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writing CDATA block to NSXMLDocument file

How can one write CDATA block in XML file and save it to a file in cocoa.

Solution

  • To create a node containing CDATA encoded text, use method initWithKind:options: on NSXMLNode.

    NSXMLNode *cdataNode = [[NSXMLNode alloc] initWithKind:NSXMLTextKind  options:NSXMLNodeIsCDATA];
[cdataNode setStringValue:@"<some text>"];

    And to write xml data to a file:

    NSData *xmlData = [xmlDoc XMLDataWithOptions:NSXMLNodePrettyPrint];
[xmlData writeToFile:fileName atomically:YES];