XML document Escape characters

Escapes or unescapes an XML file removing traces of offending characters that could be wrongfully interpreted as markup.

The following characters are reserved in XML and must be replaced with their corresponding XML entities:

1. ' is replaced with '
2. " is replaced with "
3. & is replaced with &
4. < is replaced with &lt;
5. > is replaced with &gt;

Original CharacterXML entity replacementXML numeric replacement
<                              &lt;                                    &#60;                                    
>                              &gt;                                   &#62;                                    
"                               &quot;                               &#34;                                    
&                              &amp;                               &#38;                                    
'                               &apos;                               &#39;                                    

Examples:-

Data	Xml Type	In XML
He said "OK"	Attribute	attributeName="He said "OK""
She said "You're right"	Attribute	attributeName="She said "You're right""
Smith&Sons	Attribute	attributeName="Smith&Sons"
if (age > 3 && age < 8)	Element	<MyElement>if (age &gt; 3 &amp;&amp; age &lt; 8)</MyElement>
An XML Comment End with -->	Comment	<!-- An XML Comment End with --&gt; -->
A & B	Comment	<!-- A &amp; B -->