Encode single and double quote characters in XMLDocument.createtextnode method

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I am trying to create a xml text node using

XMLDocument.createtextnode(temp);

Case 1 -> if temp = "One&two"', then the value is being encoded properly by default with escape character as & as expected. I can see "&" on XML viewer, this is properly escaped with & when I open the XML in edit mode. Same is the case for "<" and ">".

Case 2: if temp = "One'two" or "one"two", single quote and double quotes are not encoded to ' and " as expected.

When I try to encode explicitly and pass the value to XMLDocument.createtextnode(System.Security.SecurityElement::Escape(temp))

String One'Two is encoded as One&apos;Two. Is there a way to encode One'Two to One'Two and

One"Two to One"Two?

Thanks,

Praveen

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RE: Encode single and double quote characters in XMLDocument.createtextnode method

Why not use:
    XmlDocument xmlDoc;
    XmlElement xmlRoot;
    XmlElement xmlField;

    xmlDoc = XmlDocument::newBlank();
    xmlRoot = xmlDoc.createElement("Root");
    xmlField = xmlRoot.createElement("one&two");
    xmlField.innerText(value);
    xmlRoot.appendChild(xmlField);

Seems to me that this handles the encoding just fine.

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RE: Encode single and double quote characters in XMLDocument.createtextnode method

Yes you are right. It works for '&' , '<', '>' but not for single and double quotes. Parsed xml is like below as expected:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Root>
<one>Te&st</one>
</Root>

if the xml value has a single or double quotes for eg: Te'st parsed xml looks like <one>Te'st</one> . Is there a way to have parsed xml as <one>Te'st</one>

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Sagar Dedhia 50 on at

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RE: Encode single and double quote characters in XMLDocument.createtextnode method

Did anyone found answer ? I am having same problem while exporting to XML

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