HI! I am using DOM. I can provide sample code to show this behavior and I can file a bug report for this, but I do not have the time to look at the code.
Regards, Thomas > -----Original Message----- > From: Elena Litani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Dienstag, 23. Juli 2002 16:10 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: XMLSerializer: Escaping of single quotes > > > Hi Thomas, > > Thomas B�rkel wrote: > > The XMLSerializer escapes single quotes ('). Why? If I want > to transfrom the string back into a Document object, > un-escaped single quotes work pretty well. Escaping <, > and > & is OK, but why '? > > I believe this is done to avoid the problems in HTML (which Joe refers > to). Xerces includes HTML, XHTML and XML serializers -- all > inherit from > BaseMarkupSerializer that actually has code for escaping characters. > In addition XMLSerializer uses the same method for printing attribute > values and element text content (I guess this is a reason it > chooses to > escape both " and '). > > I agree we need to change this behavior. Do you have time to look into > serializer code and to provide a patch? > > Btw, do you use DOM or SAX? > > Thx, > -- > Elena Litani / IBM Toronto > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
