CDATA sections being escaped

Should the CDATA sections not be escaped? The following code results otherwise:

    SyndFeed feed = new SyndFeedImpl();
    feed.setFeedType("rss_2.0");
    feed.setTitle("title");
    feed.setLink("http://localhost/feed");
    feed.setDescription("description");

    SyndEntry entry = new SyndEntryImpl();
    entry.setTitle("entry title");
    entry.setUri("http://localhost/feed/item1");
    entry.setLink("<![CDATA[http://localhost/feed/item1]]>");

    SyndContent entryContent = new SyndContentImpl();
    entryContent.setValue("<![CDATA[<p>test</p><p>test</p>]]>");
    entry.getContents().add(entryContent);
    feed.getEntries().add(entry);

    SyndFeedOutput output = new SyndFeedOutput();
    System.out.println(output.outputString(feed));

Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <title>title</title>
    <link>http://localhost/feed</link>
    <description>description</description>
    <item>
      <title>entry title</title>
      <link>&lt;![CDATA[http://localhost/feed/item1]]&gt;</link>
      <content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;test&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;test&lt;/p&gt;]]&gt;</content:encoded>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost/feed/item1</guid>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>

I’ve tried Rome versions 1.0 and 1.5.1 but the results are similar. I’ve also tried different modes (xml, html) for content. Am I missing some setting here?

[Artgit]

Hello, how about the following:

An item may also be complete in itself, if so, the description contains the text (entity-encoded HTML is allowed; see examples) https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html#hrelementsOfLtitemgt

[mishako]

@Artgit @krystiankaluzny Makes sense, but how does it relate to Rome not being able to produce cdata sections?