Using XML with CDATA Sections

XML that contains CDATA sections must not include text or whitespaces before the CDATA section. Use the following examples to enter valid XML with CDATA sections.

Example Entries

Type Entry

Type	Entry
valid entry	`<tag><![CDATA[!@#$%^&*()]]></tag>`
invalid entry	`<tag>` `<![CDATA[!@#$%^&*()]]></tag>` Note If an element contains a comment, the value of that element will be split into text and comment nodes, such as in the following: `<tag>before<!-- Comment -->and after</tag>` `//tag returns a value of 'before'` `//tag.text()[2] returns a value of 'and after'`

valid entry

<tag><![CDATA[!@#$%^&*()]]></tag>

invalid entry

<tag>

<![CDATA[!@#$%^&*()]]></tag>

Note

If an element contains a comment, the value of that element will be split into text and comment nodes, such as in the following:

<tag>beforeand after</tag>

//tag returns a value of 'before'

//tag.text()[2] returns a value of 'and after'