replace invalid xml characters

[John A Grandy]

I know that System.Security .SecurityElemen t.Escape() will replace invalid
xml chars with valid equivalent ...

But is there another method to accomplish same that is "closer to home" ?

[Mr Flibble]

Re: replace invalid xml characters

* John A Grandy wrote:[color=blue]
> I know that System.Security .SecurityElemen t.Escape() will replace invalid
> xml chars with valid equivalent ...
>
> But is there another method to accomplish same that is "closer to home" ?
>
>[/color]

I usually use the stream editor "sed" for this type of stuff.

[Martin Honnen]

Re: replace invalid xml characters



John A Grandy wrote:
[color=blue]
> I know that System.Security .SecurityElemen t.Escape() will replace invalid
> xml chars with valid equivalent ...
>
> But is there another method to accomplish same that is "closer to home" ?[/color]

If you want to create XML with .NET then Xml(Text)Writer is the tool and
its methods will do all escaping necessary for you e.g.

XmlTextWriter xmlWriter = new XmlTextWriter(C onsole.Out);
xmlWriter.Forma tting = Formatting.Inde nted;
xmlWriter.Write StartDocument() ;
xmlWriter.Write StartElement("r oot");
xmlWriter.Write ElementString(" text", "Kibo & Xibo");
xmlWriter.Write ElementString(" comparison", "a < b");
xmlWriter.Write EndDocument();
xmlWriter.Close ();

will write

<root>
<text>Kibo &amp; Xibo</text>
<comparison>a &lt; b</comparison>
</root>

so everything is escaped as necessary.


If that does not help then tell exactly which kind of "invalid"
characters you have or maybe check first whether some of the other methods
<http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/default.asp?url =/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemXmlX mlTextWriterMet hodsTopic.asp>
Xml(Text)Writer provides like WriteBase64 or WriteBinHex do what you need.



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Martin Honnen --- MVP XML

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