how to change ' entity to ' in xml file

Question

In database I have a message template which contains "it's" in the string, so when I take that message template and make a xml format, I'm getting it's in xml tag.

sms.setMessage(createSMS.messageFormatter(sms).getMessage());

tagList = new TagList[4]; 
req.setTaglist(tagList);
tagList[0] = new TagList();
tagList[0].setTagName("OA");
tagList[0].setTagValue(dto.getDaInk());

tagList[1] = new TagList();
tagList[1].setTagName("DA");
sms.setMsisdnTosent(Utilities.appendCountryCode(sms.getMsisdnTosent()));
tagList[1].setTagValue(sms.getMsisdnTosent());    

tagList[2] = new TagList();
tagList[2].setTagName("MESSAGE");
tagList[2].setTagValue(sms.getMessage());

tagList[3] = new TagList();
tagList[3].setTagName(Tags.TONE_ID);
tagList[3].setTagValue(sms.getSongId());

I'm getting like this,

<tagData>
      <name>MESSAGE</name>
      <value>Dear customer it&quot;&quot;s a confirmation messege sent to activate  Tune ALLAHUMMA EGHFER LE ABAENA WA OMMAHATENA you just heard Latest,reply with *  to copy the Tune, of artist AL SHEIKH MAHER BIN HAMAD AL MUAIQLY and toneId is 176577,cndtn aply.</value>
</tagData>

But I want, it""s this to be replaced with it's

Can you please show the code that you use to edit xml from your taglist array? — elkolotfi, Mar 25 '19 at 08:41
did you read about `org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils`? — yash, Mar 25 '19 at 08:50
Possible duplicate of [how to unescape XML in java](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2833956/how-to-unescape-xml-in-java) — yash, Mar 25 '19 at 08:52
How come that an single apostrophe `'` becomes two double quotes `""`??? — Usagi Miyamoto, Mar 25 '19 at 09:00

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 25 '19 at 08:56

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As suggested by yash you can use org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils on your xml variable before you edit it:

StringEscapeUtils.unescapeXml(xml);

answered Mar 25 '19 at 08:56

elkolotfi

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how to change ' entity to ' in xml file

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