I'm having trouble with special characters that exist in an xml node attribute. To combat this, I'm trying to render
the attributes as child nodes and, where necessary, using cdata sections to get around
the special characters.
The problem is, I can't seem to get
the cdata section appended to
the node correctly.
I'm iterating over
the source xml node's attributes and creating new nodes. If
the attribute.name = "description" I want to put
the attribute.text() in a cdata section and append
the new node. That's where I jump
the track.
// newXMLData is
the new xml document that I've created in memory
for (var ctr =0;ctr< this.attributes.length;ctr++){ // iterate over
the attributes
if( this.attributes[ctr].name =="Description"){ // if
the attribute name is "Description" add a CDATA section
var thisNodeName = this.attributes[ctr].name;
newXMLDataNode.append("<"+thisNodeName +"></"+ thisNodeName +">" );
var cdata = newXMLData.createCDATASection('test'); // here's where it breaks.
} else {
// It's not "Description" so just append
the new node.
newXMLDataNode.append("<"+ this.attributes[ctr].name +">" + $(this.attributes[ctr]).text() + "</"+ this.attributes[ctr].name +">" );
}
}
Any ideas? Is there another way to add a cdata section?
Here's a sample snippet of
the source...
<row
pSiteID="4"
pSiteTile="Test Site Name "
pSiteURL="http://www.cnn.com"
ID="1"
Description="<div>blah blah blah since June 2007.&nbsp; T<br>&nbsp;<br>blah blah blah blah&nbsp; </div>"
CreatedDate="2010-09-20 14:46:18"
Comments="Comments example. " >
here's what I'm trying to create...
<Site>
<PSITEID>4</PSITEID>
<PSITETILE>Test Site Name</PSITETILE>
<PSITEURL>http://www.cnn.com</PSITEURL>
<ID>1</ID>
<DESCRIPTION><![CDATA[<div>blah blah blah since June 2007.&nbsp; T<br>&nbsp;<br>blah blah blah blah&nbsp; </div ]]></DESCRIPTION>
<CREATEDDATE>2010-09-20 14:46:18</CREATEDDATE>
<COMMENTS><![CDATA[ Comments example. ]]></COMMENTS>
</Site>
