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+
+package scruf.parsers;
+
+import java.util.regex.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+/**
+ * Map of Symbols & their HTML equivalent numbers.
+ */
+public class SymbolMap extends HashMap<String, String> {
+	public SymbolMap() {
+		put("!","&#33;");
+		put("\"","&#34;");
+		put("#","&#35;");
+		put("$","&#36;");
+		put("%","&#37;");
+		put("&","&#38;");
+		put("'","&#39;");
+		put("(","&#40;");
+		put(")","&#41;");
+		put("*","&#42;");
+		put("+","&#43;");
+		put(",","&#44;");
+		put("-","&#45;");
+		put(".","&#46;");
+		put("/","&#47;");
+		put(":","&#58;");
+		put(";","&#59;");
+		put("<","&#60;");
+		put("=","&#61;");
+		put(">","&#62;");
+		put("?","&#63;");
+		put("@","&#64;");
+		put("[","&#91;");
+		put("\\","&#92;");
+		put("]","&#93;");
+		put("^","&#94;");
+		put("_","&#95;");
+		put("`","&#96;");
+		put("{","&#123;");
+		put("|","&#124;");
+		put("}","&#125;");
+		put("~","&#126;");
+	}
+	/**
+     * this method quotes symbols to a HTML number.
+     */
+    public String quote(String string) {
+	Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("(\\&(amp|lt|gt|(\\#35))\\;)|(\\p{Punct})");
+	Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string);
+	StringBuffer sbuffer = new StringBuffer();
+	while(matcher.find()) {
+		if(matcher.group(4)!=null) {
+			matcher.appendReplacement(sbuffer,
+									  this.get(matcher.group()));
+		}
+	}
+	matcher.appendTail(sbuffer);
+	return sbuffer.toString();
+    }
+}
+