How to parse XML using special character / using Transform

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I am using javax.xml.transform.Transformer to transform XML using XSLT. In one of the attribute name has special characters '/'. And it is failing with error "Attribute name "XXX" associated with an element type "XXXXXXX" must be followed by the ' = ' character". If I remove / in attribute name, XML is getting parsed. But it is not correct fix. We need to omit this special character while transforming XML. Please suggest.