[Expat-bugs] [ expat-Bugs-898906 ] Expat fails to correctly parse content data

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Bugs item #898906, was opened at 2004-02-17 12:33
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Category: www.libexpat.org
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Summary: Expat fails to correctly parse content data

Initial Comment:
In the following XML file:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<document>
	<test1 name="if (x<y)" >
	if (x < y)
	</test1>
</document>

the < in the attribute is correctly returned as "<",
however, in the character block, it appears to be 
returned as a NULL.



I will try to look into it to see if I can figure out
where expat went wrong.


Here is the output from my simple test app using expat:

defaultHandler: &#039;<?xml version="1.0" ?&#039;
defaultHandler: &#039;&#039;
startElement &#039;document&#039;
.characterData: &#039;&#039;
.characterData: &#039;&#039;
.startElement &#039;test1&#039;
.Attribute: &#039;name&#039; = &#039;if (x<y)&#039;
..characterData: &#039;&#039;
..characterData: &#039;      if (x&#039;
..characterData: &#039;&#039;
..characterData: &#039; y&#039;
..characterData: &#039;&#039;
..characterData: &#039;&#039;
.endElement &#039;test1&#039;
.characterData: &#039;&#039;
endElement &#039;document&#039;


Thanks,
Nicholas



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>Comment By: Karl Waclawek (kwaclaw)
Date: 2004-03-08 21:36

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Yes, and that behaviour of the characterData handler
would be the effect of setting a default handler with
XML_SetDefaultHandler instead of 
XML_SetDefaultHandlerExpand.
So, what function did you use to set your default handler?

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2004-03-08 20:24

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It is the characterData handler that is not properly
processing the 'less than' sequence. 

If you notice, the 'less than' sequence was properly handled
in the element handler.

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Comment By: Karl Waclawek (kwaclaw)
Date: 2004-02-25 11:32

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One thing that comes to mind:

There are two ways of setting a default handler.
One of them suppresses reporting of internal entitities.

Please check the docs and compare with your code.

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Comment By: Nicholas hendricks (nhendricks)
Date: 2004-02-25 11:24

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Make that a &lt; where the < is.  
I didn't realize sourceforce would parse the comments,
instead of including them as plain text.

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Comment By: Nicholas hendricks (nhendricks)
Date: 2004-02-25 11:20

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I am a sourceforce NOOB, so I cant figure out how to attach
files.

The < in the above example should be <



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Comment By: Karl Waclawek (kwaclaw)
Date: 2004-02-18 10:51

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The way your document appears here is not well-formed, but
maybe the HTML processing expanded some entities.
Please attach the document as a file.

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