How To Convert from a String to an XML Element

The parseEscapedXML function takes XML data, parses it through DOM, and returns structured XML data that can be assigned to a typed BPEL variable. The following provides an example:

<!-- execute the XPath extension function
parseEscapedXML('&lt;item&gt;') and assign to a variable
-->
<assign>
   <copy>
      <from expression="oratext:parseEscapedXML(
         '&lt;item xmlns=&quot;http://samples.otn.com&quot;
                   sku=&quot;006&quot;&gt;
          &lt;description&gt;sun ultra sparc VI server
          &lt;/description&gt;
          &lt;price&gt;1000
          &lt;/price&gt;
          &lt;quantity&gt;2
          &lt;/quantity&gt;
          &lt;lineTotal&gt;2000
          &lt;/lineTotal&gt;
          &lt;/item&gt;')"/>
      <to variable="escapedLineItem"/>
   </copy>
</assign>