Problem Using \'&\' character in a textfield

[s4samudrala]

Hello,

i need to display a text with some characters as bold. for that i am using the text field property markup with the value styleid.

below is a sample expression line in my textfield

"<style isBold='true'>Description :   </style>"+$P{mydesc}

 

i am able to get the desired output,  but i have a case when the parameter field has the character '&' then the expression is not evaluated and displays as it is entered....

for example..

if i have the mydesc parameter value as "this is the description " then the output will be..

Description: this is the description

suppose if i have the mydesc parameter value with special chnaracter in it like  "this is the description &&" then the output will be..

<style isBold='true'>Description: </style>this is the description &&

 

kindly help me with any suggesstions.