You are absolutely right. I just fixed it: now "2e2" is always invalid.
Thx.
Sandy Gao
Software Developer, IBM Canada
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integer value?
04/17/2002
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hi sandy;
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Sorry for the late response. Yes, you are right: "2e2" is not a valid
> decimal, hence not a valid integer.
>
> I bet you are using a 1.3+ JDK. Xerces uses the BigDecimal class to
> parse/represent decimal values. JDK 1.2 and earlier versions don't
> recognize things like "2e2" as BigDecimal, but from 1.3, "2e2" is valid.
>
> So we have a decision to make: either write our own decimal-parsing code,
> or continue to use BigDecimal and leave it as a WONTFIX bug.
umm, leaving it as a WONTFIX is a backdoor way of breaking support for 1.2
and 1.1.8.
the whole point of XML is to make data platform independent. so if '2e2'
isnt valid on all platforms, it shouldnt be valid on *any* platform.
> Cheers,
> Sandy Gao
> Software Developer, IBM Canada
> (1-905) 413-3255
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> 04/09/2002
> 01:05 AM
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> Hello.
>
> I declare an element of type "integer" which is described
> in "XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes". Then, an element
> information item is set to "2e2". Validation is passed.
> I think that is incorrect behaviour,
> because the specification reads:
>
> 3.3.13.1 Lexical representation
> integer has a lexical representation consisting of a
> finite-length sequence of decimal digits (#x30-#x39)
> with an optional leading sign. If the sign is omitted,
> "+" is assumed. For example: -1, 0, 12678967543233,
> +100000.
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> am I right?
>
> Thanks.
> -Evgueni
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