[castor-user] Problem with mapping of a MultiValueMap

[Maghen Calinghee]

Hello,

I'm trying to produce an xml code from a map with  multiple values.
I'm using the map class  org.apache.commons.collections.map.MultiValueMap which 
allows multiple  values for one key.

I would like to produce something like that :
         <Info name="key1">value1</Info>
        <Info  name="key1">value2</Info>
        <Info  name="key2">value2</Info>
        <Info  name="keyN">valueN</Info>

But the best I could have is :
     <Info name="key1">value1</Info>
     <Info>value2</Info>
    <Info  name="key2">value2</Info>
    <Info  name="keyN">valueN</Info>

I'm using the following  mapping (with MapItem) :
    <class  name="org.exolab.castor.mapping.MapItem">
        <map-to  xml="Info" />
        <field name="key" type="string" >
             <bind-xml name="name" location="Info" node="attribute" />
         </field>
        <field name="value" type="string"  collection="arraylist">
            <bind-xml name="Info"  node="element" />
        </field>
    </class>

Another  solution is to use a handler which allows me to get the MultiValueMap  
object then i construct the xml code (see the following code) :
public  class MultiValueMapHandler extends GeneralizedFieldHandler {

     public MultiValueMapHandler() {
         setCollectionIteration(false);
    }

     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    public Class  getFieldType() {
        return MultiValueMap.class;
    }

     @Override
    public Object convertUponGet(Object source) {
        
        MultiValueMap map = (MultiValueMap) source;
         StringBuilder xml = new StringBuilder();
        for (Object key :  map.keySet()) {
            for (Object value :  map.getCollection(key)) {
                xml.append("<Info  
name=\""+key.toString()+"\">").append(value.toString()).append("<Info/>");
             }
        }
        return xml.toString();
    }
   
     @Override
    public Object convertUponSet(Object source) {
         // There is no need to implement this method
        return null;
     }
}

And i got the following xml code :
<Request  type="keep-put" version="1">
     <ModuleId>KEEPClient</ModuleId>
     <RequestId>REQUEST001</RequestId>
     <Document>c2FtcGxlIGRvY3VtZW50</Document>
     <DocumentInfo>
           &lt;Info  name="key1"&gt;value1&lt;Info/&gt;
            &lt;Info name="key1"&gt;value2&lt;Info/&gt;
            &lt;Info name="key2"&gt;value2&lt;Info/&gt;
            &lt;Info name="keyN"&gt;valueN&lt;Info/&gt;
     </DocumentInfo>
</Request>

As you could see the '<' and '>' is not escaped and i can't  produce the right 
xml code.

Does someone have any idea to solve this problem?

Thanks you in advance.

Maghen.