Print a XML string to browser doesn't work in JSP

[Matt]

xmlReq is the XML string, and I want to print it out in browser, but it doesn't
print it out. But when I go to view|source, then I could see the XML.

<%
String xmlReq = generateXML();
out.println(xmlReq);
%>

any ideas? please help. thanks!!

 

[Brusque]

xmlReq is the XML string, and I want to print it out in browser, but it doesn't
print it out. But when I go to view|source, then I could see the XML.

<%
String xmlReq = generateXML();
out.println(xmlReq);
%>

any ideas? please help. thanks!!

Because you're not escaping the XML characters and the browser is trying to
render them/ignore them. You need to convert characters like < > & to &gt;
&lt; &amp; etc. if you want the browser to display it instead of interpret
it.