[flexcoders] HTTPService

[Akila]

I am having difficult in sending an XML request from flex application.
The request sent in the server log replace all <, >, and &  with &lt;, &gt; and 
&amp; , respectively, in an XML before passing it as parameter to a HTTPservice 
call


Here is sample code
 <mx:HTTPService id="CCAPI_discover_Search" result="handleXML(event)" 
fault="handleFault(event)" resultFormat="e4x"
     url="http://ccqasvr2001:8080/CCRestAPI_1_0/cc/getInstitution/v1"; 
method="POST" contentType="application/xml"  >
       <mx:request>
         <obj>{input.text}</obj>
       </mx:request>
    </mx:HTTPService>

Can anybody help me? I am new to flex. I just need this call to work that is 
all.