29.8 ESCAPE Function

This function is used if you have checked the standard attribute "Has Escape Output Attribute" option for your item type plug-in which allows a developer to decide if the output should be escaped or not.

Syntax

APEX_PLUGIN_UTIL.ESCAPE (
    p_value  IN VARCHAR2,
    p_escape IN BOOLEAN)
RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 29-7 ESCAPE Parameters

Parameter	Description
p_value	This is the value you want to escape depending on the p_escape parameter.
p_escape	If set to TRUE, the return value is escaped. If set to FALSE, the value is not escaped.

Example

This example outputs all values of the array l_display_value_list as a HTML list and escapes the value of the array depending on the setting the developer as picked when using the plug-in.

for i in 1 .. l_display_value_list.count
loop
    sys.htp.prn (
        '<li>'||
        apex_plugin_util.escape (
            p_value  => l_display_value_list(i),
            p_escape => p_item.escape_output )||
        '</li>' );
end loop;