Plugin XML configuration

["Swindells, Thomas" <TS...@ndsuk.com>]

Hi,
 
I'm developing a plugin and need to allow a configuration option to be
provided which will contain an arbitary blob of xml. I can't however
work out what variable type I need for the paramater in order to do
this.
eg allowing configuration of the following:
<configuration>
    <var>text<xml attr="foo">any xmlTag</xml></var>
</configuration>
 
What type should my variable var be in order to get at the xml? (it can
be a string, list, DOM or anything else which will allow me to get at
the data!
 
Thank you,
 
Thomas
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Re: Plugin XML configuration

[Benjamin Bentmann <be...@udo.edu>]

Swindells, Thomas wrote:

> What type should my variable var be in order to get at the xml?

A CDATA section [0] should allow you to pass the data through into an 
ordinary string parameter:

<configuration>
     <var><![CDATA[text<xml attr="foo">any xmlTag</xml>]]></var>
</configuration>


Benjamin


[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDATA

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