Avoid escaping text with XStreamMarshaller












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I use Spring WS and XStreamMarshaller to build an XML API. I need to set text values in XML that contain special characters < and >. XStream by default escapes such characters, so I get output like this:



<description>&lt;mytag&gt;some text&lt;/mytag&gt
</description>


However, I need to wrap such text values in a CDATA, like so:



<description><![CDATA[<mytag>some text</mytag>]]>
</description>


I can't find how to customize XStreamMarshaller to avoid escaping special characters and use CDATA instead. Here's how my Spring WS endpoint looks:



@PayloadRoot(namespace = NAMESPACE_URI, localPart = METHOD)
@ResponsePayload
public DOMSource handleRequest(@RequestPayload DOMSource source) {
MyRequest request = (MyRequest)xStreamMarshaller.unmarshal(source);
MyResponse response = service.process(request);
DOMResult result = new DOMResult();
xStreamMarshaller.marshal(response, result);
return new DOMSource(result.getNode());
}


How do I customize xstream marshaller to not escape < and >?










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    I use Spring WS and XStreamMarshaller to build an XML API. I need to set text values in XML that contain special characters < and >. XStream by default escapes such characters, so I get output like this:



    <description>&lt;mytag&gt;some text&lt;/mytag&gt
    </description>


    However, I need to wrap such text values in a CDATA, like so:



    <description><![CDATA[<mytag>some text</mytag>]]>
    </description>


    I can't find how to customize XStreamMarshaller to avoid escaping special characters and use CDATA instead. Here's how my Spring WS endpoint looks:



    @PayloadRoot(namespace = NAMESPACE_URI, localPart = METHOD)
    @ResponsePayload
    public DOMSource handleRequest(@RequestPayload DOMSource source) {
    MyRequest request = (MyRequest)xStreamMarshaller.unmarshal(source);
    MyResponse response = service.process(request);
    DOMResult result = new DOMResult();
    xStreamMarshaller.marshal(response, result);
    return new DOMSource(result.getNode());
    }


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      I use Spring WS and XStreamMarshaller to build an XML API. I need to set text values in XML that contain special characters < and >. XStream by default escapes such characters, so I get output like this:



      <description>&lt;mytag&gt;some text&lt;/mytag&gt
      </description>


      However, I need to wrap such text values in a CDATA, like so:



      <description><![CDATA[<mytag>some text</mytag>]]>
      </description>


      I can't find how to customize XStreamMarshaller to avoid escaping special characters and use CDATA instead. Here's how my Spring WS endpoint looks:



      @PayloadRoot(namespace = NAMESPACE_URI, localPart = METHOD)
      @ResponsePayload
      public DOMSource handleRequest(@RequestPayload DOMSource source) {
      MyRequest request = (MyRequest)xStreamMarshaller.unmarshal(source);
      MyResponse response = service.process(request);
      DOMResult result = new DOMResult();
      xStreamMarshaller.marshal(response, result);
      return new DOMSource(result.getNode());
      }


      How do I customize xstream marshaller to not escape < and >?










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      I use Spring WS and XStreamMarshaller to build an XML API. I need to set text values in XML that contain special characters < and >. XStream by default escapes such characters, so I get output like this:



      <description>&lt;mytag&gt;some text&lt;/mytag&gt
      </description>


      However, I need to wrap such text values in a CDATA, like so:



      <description><![CDATA[<mytag>some text</mytag>]]>
      </description>


      I can't find how to customize XStreamMarshaller to avoid escaping special characters and use CDATA instead. Here's how my Spring WS endpoint looks:



      @PayloadRoot(namespace = NAMESPACE_URI, localPart = METHOD)
      @ResponsePayload
      public DOMSource handleRequest(@RequestPayload DOMSource source) {
      MyRequest request = (MyRequest)xStreamMarshaller.unmarshal(source);
      MyResponse response = service.process(request);
      DOMResult result = new DOMResult();
      xStreamMarshaller.marshal(response, result);
      return new DOMSource(result.getNode());
      }


      How do I customize xstream marshaller to not escape < and >?







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