Encode usual XML reserved characters

See gh-1073

initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/maven/MavenBuildWriter.java

@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ public class MavenBuildWriter {
 	private void writeSingleElement(IndentingWriter writer, String name, String text) {
 		if (text != null) {
 			writer.print(String.format("<%s>", name));
-			writer.print(text);
+			writer.print(escapeString(text));
 			writer.println(String.format("</%s>", name));
 		}
 	}
@@ -516,4 +516,32 @@ public class MavenBuildWriter {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private String escapeString(String inputString) {
+		StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+		for (int i = 0; i < inputString.length(); i++) {
+			char character = inputString.charAt(i);
+			switch (character) {
+			case '\'':
+				stringBuilder.append("&apos;");
+				break;
+			case '\"':
+				stringBuilder.append("&quot;");
+				break;
+			case '<':
+				stringBuilder.append("&lt;");
+				break;
+			case '>':
+				stringBuilder.append("&gt;");
+				break;
+			case '&':
+				stringBuilder.append("&amp;");
+				break;
+			default:
+				stringBuilder.append(character);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return stringBuilder.toString();
+	}
+
 }

initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/maven/MavenBuildWriterTests.java

@@ -817,6 +817,27 @@ class MavenBuildWriterTests {
 		});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void pomWithEscapedCharacters() {
+		MavenBuild build = new MavenBuild();
+		build.settings().coordinates("com.example.demo", "demo").name("<demo project>")
+				.description("A \"demo\" project for 'developers' & 'testers'");
+
+		generatePomString(build, (pomString) -> {
+			String separator = System.lineSeparator();
+			assertThat(pomString).isEqualTo("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>" + separator
+					+ "<project xmlns=\"http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\""
+					+ separator
+					+ "    xsi:schemaLocation=\"http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd\">"
+					+ separator + "    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>" + separator
+					+ "    <groupId>com.example.demo</groupId>" + separator + "    <artifactId>demo</artifactId>"
+					+ separator + "    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>" + separator
+					+ "    <name>&lt;demo project&gt;</name>" + separator
+					+ "    <description>A &quot;demo&quot; project for &apos;developers&apos; &amp; &apos;testers&apos;</description>"
+					+ separator + separator + "</project>" + separator);
+		});
+	}
+
 	private void generatePom(MavenBuild mavenBuild, Consumer<NodeAssert> consumer) {
 		MavenBuildWriter writer = new MavenBuildWriter();
 		StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
@@ -824,4 +845,11 @@ class MavenBuildWriterTests {
 		consumer.accept(new NodeAssert(out.toString()));
 	}
 
+	private void generatePomString(MavenBuild mavenBuild, Consumer<String> consumer) {
+		MavenBuildWriter writer = new MavenBuildWriter();
+		StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
+		writer.writeTo(new IndentingWriter(out), mavenBuild);
+		consumer.accept(out.toString());
+	}
+
 }