Does & in cle-providers.xml connectionstring work ?

Question

I have following connectstring in the cle-providers.xml file:
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'windows-1252'?>
<cle-providers>
<provider name="OpaServiceProvider" class="oracle.clex.persistence.bc4j.ApplicationModuleProvider">
<property name="persistencebase" value="oravision.opa.persistence.bc4j"/>
<property name="modulename" value="oravision.opa.persistence.bc4j.OpaModule"/>
<property name="connectionstring" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/opa?ultraDevHack=true&amp;user=root&amp;password=test"/>
<property name="user" value=""/>
<property name="password" value=""/>
<property name="host" value=""/>
<property name="sid" value=""/>
<property name="port" value=""/>
<property name="encryptiontype" value=""/>
<property name="drivertype" value=""/>
<property name="failover" value=""/>
<property name="scope" value="request"/>
<property name="managestate" value="false"/>
</provider>
</cle-providers>
Does the &amp; work ?
The connectstring URL should be:
jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/opa?ultraDevHack=true&user=root&password=test
which works in the BC4J tester!

Answer 1

Ahhh. The forum isn't showing it as I meant.
This is my connectionstring property:
<property name="connectionstring" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/opa?ultraDevHack=true& amp; user=root& amp; password=test"/>
<property name="connectionstring" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/opa?ultraDevHack=true& a m p ; user=root& a m p ; password=test"/>
(without the spaces)
(without the spaces)