Question

example…

<xml> <level1> <level2> <![CDATA[ Release Date: 11/20/09 <br />View Trailer ]]> </level2> </level1> </xml> 

when I use inFeed.getXpath().evaluate(‘xml/level1/level2’, myNodeList);

I get ‘Release Date:11/20/09 View Trailer’

I was under the impression that the whole point of CDATA is that it preserves whatever mumbo jumbo you care to throw in there. Am I using the wrong xpath expression? or am just approaching this all wrong?

Answer 1

Not sure what I’m doing differently from you but for me

public class XpathFun {     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception     {         String xml = '<xml><level1><level2><![CDATA[ Release Date: 11/20/09 <br />View Trailer ]]></level2></level1></xml>';         InputSource inputSource = new InputSource(new ByteArrayInputStream(xml.getBytes()));         System.out.println(XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath().evaluate('xml/level1/level2', inputSource));     } } 

results in:

Release Date: 11/20/09 <br />View Trailer