REQ: An "escapeXml" attribute in JXT macro/script output

[Terry Brick]

Hello,
This request is carried over from the users list regarding introducing XML from a
variable/component into the JXT output stream.
For example, let's say I have Java bean with a String property that holds XML text.  
If, in my
template, I do something like...
${MyBean.XML}
... Then all of the XML characters are escaped.
For example,
<para>
..becomes..
&lt;para&gt;

I would think that for most Cocoon users, this is undesirable behavior most of the 
time.
The current workaround is to have the bean property return a DOM Document instead of a 
String. 
However, in many cases, other than to accomodate this workaround, I have no other need 
to create a
DOM document within my Java component.... so it seems like there could be some 
unecessary overhead
associated with doing that.  I guess that depends on how Cocoon handles the doc... 
maybe it's a
wash.
Anyway, an escapeXml="true/false" attribute on the JX output tags (similar to JSTL) 
would
certainly be handy IMO.

Thanks!


        
                
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