[XML-SIG] turning of dtd checker

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Mon Oct 27 18:43:01 EST 2003


Radovan Chytracek wrote:
> On the other hand, nobody has anwereed my question where I needed to
> guarantee, that an XML document parsing succeeds including references to
> all external entities even in the case a DTD is not physically
> accessible. This is required for disconnected mode of operation where
> user has no network connection available on his/her laptop for example.
> The solution to this is to use EntityResolver 

Right.

> which for some reaqson
> does not really work as expected. 

Why do you say that? What did you do, what did you expect to happen,
and what happened instead?

> Well it works if one enables it but my
> feeling is that for some reasons it has been intentionally disabled so
> even if one implements and registers EntityResolver it is not called and
> causes not really intuitive exception(s) being raised.

Nothing like this is intentionally happening.

> I would like to know what's a showstooper for EntityResolver proper
> function.

Why do you say it does not function properly?

Regards,
Martin




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