java - Stop converting < to &lt, > to &gt and & to &amp; in spring controller response -

i trying generate small xml. xml should have cdata in it. problem managed generate cdata, xml generated have < , > , &

i using spring-mvc. interested in getting right xml cdata in it.

sample xml follow :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <customer>     <active>1</active>     <alertmessage></alertmessage>     <currency>gbp</currency>     <customernumber>123</customernumber>     <forename>ad</forename>     <balancetoallow>         <balance saving="10" spend="9990" type="2">             <value>\&lt;![cdata[$100 off on 2  purchase of jeans xyz brand.]]\&gt;</value>         </balance>     </balancetoallow>     <surname>cd</surname> </customer> 

i have overridden 1 of converter follow.

<mvc:annotation-driven>         <mvc:message-converters>             <bean                 class="org.springframework.http.converter.xml.jaxb2rootelementhttpmessageconverter">             </bean>         </mvc:message-converters>     </mvc:annotation-driven> 

p.s using spring rest controller web service.

here model class :

public class balance{     private string value;     private string type;     private string saving;     private string spend;      public string getvalue() {         return value;     }     @xmljavatypeadapter(adaptercdata.class)     public void setvalue(string value) {         this.value = value;     }     public string gettype() {         return type;     }     @xmlattribute     public void settype(string type) {         this.type = type;     }     public string getsaving() {         return saving;     }     @xmlattribute     public void setsaving(string saving) {         this.saving = saving;     }     public string getspend() {         return spend;     }     @xmlattribute     public void setspend(string spend) {         this.spend = spend;     } } 

this class again part of class.

public class balancetoallows {       private list<balance> balancetoallow ;      public list<balance> getbalancetoallow () {         return balancetoallow;     }      @xmlelement(name="balancetoallow ")     public void setbalancetoallow (list<balance > balancetoallow ) {         this.balancetoallow= balancetoallow;     } } 

and part of class. parent class.

@xmlrootelement(name = "customer") public class customer {      private string surname ;     private string forename;     private balancetoallow balancetoallow;     private final string active="1";     private final string currency = "gbp";     private final string alertmessage="";       public string getcustomernumber() {         return customernumber;     }      @xmlelement(name="customernumber")     public void setcustomernumber(string customernumber) {         this.customernumber = customernumber;     }      @xmlelement(name="active")     public string getactive() {         return active;     }     @xmlelement(name="currency")     public string getcurrency() {         return currency;     }     public string getsurname() {         return surname;     }     @xmlelement(name="surname")     public void setsurname(string surname) {         this.surname = surname;     }     public string getforename() {         return forename;     }     @xmlelement(name="forename")     public void setforename(string forename) {         this.forename = forename;     }     @xmlelement(name="alertmessage")     public string getalertmessage() {         return alertmessage;     }     public balancetoallow getbalancetoallow() {         return balancetoallow;     }      @xmlelement(name="balancetoallow")     public void setfuturepromotions(balancetoallow balancetoallow) {         this.balancetoallow= balancetoallow;     } } 

thanks reading.