Hi Curtis, SAX allows parsers to split contiguous text into as many characters callbacks as they choose on whatever boundaries they choose. The motivation was to give parsers this freedom for efficiency, so in general your code needs to be able handle multiple callbacks by accumulating text until the next non-characters callback.
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Curtis Leach wrote: > Interesting, > > So to fix my entry, I'd do the following: > <cust_name>CABLE & WIRELESS</cust_name> > > But this breaks it into 2 calls to characters() > startElement (cust_name) > characters (CABLE , 6) > characters (& WIRELESS, 10) > endElement (cust_name) > > Is there any way to fix it so it only makes 1 call to characters()? Also > what is the escape sequence for "<" & ">" ? > > Curtis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alberto Massari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 4:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Unexpected errors in SAX2 parser Xerces C++ v2.3.0 > > > At 15.53 19/12/2003 -0600, Curtis Leach wrote: > >In parsing some XML documents, I'm getting the following SAXParseException > >error when parsing my XML document. > > > >"Expected entity name for reference" > > > >After some research I tracked it down to the following tags. > > <cust_name>CABLE & WIRELESS</cust_name> > > > >My trace showed: > > startElement (cust_name) > > characters (CABLE , 6) > >The exception is thrown by Xercesc before control is returned on the next > >call. > > > >My question is: is the "&" a special char in XML ? If so, where can I find > >a list of special chars in XML? And how do I escape them so that they are > >allowed in an XML document. > > Yes, "&" is a special character (as well as "<" and ">"); it needs to be > escaped using the string "&" > > Alberto > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- --------------------------- Michael Glavassevich XML Parser Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
