HtmlTextConverter.java

    public String convertToHtml() throws IOException {
        return convertToHtml(new FileReader(fullFilenameWithPath));
    }

    protected String convertToHtml(Reader reader) throws IOException {
        BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(reader);

        String line = bufferedReader.readLine();
        String html = "";
        while (line != null) {
            html += StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml(line);
            html += "<br />";
            line = bufferedReader.readLine();
        }
        return html;
    }