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hdkrus
hdkrus

Reputation: 430

Avoid escaping ' entity with .NET XmlDocument class

How can I avoid XmlDocument class replace ' entity with the ' character? For example if I have:

string xml = "<a> &apos; </a>";

After doing

var doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(xml);
string output = doc.OutterXml;

The value of output is 

"<a>'</a>"

I need to avoid this because I must load an XML, make some changes and sign it digitally so the signed XML must be the same loaded.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 693

Answers (1)

Samuel Neff
Samuel Neff

Reputation: 74929

For your specific requirements, don't use XmlDocument or any other XML parser to parse the original document.

Do use XmlDocument or any other XML-specific classes to create your new document, except put a placeholder where the original document needs to go, like ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT_HERE. Then after you've generated the resulting text XML for your new document, replace ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT_HERE with your original received text, and then sign the result.

Not a normal way to work with XML, but should work for your specific use case.

Upvotes: 1

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