title: Freemarker - replace & with &amp;
body: <p>If i have the <code>&amp;</code> symbol in some field  (from a db, cannot be changed), and i want to display this via  freemarker... but have the display (from freemarker) read <code>&amp;amp;</code>, what is the way to do so?</p>
  
  <p>To reiterate, I cannot change the value before hand (or at least, I don't want to), i'd like freemarker to "unmark" &amp;.</p>
  
  <p>To double re-iterate, this is a value that is being placed with a <em>lot</em> of other xml. The value itself is displayed on its own, surrouded by tags... so something like</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;someTag&gt;${wheeeMyValueWithAnAmpersand}&lt;someTag&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>As a result, i don't want <em>all</em> ampersands escaped, or the xml will look funny... just that one in the interpolation.</p>