oh right - I keep forgetting about that. thanks - dave
----- Original Message ----- From: "David D. Lucas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Thielen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [dom4j-user] Want \r\n in node attribute values > I believe the spec describes why best. Unfortunately, I think the > behavior you do not want is actually correct. > > This came from http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml > > ============================================================================ > 3.3.3 Attribute-Value Normalization > > Before the value of an attribute is passed to the application or checked > for validity, the XML processor must normalize the attribute value by > applying the algorithm below, or by using some other method such that > the value passed to the application is the same as that produced by the > algorithm. > > 1. All line breaks must have been normalized on input to #xA as > described in 2.11 End-of-Line Handling, so the rest of this algorithm > operates on text normalized in this way. > 2. Begin with a normalized value consisting of the empty string. > 3. For each character, entity reference, or character reference in > the unnormalized attribute value, beginning with the first and > continuing to the last, do the following: > * For a character reference, append the referenced character to > the normalized value. > * For an entity reference, recursively apply step 3 of this > algorithm to the replacement text of the entity. > * For a white space character (#x20, #xD, #xA, #x9), append a > space character (#x20) to the normalized value. > * For another character, append the character to the normalized > value. > > If the attribute type is not CDATA, then the XML processor must further > process the normalized attribute value by discarding any leading and > trailing space (#x20) characters, and by replacing sequences of space > (#x20) characters by a single space (#x20) character. > > Note that if the unnormalized attribute value contains a character > reference to a white space character other than space (#x20), the > normalized value contains the referenced character itself (#xD, #xA or > #x9). This contrasts with the case where the unnormalized value contains > a white space character (not a reference), which is replaced with a > space character (#x20) in the normalized value and also contrasts with > the case where the unnormalized value contains an entity reference whose > replacement text contains a white space character; being recursively > processed, the white space character is replaced with a space character > (#x20) in the normalized value. > > All attributes for which no declaration has been read should be treated > by a non-validating processor as if declared CDATA. > > ============================================================================ > > Hope that helps. > > Dave > > > David Thielen wrote: > > Hi; > > > > If I have: > > <node>line 1 > > line 2</node> > > > > Then Node.valueOf("/node") will return "line 1\r\nline 2" which is what > > I want. > > > > But if I have: > > <node atr = "line 1 > > line 2"</node> > > > > Then Node.valueOf (/node/@atr) will return "line 1 line 2" - ie no \r\n. > > Is there any way to get the \r\n? > > > > thanks - dave > > > -- > > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > | David Lucas mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Lucas Software Engineering, Inc. (740) 964-6248 Voice | > | Unix,Java,C++,CORBA,XML,EJB (614) 668-4020 Mobile | > | Middleware,Frameworks (888) 866-4728 Fax/Msg | > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > | GPS Location: 40.0150 deg Lat, -82.6378 deg Long | > | IMHC: "Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life." | > | IMHC: "I know where I am; I know where I'm going." <>< | > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > > Notes: PGP Key Block=http://www.lse.com/~ddlucas/pgpblock.txt > IMHO="in my humble opinion" IMHC="in my humble conviction" > All trademarks above are those of their respective owners. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ dom4j-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dom4j-user
