def decodeXML( text )
      encodingStrings( true ) { |key,value| text.gsub!( value, key ) if text }
      text.gsub!( /&#([0-9]{2,3});/ ) { |c| $1.chr } if text
      text
   end
def decodeXML( text )
      encodingStrings( true ) { |key,value| text.gsub!( value, key ) if text }
      text.gsub!( /&#([0-9]{2,3});/ ) { |c| $1.chr } if text
      text
   end
Modify the given XML field value for use as a string.