Seth, This is a bug in 1.0, which is fixed in the CVS version of the source.
Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seth Ladd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 2:59 PM Subject: Problem getting entity from Parser > > Hello, > > I'm pretty sure that this error is the result of User Ignorance, so any > pointers to correctly do this would be greatly appreciated. > > First, some specs on my system: Linux 2.2.13, IBM JDK 1.1.18, Xerces-J > 1.0 > > I have a small XML file I am trying to parse. It's so small I'll give > it here: > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > > <!DOCTYPE dbxmlconfig [ > <!-- DTD --> > <!ELEMENT dbxmlconfig (database+)> > <!ELEMENT database (driver, connection, user?, password?)> > <!ELEMENT driver (#PCDATA)> > <!ELEMENT connection (#PCDATA)> > <!ELEMENT user (#PCDATA)> > <!ELEMENT password (#PCDATA)> > <!ATTLIST database id CDATA #REQUIRED> > ]> > > <!-- the dbxml config file --> > > <dbxmlconfig> > > <database id="mysql-bigbird"> > <!-- make sure this is in your classpath! --> > <driver>org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver</driver> > <connection> > jdbc:mysql://localhost/blah?user=blah&password=blah > </connection> > </database> > > </dbxmlconfig> > > As you can see, the <connection> tag has a string that includes an > '&' entity. It's my understanding that this should be converted to > a '&' when parsed. When I print out the document using simple DOM > traversing, the '&' is pulled out and nothing is put in its place. > > How do I tell Xerces-J to replace '&' with &? Isn't & an > internal entity? Also, if I just include & into the <connection> tag's > contents, then the parser complains that I don't have a ';' after > password (it's thinking that password becomes an entity). > > I've looked all over to try to find out how to get the & to show up. I > might have missed it. If anyone can shed light on this for me, I'd be > really grateful. I'll keep looking. > > Thanks for your time and help, > Seth >
