[flexcoders] CDATA and E4X

[Jesse Warden]

How do I use CDATA with E4X?

Reading CDATA nodes is easy.  Sending, however, is hampered by the
fact that I cannot use binding within CDATA nodes, and all text is URL
encoded.

So, if I do this:

username = "Jesse";
lastname = "Warden";

<nodes>
   <node>{username}</node>
   <node><![CDATA[{lastname}]]></node>
</nodes>

It'll look like this:

<nodes>
   <node>Jesse</node>
   <node><![CDATA[{lastname}]]></node>
</nodes>

If I try assembling manually, it still URL encodes it:

var request:XML = <request>
                                        <moo>
                                                <goo>Hello</goo>
                                                <pan>3</pan>
                                        </moo>
                                </request>;
var sup:String = "sup dog";
var s:String = "<![CDATA[";
s += sup;
s += "]]>";
request.moo.appendChild(<gai>{s}</gai>);
trace(request);

This is a problem because I'm sending a URL through E4X with URL
parameters, and it's encoding it twice; basically, my & are becoming
&amp;.

I asked the server guy to just let me send this particular value as an
attribute so we could move on, but... no dice, my problem.

???