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+++ b/m-toolbox/classes/+utils/@xml/attachCharToDom.m	Wed Nov 23 19:22:13 2011 +0100
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+
+function attachCharToDom(str, dom, parent)
+  
+  % Store the original shape of the string
+  parent.setAttribute('shape', sprintf('%dx%d', size(str)));
+
+  % Replace new line characters and cvs tags with wildcards and reshape the
+  % string to one line
+  str = utils.xml.prepareString(str);
+  
+  % Attach the string as a content to the parent node
+  content = dom.createTextNode(str);
+  parent.appendChild(content);
+    
+end