Groovy vs SOAPui - setNodeValue makes < from 'less then' symbol

[Petr Novak]

Hi,
does anybody know how to avoid the switch from 'less then' symbol to '<' ?
I have been googling for hours but since I am a newbie to Groovy...

Situation: I have some numbers in my text file, divided by comma and need my groovy script to generate following xml (UT_MPI_ID elements) and then insert them into the SOAPui request.
expected result should be

<scad:UT_MPI_ID>650192</scad:UT_MPI_ID>
<scad:UT_MPI_ID>650193</scad:UT_MPI_ID>
<scad:UT_MPI_ID>650194</scad:UT_MPI_ID>

but I'm still getting

<scad:UT_MPI_ID>650192</scad:UT_MPI_ID>
<scad:UT_MPI_ID>650193</scad:UT_MPI_ID>
<scad:UT_MPI_ID>650194</scad:UT_MPI_ID>

even though the log.info shows correctly '<'

    
File textFile = new File("c:/mpi_ids.txt")
def textFileContent = textFile.getText()
def mpiArray = textFileContent.split(",")
def groovyUtils = new com.eviware.soapui.support.GroovyUtils(context)
def holder = groovyUtils.getXmlHolder("getSmartOverviewUser#Request")

def i = 0
def allHandles = ""
while (i < mpiArray.length)
{allHandles += "<scad:UT_MPI_ID>"+mpiArray[i]+"</scad:UT_MPI_ID>"
i++}
//log.info("1: "+allHandles)
holder.setNodeValue("//scad:UT_MPI_ID_List", allHandles)
holder.updateProperty()

[kiran senapati]

I am also facing the same issue..
I guess this is because of Soap UI not issue with Groovy.