Index: org/apache/jasper/tagplugins/jstl/Util.java
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--- org/apache/jasper/tagplugins/jstl/Util.java	(revision 1370136)
+++ org/apache/jasper/tagplugins/jstl/Util.java	(working copy)
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper;
 import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
 import javax.servlet.jsp.JspTagException;
+import javax.servlet.jsp.JspWriter;
 import javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext;
 
 import org.apache.jasper.Constants;
@@ -163,6 +164,15 @@
         return u.toString();
     }
     
+    public static void out(JspWriter out, String value, String defaultValue, boolean escapeXml) throws IOException {
+    	String v = value != null ? value : defaultValue;
+    	if (v != null) {
+    	    if(escapeXml){
+    	        v = org.apache.jasper.tagplugins.jstl.Util.escapeXml(v);
+    	    }
+    	    out.write(v);
+    	}
+    }
     
     /**
      * Performs the following substring replacements