentation></xs:annotation>
         </xs:attribute>
+        <xs:attribute name="encode-output" default="true">
+            <xs:annotation><xs:documentation>
+                This is for textual output only. If true data shown in fields will be encoded so that it does not interfere with markup of the target output.
+                For example, if output is HTML then data presented will be HTML encoded so that all HTML-specific characters are escaped.
+            </xs:documentation></xs:annotation>
+            <xs:simpleType>
+                <xs:restriction base="xs:token">
+                    <xs:enumeration value="true"/>
+                    <xs:enumeration value="false"/>
+                </xs:restriction>
+            </xs:simpleType>
+        </xs:attribute>
         <xs:attribute type="xs:string" name="event">
             <xs:annotation><xs:documentation>Used to specify javascript events that should be attached to fields.</xs:documentation></xs:annotation>
         </xs:attribute>

Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ModelFormField.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ModelFormField.java?rev=741857&r1=741856&r2=741857&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ModelFormField.java (original)
+++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ModelFormField.java Sat Feb  7 08:56:19 2009
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.Debug;
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.GeneralException;
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.ObjectType;
+import org.ofbiz.base.util.StringUtil;
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime;
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilFormatOut;
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilGenerics;
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@
 import org.ofbiz.service.ModelParam;
 import org.ofbiz.service.ModelService;
 import org.ofbiz.widget.form.ModelForm.UpdateArea;
+import org.owasp.esapi.ESAPI;
+import org.owasp.esapi.Encoder;
+import org.owasp.esapi.codecs.Codec;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 import bsh.EvalError;
@@ -97,9 +101,10 @@
     protected String sortFieldDescStyle;
     protected Integer position = null;
     protected String redWhen;
+    protected FlexibleStringExpander useWhen;
+    protected boolean encodeOutput = true;
     protected String event;
     protected FlexibleStringExpander action;
-    protected FlexibleStringExpander useWhen;
 
     protected FieldInfo fieldInfo = null;
     protected String idName;
@@ -143,13 +148,12 @@
         this.sortFieldAscStyle = fieldElement.getAttribute("sort-field-asc-style");
         this.sortFieldDescStyle = fieldElement.getAttribute("sort-field-desc-style");        
         this.redWhen = fieldElement.getAttribute("red-when");
+        this.setUseWhen(fieldElement.getAttribute("use-when"));
+        this.encodeOutput = !"false".equals(fieldElement.getAttribute("encode-output"));
         this.event = fieldElement.getAttribute("event");
         this.setAction(fieldElement.hasAttribute("action")? fieldElement.getAttribute("action"): null);
-        this.setUseWhen(fieldElement.getAttribute("use-when"));
         this.idName = fieldElement.getAttribute("id-name");
-        String sepColumns = fieldElement.getAttribute("separate-column");
-        if (sepColumns != null && sepColumns.equalsIgnoreCase("true"))
-            separateColumn = true;
+        this.separateColumn = "true".equals(fieldElement.getAttribute("separate-column"));
         this.requiredField = fieldElement.hasAttribute("required-field") ? "true".equals(fieldElement.getAttribute("required-field")) : null;
         this.sortField = fieldElement.hasAttribute("sort-field") ? "true".equals(fieldElement.getAttribute("sort-field")) : null;
         this.headerLink = fieldElement.getAttribute("header-link");
@@ -658,13 +662,14 @@
      * the context.
      *
      * @param context
+     * @param encoder
      * @return
      */
     public String getEntry(Map<String, Object> context) {
         return this.getEntry(context, "");
     }
 
-    public String getEntry(Map<String, Object> context, String defaultValue) {
+    public String getEntry(Map<String, Object> context , String defaultValue) {
         Boolean isError = (Boolean) context.get("isError");
         Boolean useRequestParameters = (Boolean) context.get("useRequestParameters");
         
@@ -673,6 +678,8 @@
         TimeZone timeZone = (TimeZone) context.get("timeZone");
         if (timeZone == null) timeZone = TimeZone.getDefault();
         
+        String returnValue;
+        
         // if useRequestParameters is TRUE then parameters will always be used, if FALSE then parameters will never be used
         // if isError is TRUE and useRequestParameters is not FALSE (ie is null or TRUE) then parameters will be used
         if ((Boolean.TRUE.equals(isError) && !Boolean.FALSE.equals(useRequestParameters)) || (Boolean.TRUE.equals(useRequestParameters))) {
@@ -682,14 +689,14 @@
             if (parameters != null && parameters.get(parameterName) != null) {
                 Object parameterValue = parameters.get(parameterName);
                 if (parameterValue instanceof String) {
-                    return (String) parameterValue;
+                    returnValue = (String) parameterValue;
                 } else {
                     // we might want to do something else here in the future, but for now this is probably best
                     Debug.logWarning("Found a non-String parameter value for field [" + this.getModelForm().getName() + "." + this.getFieldName() + "]", module);
-                    return defaultValue;
+                    returnValue = defaultValue;
                 }
             } else {
-                return defaultValue;
+                returnValue = defaultValue;
             }
         } else {
             //Debug.logInfo("Getting entry, isError false so getting from Map in context for field " + this.getName() + " of form " + this.modelForm.getName(), module);
@@ -736,26 +743,34 @@
                 if (retVal instanceof Double || retVal instanceof Float || retVal instanceof BigDecimal) {
                     NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getInstance(locale);
                     nf.setMaximumFractionDigits(10);
-                    return nf.format(retVal);
+                    returnValue = nf.format(retVal);
                 } else if (retVal instanceof java.sql.Date) {
                     DateFormat df = UtilDateTime.toDateFormat(UtilDateTime.DATE_FORMAT, timeZone, null);
-                    return df.format((java.util.Date) retVal);
+                    returnValue = df.format((java.util.Date) retVal);
                 } else if (retVal instanceof java.sql.Time) {
                     DateFormat df = UtilDateTime.toTimeFormat(UtilDateTime.TIME_FORMAT, timeZone, null);
-                    return df.format((java.util.Date) retVal);
+                    returnValue = df.format((java.util.Date) retVal);
                 } else if (retVal instanceof java.sql.Timestamp) {
                     DateFormat df = UtilDateTime.toDateTimeFormat(UtilDateTime.DATE_TIME_FORMAT, timeZone, null);
-                    return df.format((java.util.Date) retVal);
+                    returnValue = df.format((java.util.Date) retVal);
                 } else if (retVal instanceof java.util.Date) {
                     DateFormat df = UtilDateTime.toDateTimeFormat("EEE MMM dd hh:mm:ss z yyyy", timeZone, null);
-                    return df.format((java.util.Date) retVal);
+                    returnValue = df.format((java.util.Date) retVal);
                 } else {
-                    return retVal.toString();
+                    returnValue = retVal.toString();
                 }
             } else {
-                return defaultValue;
+                returnValue = defaultValue;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        if (this.getEncodeOutput() && returnValue != null) {
+            StringUtil.SimpleEncoder simpleEncoder = (StringUtil.SimpleEncoder) context.get("simpleEncoder");
+            if (simpleEncoder != null) {
+                returnValue = simpleEncoder.encode(returnValue);
             }
         }
+        return returnValue;
     }
 
     public Map<String, ? extends Object> getMap(Map<String, ? extends Object> context) {
@@ -893,7 +908,7 @@
         java.sql.Timestamp timestampVal = null;
 
         //now before going on, check to see if the current entry is a valid date and/or time and get the value
-        String value = this.getEntry(context);
+        String value = this.getEntry(context, null);
         try {
             timestampVal = java.sql.Timestamp.valueOf(value);
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -1068,12 +1083,16 @@
     }
 
     public String getUseWhen(Map<String, Object> context) {
-        if (useWhen != null && !useWhen.isEmpty()) {
-            return useWhen.expandString(context);
+        if (this.useWhen != null && !this.useWhen.isEmpty()) {
+            return this.useWhen.expandString(context);
         } else {
             return "";
         }
     }
+    
+    public boolean getEncodeOutput() {
+        return this.encodeOutput;
+    }
 
     public String getIdName() {
         if (UtilValidate.isNotEmpty(idName)) {
@@ -1290,6 +1309,10 @@
     public void setUseWhen(String string) {
         this.useWhen = FlexibleStringExpander.getInstance(string);
     }
+    
+    public void setEncodeOutput(boolean encodeOutput) {
+        this.encodeOutput = encodeOutput;
+    }
 
     /**
      * @param string

Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/html/HtmlFormRenderer.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/html/HtmlFormRenderer.java?rev=741857&r1=741856&r2=741857&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/html/HtmlFormRenderer.java (original)
+++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/html/HtmlFormRenderer.java Sat Feb  7 08:56:19 2009
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 import javolution.util.FastList;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils;
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.Debug;
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilGenerics;
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilHttp;
@@ -386,7 +385,7 @@
         String value = modelFormField.getEntry(context, textField.getDefaultValue(context));
         if (UtilValidate.isNotEmpty(value)) {
             writer.append(" value=\"");
-            writer.append(StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml(value));
+            writer.append(value);
             writer.append('"');
         }
 
@@ -484,7 +483,7 @@
 
         String value = modelFormField.getEntry(context, textareaField.getDefaultValue(context));
         if (UtilValidate.isNotEmpty(value)) {
-            writer.append(StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml(value));
+            writer.append(value);
         }
 
         writer.append("</textarea>");
@@ -1220,7 +1219,7 @@
 
         if (UtilValidate.isNotEmpty(value)) {
             writer.append(" value=\"");
-            writer.append(StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml(value));
+            writer.append(value);
             writer.append('"');
         }
 
@@ -2580,7 +2579,7 @@
         String value = modelFormField.getEntry(context, textField.getDefaultValue(context));
         if (UtilValidate.isNotEmpty(value)) {
             writer.append(" value=\"");
-            writer.append(StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml(value));
+            writer.append(value);
             writer.append('"');
         }
 

Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/ScreenFopViewHandler.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/ScreenFopViewHandler.java?rev=741857&r1=741856&r2=741857&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/ScreenFopViewHandler.java (original)
+++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/ScreenFopViewHandler.java Sat Feb  7 08:56:19 2009
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.fop.apps.Fop;
 
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.Debug;
+import org.ofbiz.base.util.StringUtil;
 import org.ofbiz.webapp.view.AbstractViewHandler;
 import org.ofbiz.webapp.view.ApacheFopWorker;
 import org.ofbiz.webapp.view.ViewHandlerException;
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
 
             // this is the object used to render forms from their definitions
             screens.getContext().put("formStringRenderer", new FoFormRenderer(request, response));
+            screens.getContext().put("simpleEncoder", StringUtil.xmlEncoder);
             screens.render(page);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             renderError("Problems with the response writer/output stream", e, request, response);

Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/ScreenWidgetViewHandler.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/ScreenWidgetViewHandler.java?rev=741857&r1=741856&r2=741857&view=diff
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--- ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/ScreenWidgetViewHandler.java (original)
+++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/ScreenWidgetViewHandler.java Sat Feb  7 08:56:19 2009
@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.GeneralException;
+import org.ofbiz.base.util.StringUtil;
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilJ2eeCompat;
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilProperties;
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilValidate;
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.template.FreeMarkerWorker;
 import org.ofbiz.webapp.view.AbstractViewHandler;
 import org.ofbiz.webapp.view.ViewHandlerException;
-import org.ofbiz.widget.html.HtmlScreenRenderer;
 import org.ofbiz.widget.html.HtmlFormRenderer;
+import org.ofbiz.widget.html.HtmlScreenRenderer;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
 import freemarker.template.TemplateModelException;
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@
             // this is the object used to render forms from their definitions
             FreeMarkerWorker.getSiteParameters(request, screens.getContext());
             screens.getContext().put("formStringRenderer", new HtmlFormRenderer(request, response));
+            screens.getContext().put("simpleEncoder", StringUtil.htmlEncoder);
             screens.render(page);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ViewHandlerException("Error in the response writer/output stream: " + e.toString(), e);

Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/ScreenXmlViewHandler.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/ScreenXmlViewHandler.java?rev=741857&r1=741856&r2=741857&view=diff
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--- ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/ScreenXmlViewHandler.java (original)
+++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/screen/ScreenXmlViewHandler.java Sat Feb  7 08:56:19 2009
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.GeneralException;
+import org.ofbiz.base.util.StringUtil;
 import org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilJ2eeCompat;
 import org.ofbiz.webapp.view.ViewHandlerException;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
             screens.populateContextForRequest(request, response, servletContext);
             // this is the object used to render forms from their definitions
             screens.getContext().put("formStringRenderer", new XmlFormRenderer(request, response));
+            screens.getContext().put("simpleEncoder", StringUtil.xmlEncoder);
             screens.render(page);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ViewHandlerException("Error in the response writer/output stream: " + e.toString(), e);