Escape then Unescape XML

Escape XML text and then restore it to verify roundtrip safety.

Beginner~2 minxmlqaencoding

Use case

Use this as a quick QA loop when testing XML escaping behavior across systems.

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What to expect

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Escape XML text and then restore it to verify roundtrip safety.

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Step 1xml-tools Waiting

XML Escape

TEXT / XML → TEXT

Escape XML

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Step 2xml-tools Waiting

XML Unescape

TEXT → TEXT / XML

Unescape XML

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Step 1Ready to runxml-tools

XML Escape

Escape XML special characters for safe embedding.

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XML input

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Escaped XML text

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Step 2Lockedxml-tools

XML Unescape

Decode escaped XML entities back to plain characters.

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Escaped XML text

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Unescaped XML

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