generalutil.htmlEncode deprecated - what to use instead (in a user macro)?

Question

Hey GeneralUtil Javadocstates that GeneralUtil.htmlEncode is deprecated and to use HtmlUtil.htmlEncode instead. However, in user macros, there seems to be no $htmlUtil available. Is it used under a different name? Or are we supposed to use something else?

It is easy to forget that users can easily execute Javascript in somebody else's context if parameters are not escaped..

Stephen Deutsch · Answer

Thanks, I understand.  However, I would have to say that there's nothing very "official" about user macros as they currently exist :)

Martin Sander2 · Answer

While I appreciate your creativity (hence the upvote), I cannot mark this answer as accepted. There just has to be an "official" way to prevent XSS attacks via user macros.

Stephen Deutsch · Answer

This worked for me: ## @noparams #set ( $htmlUtil = $content.class.forName("com.atlassian.confluence.util.HtmlUtil").getConstructor().newInstance() ) #set ( $htmlText = $htmlUtil.htmlEncode("

Test

") ) $htmlText