Question

I have a regex stored within an Apache Camel XML file:

<simple>${body} regex '\s*&lt;+.*'</simple>

I am trying to match the string:

<?xml

(the first part of an encoded XML file)

i.e. literally the characters <.

The Problem is that since this is contained in an XML file it is being treated as an encoded angle bracket and only matching <?xml.

Is there a way to escape this and make the match work for the encoded string?

Answer 1

You’ll have to double escape it:

<simple>${body} regex '\s*&amp;lt;+.*'</simple>