How to add a xml node constructed from string in libxml2

Question

I am using Libxml2 for encoding the data in a xml file. My data contain tags like \"<\" and \">\". when it is converted into xml these tags are also converted into \"<\

Answer 1

You can try to use function xmlParseInNodeContext. It allows you to parse raw XML in the context of parent node, and constructs a node that can be attached to the parent.

For example:

const char * xml = "blah";
xmlNodePtr new_node = NULL;

// we assume that 'parent' node is already defined
xmlParseInNodeContext(parent, xml, strlen(xml), 0, &new_node);
if (new_node) xmlAddChild(parent, new_node);