Problem with relative URI values

G. Ken Holman 7 Jan 2001 01:57:22 -0000

Hi folks!

A problem I have using Xerces Java 1.2.3 (and earlier versions) with JDK 1.1.8 on Windows NT 4 is that a relative SYSTEM identifier is being resolved against the operating system current directory and not against the file in which the reference to the SYSTEM identifier exists. I first noticed this in Xalan C++ so it seems to be a common issue.

An example is below.

I don't subscribe to the list (I'm hoping an unsubscribed person can still post), so I won't be able to see any response, but all I wanted to do was to get it reported so it would be fixed in the next versions of the tools.

I hope this helps!

................... Ken

P:\apache\xerces\test\test>dir
 Volume in drive P is WINDOWS NT4
 Volume Serial Number is 1020-1908

 Directory of P:\apache\xerces\test\test

01/01/06  20:38         <DIR>          .
01/01/06  20:38         <DIR>          ..
01/01/06  20:38                     66 test.xml
               3 File(s)             66 bytes
                            241,696,768 bytes free

P:\apache\xerces\test\test>dir ..
 Volume in drive P is WINDOWS NT4
 Volume Serial Number is 1020-1908

 Directory of P:\apache\xerces\test

01/01/06  20:38         <DIR>          .
01/01/06  20:38         <DIR>          ..
01/01/06  20:38                     20 test.dtd
01/01/06  20:38         <DIR>          test
               4 File(s)             20 bytes
                            241,696,768 bytes free

P:\apache\xerces\test\test>type test.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE doc SYSTEM "../test.dtd">
<doc/>
P:\apache\xerces\test\test>type ..\test.dtd
<!ELEMENT doc EMPTY>
P:\apache\xerces\test\test>xml test.xml
Parsing: 'test.xml' for XML errors

P:\apache\xerces\test\test>t:

T:\>xml p:test.xml
Parsing: 'p:test.xml' for XML errors

Fatal Error at (file stdin, line 2, char 36): An exception occured! Type:Runtime Exception, Message:Could not open DTD file '../test.dtd'

T:\>

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Problem with relative URI values

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