[GROOVY-1731] MarkupBuilder doesn't allow entities (like nbsp)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.1-beta-3
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Aaron Digulla
• Created: 14/Feb/07 04:25
• Updated: 26/Sep/07 20:26
• Resolved: 22/Jul/07 20:45

Description

Currently, there is no way to get this HTML code:

<span>a: b</span>

If you try

span 'a: b'

you'll get:

<span>a:&nbsp;b</span>

ie. the "&" gets escaped.