As far as I know, there is not built-in way to do this.
There are many different solutions, including tricks with xml, and a base 64 encoder that apparently does this as a side effect, and I saw one manual replacement class that looked very complete. I have not had to work with completely free test and have used a combination of manual replacement and controlling the allowed input characters. You will need to choose the solution that best fits your needs. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _____ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter Valdemar Mørch Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:39 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [SPAM] Re: [flexcoders] Encoding XML Character Entity References *properly* Hi, I didn't get any replies, so here is a polite bump... My question is basically this: How do I create an XML node with a toXMLString() value of: <value>a <foo>string</foo>/&</value> from a value of var value:String = "a <foo>string</foo>/&"; Is this really something one is expected to code by hand using RegExp or split&join? Isn't this something everybody who needs to send / recieve XML needs to be safe? I just can't find it anywhere. Also, I wrote: > P.S.: Please don't tell me about escape() because it URL-encodes, > which is not the same thing. (For "a&b" I want "a&b", not > "a%26b). Sorry if this offended anyone. I didn't mean to be rude. Peter -- Peter Valdemar Mørch http://www.morch. <http://www.morch.com> com
