RE: parse an xml file

> I am using xerces DOM parser to parse an xml file  and retrieve its
> Values        to put into a new xml document.....while 
> retrieving value like <
> &         (i.e. special characters) ....I am facing 
> problem....the DOM parser
> translate "&lt;" to "<" or for that matter "&amp;" "&" 
> ...which is not correct and I don't want that......so any 
> clue....input...idea????
What do you mean, "which is not correct"?

&amp; is the way you represent an ampersand character in an XML
document. Of course it is the job of the XML parser to translate &amp;
into an ampersand character - that's what XML parsers are for.

Michael Kay


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