Appending an int to an Element Node

[Varalakshmi Ramanarayan]

Hi

Is it possible to insert an 'int' instead of a 'String' into the element node of the XML Document?
I am using the following code to insert text into the node. Currently I am coverting int into String using valueOf(..) and while reading back i'll have to convert String back to int. if possible I want to avoid this conversions. My code is below.

      Element child1 = doc.createElement("OptionsIndex");
            root.appendChild(child1); // here root is the Root element of XML document
            Text text1 = doc.createTextNode(String.valueOf(optionsIndex)); //optionsIndex is an int
            child1.appendChild(text1);  

Please give me your feedback about this.
thanks.
[ March 22, 2008: Message edited by: Varalakshmi Ramanarayan ]

[Paul Clapham]

No, you can only put text into an XML document. You will have to do those conversions. Fortunately they are extremely cheap and it's not worth worrying about.

[Varalakshmi Ramanarayan]

Thanks for your reply Paul

regards,