Special Characters and XML Strings

Special Characters and XML Strings
XML has a special set of characters that cannot be used in normal XML strings. These characters are:


& - &
< - &lt;
> - &gt;
" - &quot;
' - &apos;
For example, the following XML string is invalid:

<Organization>Santa & Banta</Organization>Whereas the following is valid XML:

<Organization>Santa &amp; Banta</Organization>—Note that we have replaced '&' with '&amp;' in the second XML string which makes it valid.