Is there XmlDecode/XmlEncode?

[Fallen]

I have a string containing XML embedded withing another XML document
as an attribute value. This is what the string looks like:
<message> quick brown fox&ltmessage/>

I want to convert this to: <message>quic k brown fox</message>

How?
(I don't think XmlConvert handles this.)

regards,
T

[John Saunders [MVP]]

Re: Is there XmlDecode/XmlEncode?

"Fallen" <sw.tejasvi.sn@ gmail.comwrote in message
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>I have a string containing XML embedded withing another XML document
as an attribute value. This is what the string looks like:
&lt;message&gt; quick brown fox&ltmessage/&gt;
>
I want to convert this to: <message>quic k brown fox</message>
>
How?

What happens if you do this:

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(myW holeDocument);
// Assuming <child attributeWithXM L="&lt;message& gt;quick brown
fox&ltmessage/&gt;"/>
string embeddedXml =
doc.DocumentEle ment["child"].Attributes["attributeWithX ML"].Value;
Console.WriteLi ne(embeddedXml) ;

What prints out?
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John Saunders [MVP]

[T]

Re: Is there XmlDecode/XmlEncode?

Thanks John,

The following code does indeed print <message>quic k brown fox</
message>.
But I know exactly where in the containing XML this string occurs. I
am able to extract this without the expense of parsing. I am looking
for a shortcut to unescape the embedded XML. But thanks the answer is
obvious from here.

using System;
using System.Xml;

class Starter {
public static void Main(string[] args){
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
string xml = "<d><child attributeWithXML=\"&lt;message&gt;quick
brown fox&lt;/message&gt;\" /></d>";
doc.LoadXml(xml);
string embeddedXml =
doc.DocumentElement["child"].Attributes["attributeWithXML"].Value;
Console.WriteLine(embeddedXml);
}
}

On May 24, 4:11 pm, "John Saunders [MVP]" <john.saunder s at
trizetto.comwro te:

"Fallen" <sw.tejasvi...@ gmail.comwrote in message
>
news:1179989178 .951052.47690@b 40g2000prd.goog legroups.com...
>

I have a string containing XML embedded withing another XML document
as an attribute value. This is what the string looks like:
&lt;message&gt; quick brown fox&ltmessage/&gt;

>

I want to convert this to: <message>quic k brown fox</message>

>

How?

>
What happens if you do this:
>
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(myW holeDocument);
// Assuming <child attributeWithXM L="&lt;message& gt;quick brown
fox&ltmessage/&gt;"/>
string embeddedXml =
doc.DocumentEle ment["child"].Attributes["attributeWithX ML"].Value;
Console.WriteLi ne(embeddedXml) ;
>
What prints out?
--
John Saunders [MVP]

[John Saunders [MVP]]

Re: Is there XmlDecode/XmlEncode?

"T" <sw.tejasvi.sn@ gmail.comwrote in message
news:1180007476 .237216.35420@h 2g2000hsg.googl egroups.com...

Thanks John,
>
The following code does indeed print <message>quic k brown fox</
message>.
But I know exactly where in the containing XML this string occurs. I
am able to extract this without the expense of parsing. I am looking
for a shortcut to unescape the embedded XML. But thanks the answer is
obvious from here.

Glad to help.

The XmlDocument example was just a simple example to illustrate the fact
that the XML API's know how to escape and unescape XML. If you're only
looking for the one string, then an XPathDocument or even a simple XmlReader
would be much faster. Both of them understand how strings need to be
escaped.
--
John Saunders [MVP]