XSL and Flash XML breaks escaping

Question

I have an XSL file I am loading in flash that includes the following snippet:

<xsl:text>&#x2022;</xsl:text>

I load it this way:

_root.brochure_xsl = new XML();
_root.brochure_xsl.onLoad = function() {
    _root.SendPdfXml();
}
_root.brochure_xsl.ignoreWhite = true;
_root.brochure_xsl.load(_root.appSettings.XmlDataLocation +"xml/brochure.xsl");

On the event, I trace the results like such:

send_lv.XslContent = _root.brochure_xsl.toString();
trace(send_lv.XslContent);

In the result trace, it converts the snippet to a bullet.

<xsl:text>

*

</xsl:text>

I want it to stay the encoded, is this possible?

Answer 1

This is certainly an encoding issue. The toString() method is suspect, but you have to check. Can you dump the contents of the XML character-by-character.

Answer 2

What if you encode it twice in the XML:

<xsl:text>&amp;#x2022;</xsl:text>

Answer 3

Fixed by not using the XML object. Instead just used a URL Loader.