Using proppatch to set properties with XML results in escaped XML in server metadata file

[Sean Doyle]

Hi - 

When I use proppatch to set a property on a resource (a collection in this 
case) that contains XML the server side file contains the following escaped 
XML sequences in the property:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<data>
<objectnode classname="org.apache.slide.structure.SubjectNode"
..
<snip>
..
<property name="medcommons" namespace=""
 value="&lt;MCSeries&gt;...

Yes - I know I need to set the namespace (one problem at a time :-) ) but 
here I'm concerned with the escaping of the XML and how to avoid it in the 
server metadata files.

The client-side code (both sides use jakarta-slide the client side uses 2.1; 
the server a 2.2ish version checked out from CVS about a week ago) 

WebdavResource wdr = null;
String metadata; // A string version of an XML document that starts like "
<MCSeries>..."

<snip>

success = wdr.proppatchMethod(newPath, "medcommons", metadata, true);

Where do I configure/code Slide to save the metadata files in the following 
form:
<property name="medcommons" namespace=""
 value="<MCSeries>...

The two reasons that I want to save the metadata without the escape 
characters are for byte bloat and because there is server-side code that 
examines this metadata.

Thanks!

Sean