in String Buffer

Question

I need to insert a < sign in a StringBuffer.
I'm using the following code:
                        tmpStrBuf.insert(0, '<');
                        tmpStrBuf.insert(tmpStrBuf.length(), ">");While the > sign inserts correctly, for the < sign, I get
& lt; (space inserted to prevent forum from parsing)
Any help or suggestions appreciated.
Thanks,
Jim

Answer 1

Good point...I added some more system.out.println to the code, the StringBuffer it not the problem.
I'm actually building an xml string, from an existing string. I need to change part of the original string, add some items, and delete some of it.
Then it is added to an ArrayList, then later on in the code, I step through the ArrayList, adding each item in the ArrayList to the XML document
Code:
tmpStrBuf.insert(0, "<");
tmpStrBuf.insert(tmpStrBuf.length(), ">");
ArrayList literalExLines = new ArrayList();
literalExLines.add(tmpStrBuf.toString());
// Create the literal example text node
ltetext = question.createTextNode(literalExLines.get(n).toString()) ;
// Add the text to the element
lte.appendChild(ltetext);
// Add the "<literalExample>" tag to "<stem>"
stem.appendChild(lte);
// Add the "<question>" tag to "<stem>"
if (debug) System.out.println("Adding stem");
qst.appendChild(stem);
So, somewhere in appending it to the xmlDocument, it is getting converted.
Any suggestions on where it might be getting converted?
Thanks,
Jim