Hi,

We need to translate the content of our SOAP body (<sampledata>) to XML. By using CDATA on sampledata, the content is translated fine. However, there are times that we need to preserve some literals in the <payload>.

In the sample below, we need to keep this &gt;&gt; test only &lt;&lt; intact and not transform it into ">> test only <<"

<sampledata>&lt;message&gt;
  &lt;payload&gt;
&gt;&gt; test only &lt;&lt;
  &lt;/payload&gt;
&lt;message&gt;</sampledata>

Is it possible? (99.99% of me says that it isn't possible). Is there a workaround?

Thanks so much!

So basically you are double encoding it?

This would make the inside of the payload element the following:

&amp;gt;&amp;gt; test only &amp;lt;&amp;lt;

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

Hi Sam,

If the SOAP sender properly escaped the payload content the same way you did it we can preserve the literal when we CDATA <sampledata>?

Thanks for the clarification