Today I had to create a map in Spring XML configuration file, where both keys and values ought to be XML elements by their own. Obviously, using CDATA is the most readable way to achieve that – but it was not immediately clear how to use CDATA for entry’s key and value attributes.
Here is what I ended with:
<util:map id="patterns">
<entry>
<key><value><![CDATA[<original>old-value</original>]]></value></key>
<value><![CDATA[<replacement>new-value</replacement>]]></value>
</entry>
</util:map>
Enjoy!
