[GitHub] [uima-uimaj] reckart commented on a change in pull request #39: [UIMA-6225] Unable to install a pear package into a directory containing special character like <,> or &

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reckart commented on a change in pull request #39:
URL: https://github.com/apache/uima-uimaj/pull/39#discussion_r419741389



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File path: uimaj-core/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/pear/util/XMLUtil.java
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@@ -828,4 +862,18 @@ public static void printXMLTag(String tag, Properties 
attributes, PrintWriter oW
     oWriter.print('>');
     oWriter.flush();
   }
+  
+  private static String xmlEscape(String value)
+  {
+      if (value == null) {
+          return value;
+      }
+      
+      return value
+              .replace("&", "&")

Review comment:
       I expect if the user had already written `&`, then it is because the 
path includes `&` and not because the user wants the the stuff being 
unescaped. 
   
   I mean if you want to install a PEAR in `/tmp/&foldername`, then you 
don't want to loo for it in `/tmp/&foldername`, right?




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