(Part of) custom apache commons StringEscapeUtil like PHP htmlspecialchars

CustomStringEscapeUtil.java

final private static CharSequenceTranslator quotes = buildAggregateTranslator(Mode.ENT_QUOTES);
final private static CharSequenceTranslator noquotes = buildAggregateTranslator(Mode.ENT_NOQUOTES);

private static AggregateTranslator buildAggregateTranslator(Mode mode) {
  Map<CharSequence, CharSequence> map = new HashMap<>();

  if (mode == Mode.ENT_QUOTES) {
    map.put("\"", "&quot;"); // " - double-quote
    map.put("'", "&apos;"); // ' - apostrophe
  }

  // default escapes
  map.put("&", "&amp;");   // & - ampersand
  map.put("<", "&lt;");    // < - less-than
  map.put(">", "&gt;");    // > - greater-than

  return new AggregateTranslator(new LookupTranslator(Collections.unmodifiableMap(map)));
}