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Christopher Schultz edited comment on VELTOOLS-184 at 11/18/22 7:12 PM: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm sorry, but whatever JSON parser you are working with is patently broken. Quoting [RFC 4627, section 2.5|https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.html#section-2.5]: {quote}Any character may be escaped. {quote} So, breaking when ' is (perhaps unexpectedly) escaped means that {_}the library is broken{_}. was (Author: ch...@christopherschultz.net): I'm sorry, but whatever JSON parser you are working with is patently broken. Quoting [RFC 4627, section 2.5|[http://example.com|https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.html#section-2.5]]: {quote}Any character may be escaped. {quote} So, breaking when ' is (perhaps unexpectedly) escaped means that {_}the library is broken{_}. > EscapeTool: add a json method, or a javascript method with a second parameter > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: VELTOOLS-184 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VELTOOLS-184 > Project: Velocity Tools > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: GenericTools > Affects Versions: 2.x > Environment: any > Reporter: Maurice Perry > Priority: Minor > Labels: EscapeTool, escape, javascript, json > > The string returned by EscapeTool.javascript() method is not alway compliant > with the JSON syntax. For instance, when the input string contains an > apostrophe ', a backslash is inserted before it because there is no way for > the method to know if the string is enclosed with single or double quotes. > This is not compliant with the JSON syntax, and some JSON parsers will reject > the string. > There may be other differences between javascript and JSON strings, but this > is the one I encountered, and I had to use a workaround. > This issue can be solved either with a JSON method, or with a second > javascript method with a second parameter indicating the type of quote used. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@velocity.apache.org