Re: Java method that generates html tags is escaping angle brackets...

This is not a standard behavior.  Either your $reportTool class is
doing it or else you have the EscapeHtmlReference EventHandler
configured.

On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 11:11 PM, smadirondack <[email protected]> wrote:
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> From a Velocity template I call a java method that generates html tags
>
>  <area shape="rect" href="http://test.com/mylink" />
>
> But it encodes so the page ends up with the following
>
> &lt;area shape=&quot;rect&quot; href=&quot;http:.....
>
> Here's part of the template:
>
> #set($myLinks=$reportTool.getImageMapLinks($report))
> $myLinks
>
> In the java method I just use StringBuilder with its append method and
> return the toString like the following:
>
> StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
> sb.append("<area shape=\"rect\" href=\"http://test.com/mylink\" />");
> return sb.toString();
>
>
> What can I do so that the generated html is not encoded?
>
> Thanks
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