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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb
index 37c206ea3c..bb0f747960 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb
@@ -33,21 +33,23 @@ class ERB
singleton_class.send(:remove_method, :html_escape)
module_function :html_escape
- # A utility method for escaping HTML entities in JSON strings.
- # This method is also aliased as <tt>j</tt>.
+ # A utility method for escaping HTML entities in JSON strings
+ # using \uXXXX JavaScript escape sequences for string literals:
#
- # Note that after this operation is performed the output is not
- # a valid JSON.
+ # json_escape("is a > 0 & a < 10?")
+ # # => is a \u003E 0 \u0026 a \u003C 10?
#
- # In your ERb templates, use this method to escape any HTML entities:
- # <%=j @person.to_json %>
+ # Note that after this operation is performed the output is not
+ # valid JSON. In particular double quotes are removed:
#
- # ==== Example:
- # puts json_escape("{\"name\":\"john\",\"created_at\":\"2010-04-28T01:39:31Z\",\"id\":1}")
+ # json_escape('{"name":"john","created_at":"2010-04-28T01:39:31Z","id":1}')
# # => {name:john,created_at:2010-04-28T01:39:31Z,id:1}
#
- # puts json_escape("is a > 0 & a < 10?")
- # # => is a \u003E 0 \u0026 a \u003C 10?
+ # This method is also aliased as +j+, and available as a helper
+ # in Rails templates:
+ #
+ # <%=j @person.to_json %>
+ #
def json_escape(s)
s.to_s.gsub(/[&"><]/) { |special| JSON_ESCAPE[special] }
end