https://answers.axonivy.com/questions/2366/special-character-umlaut-in-xml-with-ch-ivyteam-ivy-scripting-objects-xml<p>When i do for example:</p> <pre><code>Xml field = new Xml("Field", "KOSTENTR&amp;#196;GER"); // Ä </code></pre> <p>"&amp;" is converted to "&amp; amp;", when i convert the xml object to string. </p> <p>It's look for example like this:</p> <pre><code>&lt;FIELD&gt;KOSTENTR&amp;amp;#196;GER&lt;/FIELD&gt; </code></pre> <p>How can i avoid this?</p>enWed, 11 Jan 2017 16:43:20 -0500https://answers.axonivy.com/questions/2366/special-character-umlaut-in-xml-with-ch-ivyteam-ivy-scripting-objects-xml/2370<p>The problem with '&amp;' in an XML file is, that everything after the '&amp;' until the next semicolon will be encoded. A single '&amp;' without a semicolon (or with a meaningless term between them) would lead to an invalid XML file. To avoid this problem, the serializer just converts every '&amp;' to '&amp; amp;', even if it stands already for an encoded character (see <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/730133/invalid-characters-in-xml).">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/730133/invalid-characters-in-xml).</a></p> <p>You could just replace the encoded parts with the character itself ("KOSTENTRÄGER" instead of "KOSTENTR&amp;#196 ;GER") before passing the String to the XML object. There are several possibilities to do this, maybe this link is helpful: <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/994331/java-how-to-unescape-html-character-entities-in-java">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/994331/java-how-to-unescape-html-character-entities-in-java</a></p>Barbara BruggerWed, 11 Jan 2017 16:43:20 -0500https://answers.axonivy.com/questions/2366/special-character-umlaut-in-xml-with-ch-ivyteam-ivy-scripting-objects-xml/2370