I can't reproduce your problem ... Document document = DocumentHelper.createDocument(); Element element = document.addElement("test");
element.setText("<&"); try { XMLWriter writer = new XMLWriter(System.out); writer.write(document); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } Regards, Edwin -- http://www.edankert.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ dom4j-user mailing list dom4j-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dom4j-user