Converting XML to String in OSB

Hi All,
Is there any function (apart from fn-bea:serialize function) for converting XML payload to a String in OSB. Please let me know.
Thanks,
Bpeltechie

That's how it's worded by W3C
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#syntax
The ampersand character (&) and the left angle bracket (<) must not appear in their literal form, except when used as markup delimiters, or within a comment,
a processing instruction, or a CDATA section. If they are needed elsewhere, they must be escaped using either numeric character references or the
strings " & " and " & lt; " respectively. The right angle bracket (>) may be represented using the string " & gt; ", and must, for compatibility, be
escaped using either " & gt; " or a character reference when it appears in the string " ]]> " in content, when that string is not marking the end
of a CDATA section.Note that it says left angle bracket must not appear in their literal form, but the right angle bracket may be represented using the string " &gt; "
Cheers,
Vlad

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