# class CGI

### Public Instance Methods

esc(str) click to toggle source

Return an html “safe” version of the string, where every &, < and > are replaced with appropriate entities.

    # File lib/facets/cgi.rb, line 26
    def esc(str)
      str.gsub(/&/,'&amp;').gsub(/</,'&lt;').gsub(/>/,'&gt;')
    end

escformat(str) click to toggle source

Calls esc, and then further replaces carriage returns and quote characters with entities.

    # File lib/facets/cgi.rb, line 31
    def escformat(str)
      esc(str).gsub(/[\r\n]+/,'&#13;&#10;').gsub(%r"|,'&quot;').gsub(%r'|,'&#39;')
    end

marshal_from_cgi(name) click to toggle source

Create an hidden input field through which an object can can be marshalled. This makes it very easy to pass from data between requests.

    # File lib/facets/cgi.rb, line 14
    def marshal_from_cgi(name)
      if self.params.has_key?("__#{name}__")
        return Marshal.load(CGI.unescape(self["__#{name}__"][0]))
      end
    end

marshal_to_cgi(name, iobj) click to toggle source

Create an hidden input field through which an object can can be marshalled. This makes it very easy to pass from data betwenn requests.

    # File lib/facets/cgi.rb, line 7
    def marshal_to_cgi(name, iobj)
      data = CGI.escape(Marshal.dump(iobj))
      return %Q{<input type="hidden" name="__#{name}__" value="#{data}"/>\n}
    end