xml - greater than symbol works but less than not in xslt -

i have datapower http based mpg service. getting response soap message backend has size element values ex:

<size><10000</size> <size>10000></size> 

it showing correctly in datapower probe. when comes soapui lessthan symbol not showing correctly.showing below:

<size>&lt;10000</size> <size>10000></size> 

how '<' less symbol correctly?

thanks in advance.

the follow symbols in xml: <, >, ",',& replaced <,>,",',& respectively. in xml text avoid errors it's recommended replace all, < , & must replaced times (as @michael.hor257k comments). alternatively avoid replacement it's possible to use cdata).

probably datapower "prettify" response before shows (here i'm guessing since don't know datapower).

soapui doesn't perform transformation in response , showing response is, why see < character; due web server replace < avoid generate invalid xml response.

here can see response explaining general rules characters in xml depends on are.