public String filter(String message) {

            if (message == null)
                return (null);

            char content[] = new char[message.length()];
            message.getChars(0, message.length(), content, 0);
            StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(content.length + 50);
            for (int i = 0; i < content.length; i++) {
                switch (content[i]) {
                case '<':
                    result.append("&lt;");
                    break;
                case '>':
                    result.append("&gt;");
                    break;
                case '&':
                    result.append("&amp;");
                    break;
                case '"':
                    result.append("&quot;");
                    break;
                default:
                    result.append(content[i]);
                }
            }
            return (result.toString());

        }