Transform the xml with ' and "

Question

HI,
i am converting from one xml to anther xml using XSLT, in my output xml file ' values are replacing with ' symbols. i want ' values in my output xml file.
my input xml file is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ARTICLE>
<TITLE>A Sample Article123456&apos;123456&apos;</TITLE></ARTICLE>
my xslt file is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="2.0">
<xsl:output method="xml"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<Message>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</Message>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="/ARTICLE/TITLE">
<Sample><xsl:value-of select="/ARTICLE/TITLE" />
</Sample>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
my java source code
public class MessageGeneration
public static void main(String []a)throws Exception
Reader xmlSourceReader;
Writer xmlResultWriter;
xmlSourceReader = new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(
"src/xml/message.xml"), "UTF-8");
xmlResultWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(
"src/xml/outMessage.xml"), "UTF-8");
TransformerFactory tranFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = tranFactory.newTransformer(source);
StreamSource xmlSource1 = new StreamSource(xmlSourceReader);
StreamResult xmlResult1 = new StreamResult(xmlResultWriter);
transformer.transform(xmlSource1, xmlResult1);
how can i get &apos; symbols in my out file.
Thanks
Dattu

Answer 1

It isn't necessary to escape the apostrophes and quotes in the example you showed, although it isn't wrong to escape them either. Both are well-formed XML and they are equivalent. So that means you don't need to ask for them to be escaped, and therefore the XML philosophy implies you aren't allowed to ask for them to be escaped. Is there a particular reason you have to have them escaped?