How do I convert XML object to String ? Requirement is: to replace < and > with < and > respectively and make the string back to XML format. Sample XML is shown as below.

[nm13]

<res0:value>
	 &lt;ns4:id xmlns:ns4="urn:v3.diagnostic.dar.services.bgc"&gt;20182300020601349&lt;/ns4:id&gt;
	 &lt;ns4:globalResult xmlns:ns4="urn:v3.diagnostic.dar.services.bgc"&gt;Done&lt;/ns4:globalResult&gt;
	 &lt;ns4:detailedResultsBlock xmlns:ns4="urn:v3.diagnostic.dar.services.bgc"&gt;
		&lt;ns4:id&gt;20182300020601349&lt;/ns4:id&gt;
		&lt;ns4:result name="PABX" time="2018-06-08T17:24:36.954+02:00"&gt;No or private PABX.&lt;/ns4:result&gt;
		&lt;ns4:result name="Dare missing information" time="2018-06-08T17:24:36.954+02:00"&gt;Dare PTS potentially impacted by missing information from: ABR TSI, OSS network and services&lt;/ns4:result&gt;
		&lt;ns4:result name="Physical layer and connectivity"
					time="2018-06-08T17:24:36.954+02:00"&gt;The DSL line of the customer is in synch and quality is OK.&lt;/ns4:result&gt;
		&lt;ns4:result name="General information" time="2018-06-08T17:24:36.954+02:00"&gt;No general issues found.&lt;/ns4:result&gt;
	 &lt;/ns4:detailedResultsBlock&gt;
</res0:value>

Any help is much appreciated. Thank You!

[Ankur Bawiskar]

Hi Nawshi,

So you want the following:

&lt; -> to be replaced with <

&gt; -> to be replaced with >

use below script and it will replace:

var data = ''; // your xml string

data = data.replaceAll("<","&lt;");

data = data.replaceAll(">","&gt;");

Mark Correct if this solves your issue and also hit Like and Helpful if you find my response worthy based on the impact.
Thanks
Ankur

[nm13]

Hi Ankur,

replace works only with String, the Xml in question is an XML Object. I found a workaround and I have mentioned in the answer to this question. Thanks anyway!

[nm13 · Accepted solution]

I found a workaround for the issue. Here's the code. 

Suppose your XML is in a variable called responseBody

var xmlString = responseBody.toString();
var xmlClean = global.JSUtil.unescapeText(xmlString);

JSUtils is an OOB Script Include already present in every instance.

The xmlClean (String) is free from &lt; and &gt;

To convert it back to XML, use this code:

var xmlDoc = new XMLDocument2();
xmlDoc.parseXML(xmlClean);