Jaxb parsing for < character in java

Question

I have an XML file as shown below:

<headerRule name='modifyCType'
            headerName='Content-Type'
            action='manipulate'
            matchValue='($checkPT18.$chkPT18)&!$checkAnnexb.$chkAnnexb)'
            newValue='<'
            methods='INVITE'>
</headerRule>

While unmarshalling using JAXB, it says invalid character & on matchValue='($checkPT18.$chkPT18)&!$checkAnnexb.$chkAnnexb)' which I replaced with &amp and it is working now i.e. matchValue='($checkPT18.$chkPT18)&!$checkAnnexb.$chkAnnexb)'.

However, there is another invalid character < on newValue='<' when I replace it with &lt it works fine however it replaces all '<' character with &lt including &ltheaderRule as shown below:

&lt;headerRule name='modifyCType'
            headerName='Content-Type'
            action='manipulate'
            matchValue='($checkPT18.$chkPT18)&amp;!$checkAnnexb.$chkAnnexb)'
            newValue='&lt;'
            methods='INVITE'>
&lt;/headerRule>

which I do not want. I want:

<headerRule name='modifyCType'
            headerName='Content-Type'
            action='manipulate'
            matchValue='($checkPT18.$chkPT18)&amp;!$checkAnnexb.$chkAnnexb)'
            newValue='&lt;'
            methods='INVITE'>
</headerRule>

How to replace < with &lt only for attribute value i.e. newValue using jaxb parsing?

Your question is really confusing. Please update the example to reflect your actual problem. (You have diagnosed and fixed the problems with the `<` and `&` characters by using character references. So show us the *fixed* XML and get rid of the irrelevant stuff about how you fixed that.) — Stephen C, Sep 17 '20 at 06:06
Does this answer your question? [Escaping special character when generating an XML in Java](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4301236/escaping-special-character-when-generating-an-xml-in-java) — Lakshan, Sep 21 '20 at 04:38

Jaxb parsing for < character in java

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