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#ifndef _LOG4CXX_HELPERS_TRANSFORM_H
#define _LOG4CXX_HELPERS_TRANSFORM_H

#include <log4cxx/logstring.h>

namespace log4cxx
{
namespace helpers
{
/**
Utility class for transforming strings.
*/
class LOG4CXX_EXPORT Transform
{
	public:
		/**
		* This method takes a string which may contain HTML tags (ie,
		* &lt;b&gt;, &lt;table&gt;, etc) and replaces any '<' and '>'
		* characters with respective predefined entity references.
		*
		* @param buf output stream where to write the modified string.
		* @param input The text to be converted.
		* @return The input string with the characters '<' and '>' replaced with
		*  &amp;lt; and &amp;gt; respectively.
		* */
		static void appendEscapingTags(
			LogString& buf, const LogString& input);

		/**
		* Ensures that embeded CDEnd strings (]]>) are handled properly
		* within message, NDC and throwable tag text.
		*
		* @param buf output stream holding the XML data to this point.  The
		* initial CDStart (<![CDATA[) and final CDEnd (]]>) of the CDATA
		* section are the responsibility of the calling method.
		* @param input The String that is inserted into an existing CDATA
		* Section within buf.
		*/
		static void appendEscapingCDATA(
			LogString& buf, const LogString& input);
}; // class Transform
}  // namespace helpers
} //namespace log4cxx

#endif // _LOG4CXX_HELPERS_TRANSFORM_H