Hi, I have simple XML file with elements like this: <resource key="REGEX" value="m/[a-z].*\\W+/s" /> when I read it in and call Element.getAttributeValue("value"), I get this as the string: m/[a-z].*\W+/s where the original has an escaped "\\" in it: m/[a-z].*\\W+/s Any idea what gives? Thanks, Mike