Hi,
I have an XML file, an element of which refers to a general entity.
I'm using DOm parser and JAXP API to parse it and form a resulting XML file.
I want the entity reference to be preserved in the resulting XML file which is currently NOT.
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DTD.....
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<!ENTITY x "Jones">
<!ELEMENT message (approved, signature )>
<!ELEMENT approved EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST approved flag ( true | false ) "false">
<!ELEMENT signature ( #PCDATA )>

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sample.XML......
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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE message SYSTEM "sample.dtd">
<message>
<approved flag="true"/>
<signature>Chairperson &x; PhD</signature>
</message>

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sampleoutput.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE message SYSTEM "sample.dtd">
<message>
<approved flag="true"/>
<signature>Chairperson Jones PhD</signature>
</message> <....>

I DO NOT want Jones. Instead, I want it as &x;
That is, I want to have the exact same XML output as the SOURCE.

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My JAVA code follows....
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DocumentBuilderFactory factory=DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
factory.setExpandEntityReferences(true);
factory.setValidating(true);
factory.setIgnoringElementContentWhitespace(true);

DocumentBuilder builder=factory.newDocumentBuilder();
builder.setErrorHandler(new MyErrorHandler());
document=builder.parse(new File("C:/sample.xml"));

TransformerFactory tf=TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer t=tf.newTransformer();
t.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.DOCTYPE_SYSTEM, "sample.dtd");

FileWriter fileOut = new FileWriter("sampleoutput.xml");
t.transform(new DOMSource(document), new StreamResult(fileOut));
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sample.xml -- source XML
sampleoutput.xml -- output XML
sample.dtd -- DTD

Could anyone please figure out how to preserve entity references?
Any help in this regard is grately appreciated.

- Srivalli.