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Process Thymeleaf variable as HTML code and not text

I'm using Thymeleaf to process html templates, I understood how to append inline strings from my controller, but now I want to append a fragment of HTML code into the page.

For example, lets stay that I have this in my Java application:

String n="<span><i class=\"icon-leaf\"></i>"+str+"</span> <a href=\"\"></a>\n";

final WebContext ctx = new WebContext(request, response, 
                                      servletContext, request.getLocale());
ctx.setVariable("n", n);

What do I need to write in the HTML page so that it would be replaced by the value of the n variable and be processed as HTML code instead of it being encoded as text?

Solution

  • You can use th:utext attribute that stands for unescaped text (see documentation). Use this with caution and avoid user input in th:utext as it can cause security problems.

    <div th:remove="tag" th:utext="${n}"></div>