"Dimitre Novatchev [MVP XML]" <dnovatchev@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:uix5gZzFEHA.2980@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Is is possible to tell the XML serializer to output an element's content
> in
> > a CDATA wrapper?
>
>
> This has been shown by many people to be a bad idea.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dimitre Novatchev [XML MVP],
> FXSL developer, XML Insider,
>
> http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
> Resume: http://fxsl.sf.net/DNovatchev/Resume/Res.html
>
>

"Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Is is possible to tell the XML serializer to output an element's content
in
> a CDATA wrapper?

"Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
news:OuzSiF0FEHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Could you explain why? The element concerned will contain arbitrary
content
> (it's source code) and I want to preserve the whitespace that is present -
I
> tried just storing it as a string but for example, CrLf is converted to

"Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Dimitre
>
> Following the link from that article you to Norman Walsh's blog, you
get...
>
> ...Finally, he asks what my problem is given that CDATA is part of XML. I
> don't have any problem with CDATA. CDATA sections are fine, as long as
what
> you're putting in them is text. What's evil about this escaped markup
> nonsense is the semantics provided by RSS/Atom, not the use of CDATA to
> avoid lots of ampersands and semicolons. That's my problem....
>
> My point is that what I have *is* text, not marked up XML - so can you
give
> me an answer now :-)
>
> Alternatively, can you suggest another mechanism for preserving whitespace
> in the value?
>
> Paul
>
> "Dimitre Novatchev [MVP XML]" <dnovatchev@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:c4f20a$2gpp9u$1@ID-152440.news.uni-berlin.de...
> >
> > "Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:OuzSiF0FEHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Could you explain why? The element concerned will contain arbitrary
> > content
> > > (it's source code) and I want to preserve the whitespace that is
> present -
> > I
> > > tried just storing it as a string but for example, CrLf is converted
to
> > Lf.
> >
> > Very briefly, because in this way all the structure/types of the
document
> is
> > destroyed to linear text, and this is highly irreversible.
> >
> > See e.g. the explanation of Norman Walsh in his xml.com article "Escaped
> > Markup Considered Harmful"
> >
> > at:
> > http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/08/20/embedded.html
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Dimitre Novatchev [XML MVP],
> > FXSL developer, XML Insider,
> >
> > http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
> > Resume: http://fxsl.sf.net/DNovatchev/Resume/Res.html
> >
> >
>
>

"Dimitre Novatchev [MVP XML]" <dnovatchev@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:OuzSiF0FEHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Could you explain why? The element concerned will contain arbitrary
> content
> > (it's source code) and I want to preserve the whitespace that is
present -
> I
> > tried just storing it as a string but for example, CrLf is converted to
> Lf.
>
> Very briefly, because in this way all the structure/types of the document
is
> destroyed to linear text, and this is highly irreversible.
>
> See e.g. the explanation of Norman Walsh in his xml.com article "Escaped
> Markup Considered Harmful"
>
> at:
> http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/08/20/embedded.html
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dimitre Novatchev [XML MVP],
> FXSL developer, XML Insider,
>
> http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
> Resume: http://fxsl.sf.net/DNovatchev/Resume/Res.html
>
>

"Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23ZhQMN2FEHA.1128@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Dimitre
>
> Following the link from that article you to Norman Walsh's blog, you
get...
>
> ...Finally, he asks what my problem is given that CDATA is part of XML. I
> don't have any problem with CDATA. CDATA sections are fine, as long as
what
> you're putting in them is text. What's evil about this escaped markup
> nonsense is the semantics provided by RSS/Atom, not the use of CDATA to
> avoid lots of ampersands and semicolons. That's my problem....
>
> My point is that what I have *is* text, not marked up XML - so can you
give
> me an answer now :-)
>
> Alternatively, can you suggest another mechanism for preserving whitespace
> in the value?
>
> Paul

> Paul,
>
> It's actually pretty intuitive ;)
> A field of type System.Xml.XmlCDataSection will serialize as a CDATA
section
> ... as with all types derived from XmlNode, the XmSerializer just writes
out
> the content of the field without enclosing tags if you attach an
> XmlAnyElementAttribute to the field [0].
>
> --
> HTH
> Christoph Schittko [MVP]
> Software Architect, .NET Mentor
>
> [0] http://www.topxml.com/xmlserializer/serializing_xml_nodes.asp
>
> "Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23ZhQMN2FEHA.1128@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Dimitre
> >
> > Following the link from that article you to Norman Walsh's blog, you
> get...
> >
> > ...Finally, he asks what my problem is given that CDATA is part of XML.
I
> > don't have any problem with CDATA. CDATA sections are fine, as long as
> what
> > you're putting in them is text. What's evil about this escaped markup
> > nonsense is the semantics provided by RSS/Atom, not the use of CDATA to
> > avoid lots of ampersands and semicolons. That's my problem....
> >
> > My point is that what I have *is* text, not marked up XML - so can you
> give
> > me an answer now :-)
> >
> > Alternatively, can you suggest another mechanism for preserving
whitespace
> > in the value?
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > "Dimitre Novatchev [MVP XML]" <dnovatchev@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:c4f20a$2gpp9u$1@ID-152440.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > >
> > > "Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> > > news:OuzSiF0FEHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > Could you explain why? The element concerned will contain arbitrary
> > > content
> > > > (it's source code) and I want to preserve the whitespace that is
> > present -
> > > I
> > > > tried just storing it as a string but for example, CrLf is converted
> to
> > > Lf.
> > >
> > > Very briefly, because in this way all the structure/types of the
> document
> > is
> > > destroyed to linear text, and this is highly irreversible.
> > >
> > > See e.g. the explanation of Norman Walsh in his xml.com article
"Escaped
> > > Markup Considered Harmful"
> > >
> > > at:
> > > http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/08/20/embedded.html
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Dimitre Novatchev [XML MVP],
> > > FXSL developer, XML Insider,
> > >
> > > http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
> > > Resume: http://fxsl.sf.net/DNovatchev/Resume/Res.html
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"Dimitre Novatchev [MVP XML]" <dnovatchev@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c4g83c$2hk2g7$1@ID-152440.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> "Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23ZhQMN2FEHA.1128@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Dimitre
> >
> > Following the link from that article you to Norman Walsh's blog, you
> get...
> >
> > ...Finally, he asks what my problem is given that CDATA is part of XML.
I
> > don't have any problem with CDATA. CDATA sections are fine, as long as
> what
> > you're putting in them is text. What's evil about this escaped markup
> > nonsense is the semantics provided by RSS/Atom, not the use of CDATA to
> > avoid lots of ampersands and semicolons. That's my problem....
> >
> > My point is that what I have *is* text, not marked up XML - so can you
> give
> > me an answer now :-)
> >
> > Alternatively, can you suggest another mechanism for preserving
whitespace
> > in the value?
> >
> > Paul
>
> Sorry Paul,
>
> You were asking how "to output an element's content in a CDATA wrapper". I
> thought that by content you mean the xml fragment consisting of all of
this
> element's children nodes.
>
> Of course, if the element has just a single text node child, then putting
> this text into a CDATA section is perfectly OK.
>
> Christoph already provided an answer how to do this in .Net.
>
> Another, platform-independent way of generating a CDATA section is using
> XSLT and the cdata-section-elements attribute of xsl:output.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dimitre Novatchev [XML MVP],
> FXSL developer, XML Insider,
>
> http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
> Resume: http://fxsl.sf.net/DNovatchev/Resume/Res.html
>
>

"Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Christoph
>
> Thanks for the response, my problem is that the solution would embed XML
> into the domain object - which is not what I want. Currently I have a
> property defined as follows...
>
> <System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(ElementName:="source")> _
> Public Property Source() As String
> Get
> Return _source
> End Get
> Set (Value As String)
> _source = Value
> End Set
> End Property
>
> All I want is that when it serializes that it is wrappered in CDATA as I
> can't control the contents and I can't find a way of telling the
serializer
> to do this. If I understand your suggestion I would declare the property
as
>
> <System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAnyElementAttribute(Name:="source")> _
> Public Property Source() As XmlCDataSection
> Get
> Return _source
> End Get
> Set (Value As XmlCDataSection)
> _source = Value
> End Set
> End Property
>
> Do I have to implement ISerializable to get the level of control I need?
>
> Paul
>
> "Christoph Schittko [MVP]" <christophdotnetINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in
> message news:e54DUa5FEHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Paul,
> >
> > It's actually pretty intuitive ;)
> > A field of type System.Xml.XmlCDataSection will serialize as a CDATA
> section
> > ... as with all types derived from XmlNode, the XmSerializer just writes
> out
> > the content of the field without enclosing tags if you attach an
> > XmlAnyElementAttribute to the field [0].
> >
> > --
> > HTH
> > Christoph Schittko [MVP]
> > Software Architect, .NET Mentor
> >
> > [0] http://www.topxml.com/xmlserializer/serializing_xml_nodes.asp
> >
> > "Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:%23ZhQMN2FEHA.1128@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > Dimitre
> > >
> > > Following the link from that article you to Norman Walsh's blog, you
> > get...
> > >
> > > ...Finally, he asks what my problem is given that CDATA is part of
XML.
> I
> > > don't have any problem with CDATA. CDATA sections are fine, as long as
> > what
> > > you're putting in them is text. What's evil about this escaped markup
> > > nonsense is the semantics provided by RSS/Atom, not the use of CDATA
to
> > > avoid lots of ampersands and semicolons. That's my problem....
> > >
> > > My point is that what I have *is* text, not marked up XML - so can you
> > give
> > > me an answer now :-)
> > >
> > > Alternatively, can you suggest another mechanism for preserving
> whitespace
> > > in the value?
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > "Dimitre Novatchev [MVP XML]" <dnovatchev@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > > news:c4f20a$2gpp9u$1@ID-152440.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > > >
> > > > "Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> > > > news:OuzSiF0FEHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > > Could you explain why? The element concerned will contain
arbitrary
> > > > content
> > > > > (it's source code) and I want to preserve the whitespace that is
> > > present -
> > > > I
> > > > > tried just storing it as a string but for example, CrLf is
converted
> > to
> > > > Lf.
> > > >
> > > > Very briefly, because in this way all the structure/types of the
> > document
> > > is
> > > > destroyed to linear text, and this is highly irreversible.
> > > >
> > > > See e.g. the explanation of Norman Walsh in his xml.com article
> "Escaped
> > > > Markup Considered Harmful"
> > > >
> > > > at:
> > > > http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/08/20/embedded.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Dimitre Novatchev [XML MVP],
> > > > FXSL developer, XML Insider,
> > > >
> > > > http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
> > > > Resume: http://fxsl.sf.net/DNovatchev/Resume/Res.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

> Paul,
>
> Yes you did understand my suggestion. Can you clarify why you believe that
> it will not work for you?
>
> You can implement IXmlSerializable, but that means you are in charge of
> serializing and deserializing the entire object, not just the single
> property. Note that IXmlSerializable is not officially supported until the
> Whidbey release [0].
>
> --
> HTH
> Christoph Schittko [MVP]
> Software Architect, .NET Mentor
>
> [0] http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko/archive/2003/10/28/34313.aspx
>
> "Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:OvWsGs8FEHA.2664@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Christoph
> >
> > Thanks for the response, my problem is that the solution would embed XML
> > into the domain object - which is not what I want. Currently I have a
> > property defined as follows...
> >
> > <System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(ElementName:="source")> _
> > Public Property Source() As String
> > Get
> > Return _source
> > End Get
> > Set (Value As String)
> > _source = Value
> > End Set
> > End Property
> >
> > All I want is that when it serializes that it is wrappered in CDATA as I
> > can't control the contents and I can't find a way of telling the
> serializer
> > to do this. If I understand your suggestion I would declare the property
> as
> >
> > <System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAnyElementAttribute(Name:="source")> _
> > Public Property Source() As XmlCDataSection
> > Get
> > Return _source
> > End Get
> > Set (Value As XmlCDataSection)
> > _source = Value
> > End Set
> > End Property
> >
> > Do I have to implement ISerializable to get the level of control I need?
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > "Christoph Schittko [MVP]" <christophdotnetINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote
in
> > message news:e54DUa5FEHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > Paul,
> > >
> > > It's actually pretty intuitive ;)
> > > A field of type System.Xml.XmlCDataSection will serialize as a CDATA
> > section
> > > ... as with all types derived from XmlNode, the XmSerializer just
writes
> > out
> > > the content of the field without enclosing tags if you attach an
> > > XmlAnyElementAttribute to the field [0].
> > >
> > > --
> > > HTH
> > > Christoph Schittko [MVP]
> > > Software Architect, .NET Mentor
> > >
> > > [0] http://www.topxml.com/xmlserializer/serializing_xml_nodes.asp
> > >
> > > "Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> > > news:%23ZhQMN2FEHA.1128@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > > Dimitre
> > > >
> > > > Following the link from that article you to Norman Walsh's blog, you
> > > get...
> > > >
> > > > ...Finally, he asks what my problem is given that CDATA is part of
> XML.
> > I
> > > > don't have any problem with CDATA. CDATA sections are fine, as long
as
> > > what
> > > > you're putting in them is text. What's evil about this escaped
markup
> > > > nonsense is the semantics provided by RSS/Atom, not the use of CDATA
> to
> > > > avoid lots of ampersands and semicolons. That's my problem....
> > > >
> > > > My point is that what I have *is* text, not marked up XML - so can
you
> > > give
> > > > me an answer now :-)
> > > >
> > > > Alternatively, can you suggest another mechanism for preserving
> > whitespace
> > > > in the value?
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> > > >
> > > > "Dimitre Novatchev [MVP XML]" <dnovatchev@yahoo.com> wrote in
message
> > > > news:c4f20a$2gpp9u$1@ID-152440.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > > > >
> > > > > "Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> > > > > news:OuzSiF0FEHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > > > Could you explain why? The element concerned will contain
> arbitrary
> > > > > content
> > > > > > (it's source code) and I want to preserve the whitespace that is
> > > > present -
> > > > > I
> > > > > > tried just storing it as a string but for example, CrLf is
> converted
> > > to
> > > > > Lf.
> > > > >
> > > > > Very briefly, because in this way all the structure/types of the
> > > document
> > > > is
> > > > > destroyed to linear text, and this is highly irreversible.
> > > > >
> > > > > See e.g. the explanation of Norman Walsh in his xml.com article
> > "Escaped
> > > > > Markup Considered Harmful"
> > > > >
> > > > > at:
> > > > > http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/08/20/embedded.html
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > > Dimitre Novatchev [XML MVP],
> > > > > FXSL developer, XML Insider,
> > > > >
> > > > > http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
> > > > > Resume: http://fxsl.sf.net/DNovatchev/Resume/Res.html
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23NmdMyNGEHA.2732@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Christoph
>
> I did manage to get it working, but it's a bit non-inituitive. Basically
the
> problem is that I don't have or want to have an XML document for my domain
> objects - XML is just a persistence mechanism and 99% of the application
> won't be aware of it.
>
> Problem is that XmlCDataSection can only be created by a XmlDocument, so I
> have to create a fake document so that I can expose the CDATA section to
be
> persisted. Here's the eventual code...
>
> <System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()> _
> Public Property Source() As String
> Get
> Return _source
> End Get
> Set(ByVal Value As String)
> _source = Value
> End Set
> End Property
>
> <System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAnyElementAttribute(Name:="source") _
> Public Property XmlSource() As Xml.XmlElement
> Get
> Dim doc As New Xml.XmlDocument
> Dim elem As Xml.XmlElement = doc.CreateElement("source")
> Dim cdata As Xml.XmlCDataSection =
> doc.CreateCDataSection(Source)
> elem.AppendChild(cdata)
>
> Return elem
> End Get
> Set(ByVal Value As Xml.XmlElement)
> Source = Value.InnerText.Replace(vbLf, vbCrLf)
> End Set
> End Property
>
> Funnily enough, I still have a problem with CrLf -> Lf on serialization,
but
> it's easily handled as you can see. I had to create the surrounding
element
> as otherwise I get a naked CDATA section in the document, even with the
> XmlAnyElementAttribute declaration being present.
>
> I think I'll write this up for one of the tip sites as it's taken me a
while
> to locate the solution and I'm sure it will be useful to others; be much
> nicer if there was a System.Xml.Serialization.XmlCDataElementAttribute
> though :-)
>
> Paul
>
>
> "Christoph Schittko [MVP]" <christophdotnetINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in
> message news:esWHzGHGEHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Paul,
> >
> > Yes you did understand my suggestion. Can you clarify why you believe
that
> > it will not work for you?
> >
> > You can implement IXmlSerializable, but that means you are in charge of
> > serializing and deserializing the entire object, not just the single
> > property. Note that IXmlSerializable is not officially supported until
the
> > Whidbey release [0].
> >
> > --
> > HTH
> > Christoph Schittko [MVP]
> > Software Architect, .NET Mentor
> >
> > [0] http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko/archive/2003/10/28/34313.aspx
> >
> > "Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:OvWsGs8FEHA.2664@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > Christoph
> > >
> > > Thanks for the response, my problem is that the solution would embed
XML
> > > into the domain object - which is not what I want. Currently I have a
> > > property defined as follows...
> > >
> > > <System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(ElementName:="source")>
_
> > > Public Property Source() As String
> > > Get
> > > Return _source
> > > End Get
> > > Set (Value As String)
> > > _source = Value
> > > End Set
> > > End Property
> > >
> > > All I want is that when it serializes that it is wrappered in CDATA as
I
> > > can't control the contents and I can't find a way of telling the
> > serializer
> > > to do this. If I understand your suggestion I would declare the
property
> > as
> > >
> > > <System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAnyElementAttribute(Name:="source")> _
> > > Public Property Source() As XmlCDataSection
> > > Get
> > > Return _source
> > > End Get
> > > Set (Value As XmlCDataSection)
> > > _source = Value
> > > End Set
> > > End Property
> > >
> > > Do I have to implement ISerializable to get the level of control I
need?
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > "Christoph Schittko [MVP]" <christophdotnetINVALID@austin.rr.com>
wrote
> in
> > > message news:e54DUa5FEHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > Paul,
> > > >
> > > > It's actually pretty intuitive ;)
> > > > A field of type System.Xml.XmlCDataSection will serialize as a CDATA
> > > section
> > > > ... as with all types derived from XmlNode, the XmSerializer just
> writes
> > > out
> > > > the content of the field without enclosing tags if you attach an
> > > > XmlAnyElementAttribute to the field [0].
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > HTH
> > > > Christoph Schittko [MVP]
> > > > Software Architect, .NET Mentor
> > > >
> > > > [0] http://www.topxml.com/xmlserializer/serializing_xml_nodes.asp
> > > >
> > > > "Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> > > > news:%23ZhQMN2FEHA.1128@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > > > Dimitre
> > > > >
> > > > > Following the link from that article you to Norman Walsh's blog,
you
> > > > get...
> > > > >
> > > > > ...Finally, he asks what my problem is given that CDATA is part of
> > XML.
> > > I
> > > > > don't have any problem with CDATA. CDATA sections are fine, as
long
> as
> > > > what
> > > > > you're putting in them is text. What's evil about this escaped
> markup
> > > > > nonsense is the semantics provided by RSS/Atom, not the use of
CDATA
> > to
> > > > > avoid lots of ampersands and semicolons. That's my problem....
> > > > >
> > > > > My point is that what I have *is* text, not marked up XML - so can
> you
> > > > give
> > > > > me an answer now :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Alternatively, can you suggest another mechanism for preserving
> > > whitespace
> > > > > in the value?
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul
> > > > >
> > > > > "Dimitre Novatchev [MVP XML]" <dnovatchev@yahoo.com> wrote in
> message
> > > > > news:c4f20a$2gpp9u$1@ID-152440.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Paul Hatcher" <phatcher@spamless.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> > > > > > news:OuzSiF0FEHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > > > > Could you explain why? The element concerned will contain
> > arbitrary
> > > > > > content
> > > > > > > (it's source code) and I want to preserve the whitespace that
is
> > > > > present -
> > > > > > I
> > > > > > > tried just storing it as a string but for example, CrLf is
> > converted
> > > > to
> > > > > > Lf.