How to escape special xml characters in ALSB

Question

Hi
Can some one tell me how to replace special xml characters < ,> with &lt; and &gt;
I have xml node like below
<payload>
<RatingDetails>
<Action>Add</Action>
</payload>
Using fn-bea:serialize i got xml string as
<payload><RatingDetails><Action>Add</Action></payload>
I want output as below
<payload>&lt;RatingDetails&gt;&lt;Action&gt;Add&lt;/Action&gt;</payload>
Appreciate your help
Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

when i use fn-bea:serialize my request xml node converted to xml string.To that string i had escaped special xml characters.
Original request:
<abc>
<a1 >123</a1>
<payload>
<d>345</d>
<e><678></e>
</payload>
</abc>
After using serialize it became as below (everything in one line)
<abc><a1>123</a1><payload><d>345</d><e><678></e></payload></abc>
then i used java callout for replacing special xml chars in payload element,
now my request is
<abc><a1>123</a1><payload><![CDATA[& lt;d& gt;345& lt;/d& gt;& lt;e& gt;& lt;678& gt;& lt;/e& gt;]]></payload></abc>
i dont want my payload data to be enclosed within CDATA but by default i am getting it when i run my xquery for generating request.
This might be because & will not get parsed in xml parser so enclosing evrything in CDATA.
Need solution to remove CDATA and send the payload data as it is..