[Bug]: toJson not working properly for Xml values

[SasinduDilshara]

Description

import ballerina/io;

public function main() {
    xml a = xml `<a>hello</a>`;
    io:println(a.toJson());
}

The above code gives following invalid result

<a>hello</a>

Affected Version(s)

2201.10.3

Related area

-> Compilation

[MaryamZi]

Can you please mention why you think this is incorrect?

The definition of toJson says

A value of type xml is converted into a string as if by the toString function.

and the behaviour seems to be in-line with this?

import ballerina/io;

public function main() {
    xml a = xml `<a>hello</a>`;
    io:println(a.toJson()); // <a>hello</a>
    io:println(a.toJson() == a.toString()); // true
}

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