public class EncodeTag extends TagSupport {
    private String property;
    private Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(this.getClass());
    public int doStartTag() throws JspException {
         logger.debug(property);
         if(property==null){
             logger.debug("property is null");
             property = "";
         }
         StringBuffer sbuf = new StringBuffer();

         char[] chars = property.toCharArray();
         for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) {
              sbuf.append("&#" + (int) chars[i]);
         }

         try{
              pageContext.getOut().print(sbuf.toString());
         } catch (IOException ex) {
              throw new JspException(ex.getMessage());
         }

         return SKIP_BODY;
     }