Escaping characters

There are two ways to escape characters which can't be used in XML files:

• Use the CDATA regular XML way to escape content
• Use the "esc" element in the articles content and configure the generation to parse this element

Use CDATA escaping

Characters such as < and > can't be used in the XML file. It is possible to use HTML escaped characters for:

• < escaped by &lt;
• > escaped by &gt;

Furthermore, it is possible to escape characters by using the regular XML CDATA way for escaping characters. For example:

      this is a line with a <![CDATA[<]]>

Use the esc element

Another way to escape characters is to use the "esc" element in articles, and specify that the characters can be escaped in the configuration file:

• Set the supportEscaping property in the configuration file
• Use the "esc" element in articles

Example

      this is a line with a <esc text=\"<\" />

The result will be as the XML file have been set as:

      this is a line with a <![CDATA[<]]>

Note that it will only be processed if the "supportEscaping" has been set.