Implementing HTML in Java file

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I have a Java file that includes a lot of validation messages. I have added some HTML tags (anchor link) in one of them as you can see below.

if (count > 0) {
  //Reg Path
  if (pCustomer.getCsnoemail().equals("N")) {
    errorList.add(new ErrorMessage(1, "Someone has already registered using that username. Try again."));
  } else {
    errorList.add(new ErrorMessage(1, "Someone has already registered using that email address. Please **<a href='/account/register-or-signin'> sign in here</a>** or try again"));
  }
  return new Logon(0, Logon.FAIL, errorList);
}

In the browser the html anchor tag is not properly intepretted. How can I make sure my html is read in the browser? I want this change to happen in the Java file itself and not create another html file and redirect.

I'm guessing you need to return your response as text/html, but you need to let us know: 1. Which framework you're using? 2. How you're sending back the response? 3. Which server are you using? Tomcat? Java is just a language, not a framework... — MMM
– MMM, Commented May 28, 2013 at 14:12
In JSF <h:outputText escape="false" ...>. Default is true. — Joop Eggen
– Joop Eggen, Commented May 28, 2013 at 14:16
Yes, the rest of the message is displayed but the html anchor link is parsed as text — user1400854
– user1400854, Commented May 28, 2013 at 14:21

user1400854 · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-29 09:06:46Z

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Well in the end I only had to use escapeXml="false"/ in my jsp and it worked

answered May 29, 2013 at 9:06

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