// Test null input
        assertEquals(StringUtil.EMPTY, XmlUtil.escapeXml(null));
    }

    public void test_escapeXml_empty() {
        // Test empty string
        assertEquals("", XmlUtil.escapeXml(""));
    }

    public void test_escapeXml_basic() {
        // Test basic XML escaping
        assertEquals("&lt;tag&gt;value&lt;/tag&gt;", XmlUtil.escapeXml("<tag>value</tag>"));
    }

 * </ul>
 *
 * <h2>Usage Example:</h2>
 * <pre>
 * {@code
 * String escapedXml = XmlUtil.escapeXml("<tag>value</tag>");
 * Map<String, Object> dataMap = XmlUtil.getDataMap(accessResultData);
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * <h2>Thread Safety:</h2>
 * <p>
 * This class is thread-safe as it does not maintain any state.
 * </p>
 *
 * <h2>Dependencies:</h2>
 * <ul>

		err := errLikeNonStrArg
		return nil, errLikeInvalidInputs(err)
	}

	escape := runeZero
	if e.EscapeChar != nil {
		escapeVal, err2 := e.EscapeChar.evalNode(r, tableAlias)
		if err2 != nil {
			return nil, err2
		}

		inferTypeAsString(escapeVal)

		escapeStr, ok := escapeVal.ToString()
		if !ok {
			err := errLikeNonStrArg
			return nil, errLikeInvalidInputs(err)
		}