Index: lams_central/conf/xdoclet/taglib-tag.xml
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diff -u -rbb948b046fb4d5eb811a3a24c1ce7a47d5476d7e -rbfeb3180336d3c099a3c937699e102abe9701607
--- lams_central/conf/xdoclet/taglib-tag.xml	(.../taglib-tag.xml)	(revision bb948b046fb4d5eb811a3a24c1ce7a47d5476d7e)
+++ lams_central/conf/xdoclet/taglib-tag.xml	(.../taglib-tag.xml)	(revision bfeb3180336d3c099a3c937699e102abe9701607)
@@ -228,5 +228,33 @@
 	    <name>ImgButtonWrapper</name>
 		<path>/WEB-INF/tags/ImgButtonWrapper.tag</path>
    	</tag-file>  
-   	
-   	
\ No newline at end of file
+   	<tag>
+    <name>textarea</name>
+    <tag-class>org.lamsfoundation.lams.web.tag.LAMSMultiLinesTextareaTag</tag-class>
+    <body-content>JSP</body-content>
+    <dynamic-attributes>true</dynamic-attributes>
+    <description>
+    	Render text exactly same as  original input, which even won't escape the input HTML tag.
+    </description>    
+    <attribute>
+        <description>
+        </description>
+        <name>name</name>
+        <required>true</required>
+        <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
+    </attribute>
+    <attribute>
+        <description>
+        </description>
+        <name>id</name>
+        <required>false</required>
+        <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
+    </attribute>
+    <attribute>
+        <description>
+        </description>
+        <name>onchange</name>
+        <required>false</required>
+        <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
+    </attribute>
+  </tag>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/web/tag/LAMSMultiLinesTextareaTag.java
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diff -u
--- lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/web/tag/LAMSMultiLinesTextareaTag.java	(revision 0)
+++ lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/web/tag/LAMSMultiLinesTextareaTag.java	(revision bfeb3180336d3c099a3c937699e102abe9701607)
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+package org.lamsfoundation.lams.web.tag;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
+import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyContent;
+import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTagSupport;
+import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.DynamicAttributes;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author steven
+ *
+ */
+public class LAMSMultiLinesTextareaTag  extends BodyTagSupport implements DynamicAttributes{
+
+
+	private static final String TAG_NAME= "textarea";
+	private List<String> keys;
+	private List<Object> values;
+
+	private String id;
+	private String name;
+	private String onchange;
+
+
+	@Override
+	public int doStartTag() throws JspException {
+		keys = new ArrayList<String>();
+		values = new ArrayList<Object>();
+		
+		return super.doStartTag();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public int doEndTag() throws JspException {
+	 	String tagName = getName();
+    	String hiddenId = tagName + "__lamshidden";
+        try {
+	    	//add Javascript event handler
+	    	String chbr ="filterData(this,document.getElementById('" + hiddenId + "'));"; 
+	    	String onChange = this.getOnchange();
+	    	if(onChange == null)
+	    		onChange = chbr;
+	    	else if(onChange.indexOf(chbr) == -1){
+	    		if(onChange.endsWith(";"))
+	    			onChange += chbr;
+	    		else
+	    			onChange = onChange + ";" + chbr;
+	    	}
+	    	this.setOnchange(onChange);
+	    	
+	    	//reset some values to another in order to use them in hidden field. 
+	    	String oldProperty= this.name;
+	    	BodyContent oldBodyContent = this.getBodyContent();
+	    	
+	    	this.name +="__textarea";
+	    	if(StringUtils.isEmpty(this.getId()))
+	    		this.setId(tagName + "__lamstextarea");
+	    	StringBuffer results = new StringBuffer(renderTextareaElement(getDataNoBr(oldBodyContent.getString())));
+	    	
+	    	//construct hidden variable
+	    	results.append("<input type=\"hidden\"");
+	        prepareAttribute(results, "name", oldProperty);
+	        prepareAttribute(results, "id", hiddenId);
+	        results.append("/>");
+	        
+	        //onload script to reset hidden value, so it can works even onChange event does not happen when edit. 
+	        //the reason of why not directly assign value to hidden variable is
+	        //hidden variable treat < and &lt; are same value when submit to form. The only way is use Javascript 
+	        //reset it value.
+	        StringBuffer filterScript = new StringBuffer("<script language='javascript'>filterData(");
+	        filterScript.append("document.getElementById('").append(this.getId()).append("'),document.getElementById('");
+	        filterScript.append(hiddenId);
+	        filterScript.append("'));</script>");
+	        results.append(filterScript);
+        
+
+			pageContext.getOut().write( results.toString());
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new JspException(e);
+		}
+
+		return super.doEndTag();
+	}
+
+    /**
+     * Generate an HTML &lt;textarea&gt; tag.
+     * @throws JspException
+     * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException 
+     * @since Struts 1.1
+     */
+    protected String renderTextareaElement(String value) throws JspException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        StringBuffer results = new StringBuffer("<textarea");
+        
+        prepareAttribute(results, "name", getName());
+        prepareAttribute(results, "id", this.getId());
+        prepareAttribute(results, "onchange", getOnchange());
+        
+        appendDynamicParam(results);
+        
+        results.append(">");
+        
+        results.append(value);
+        
+        results.append("</textarea>");
+        return results.toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Change input string &lt;BR&gt; tag into \n or \r\n (dependent on OS).
+     * @param data
+     * @return
+     * @throws JspException
+     */
+    private String getDataNoBr(String data) throws JspException{
+
+    	if(data != null){
+    		//comment: although window OS should be \r\n format, but in some case, it only include "\n" as well.
+    		//so it is not safe to do replacement   
+//    		if(os.toLowerCase().indexOf("win") != -1)
+//    			data = data.replaceAll("<BR>","\r\n");
+//    		else
+    			data = data.replaceAll("<BR>","\n");
+    	}
+    	return data == null?"":data;
+    }
+
+	/**
+	 * @param sb StringBuffer
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException
+	 */
+	private void appendDynamicParam(StringBuffer sb) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		  for (int idx = 0; idx < keys.size(); idx++) {
+			sb.append(" ");
+			String key = (String) keys.get(idx);
+			Object value = values.get(idx)==null?"":values.get(idx).toString();
+			
+			prepareAttribute(sb, key, value);
+		}
+
+	}
+    protected void prepareAttribute(StringBuffer handlers, String name, Object value) {
+        if (value != null) {
+            handlers.append(" ");
+            handlers.append(name);
+            handlers.append("=\"");
+            handlers.append(value);
+            handlers.append("\"");
+        }
+    }
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.DynamicAttributes#setDynamicAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)
+	 */
+	public void setDynamicAttribute(String url, String localName, Object value) throws JspException {
+		keys.add( localName );
+		values.add( value );
+	}
+
+	public String getName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+
+	public void setName(String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+
+	public String getOnchange() {
+		return onchange;
+	}
+
+	public void setOnchange(String onchange) {
+		this.onchange = onchange;
+	}
+
+	public String getId() {
+		return id;
+	}
+
+	public void setId(String id) {
+		this.id = id;
+	}
+	
+}
Index: lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/web/tag/MultiLinesTextareaTag.java
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diff -u -r08950e1090443c3423a3d1c587416a2fccd8bbdf -rbfeb3180336d3c099a3c937699e102abe9701607
--- lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/web/tag/MultiLinesTextareaTag.java	(.../MultiLinesTextareaTag.java)	(revision 08950e1090443c3423a3d1c587416a2fccd8bbdf)
+++ lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/web/tag/MultiLinesTextareaTag.java	(.../MultiLinesTextareaTag.java)	(revision bfeb3180336d3c099a3c937699e102abe9701607)
@@ -114,10 +114,11 @@
             data = this.lookupProperty(this.name, this.property);
         }
     	if(data != null){
-    		//change back
-    		if(os.toLowerCase().indexOf("win") != -1)
-    			data = data.replaceAll("<BR>","\r\n");
-    		else
+    		//comment: although window OS should be \r\n format, but in some case, it only include "\n" as well.
+    		//so it is not safe to do replacement   
+//    		if(os.toLowerCase().indexOf("win") != -1)
+//    			data = data.replaceAll("<BR>","\r\n");
+//    		else
     			data = data.replaceAll("<BR>","\n");
     	}
     	return data == null?"":data;