Oops. My previous post should have said:

... in the entity manager the external parameter entities *feature* can
only be refreshed with the reset(XMLComponentManager) method.

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, Michael Glavassevich wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I've checked a fix into CVS that allows parameter entities to be read when
> DTDs are preparsed. The problem (which is still there) is in the
> DTDLoader. The components it uses are not being reset properly (and
> currently cannot be reset properly). For instance, in the entity manager
> the external parameter entities can only be refreshed with the
> reset(XMLComponentManager) method. This isn't being called. Fixing it
> would require some major changes, as DTDLoader doesn't implement
> XMLComponentManager or contain an XMLComponentManager. Certainly something
> to revisit. I've made sure that the external entity features in the entity
> manager are initialized to 'true', the same as their default values.
> Before the default values would only be written when the component is
> reset. This only masks a symptom of the problem, but at least external
> parameter entities can now be read.
>
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Henry Miller wrote:
>
> > I think the EntityDecl.dtd file should read:
> >
> > <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
> > <!ENTITY % flName " firstName, lastName " >
> >     <!ELEMENT firstName (#PCDATA) >
> >     <!ELEMENT lastName (#PCDATA) >
> >
> > A victim of the cut-n-paste demons, eh?
> >
> > I did some searching in Bugzilla, but found no hits. In fact, I kept
> > getting "zarro boogs found" as a result. This leaves me to think that:
> >
> > 1) I can't figure out the web page form to specify a Buzilla search 
> > criteria.
> > 2) There really isn't such a bug submitted.
> >
> > My money is on #1, since it was my first attempt at doing so. Can
> > anyone verify if #2 is true?
> >
> > I'd be happy to submit the bug report, if you want me to.
> >
> > I'd also be happy to work on implementing a fix, but I'm not sure if
> > I'm a good choice -- it's likely I'd introduce more bugs. After all,
> > I'm still a noob. :-)
> >
> > Let me know what you think.
> >
> > --Henry
> >
> > >Hi Bob,
> > >
> > >This would seem  bug in the current version of Xerces-j.  The
> > >following is the description.
> > >
> > >"When parsing , with the XMLGrammarPreparser parser,  a DTD which
> > >include external entities which define  internal  PEReferences; the
> > >PEReferences  are not recognized as such. The XMLDTDScannerImpl
> > >ElementDecl scanner fails to recognize such a case."
> > >
> > >
> > >This is easily reproduce with the xni.XMLGramarBuilder example.
> > >
> > >input.dtd
> > >-------------
> > >
> > ><?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
> > >
> > ><!ENTITY % entDec SYSTEM "EntityDecl.dtd" >
> > >
> > >%entDec;
> > ><!ELEMENT nameList (name, alias?)+>
> > ><!ELEMENT name (%flName;) >
> > ><!ELEMENT alias (%flName;) >
> > >
> > >EntityDecl
> > >________
> > >
> > ><?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
> > >
> > ><!ENTITY % entDec SYSTEM "EntityDecl.dtd" >
> > >
> > >%entDec;
> > ><!ELEMENT nameList (name, alias?)+>
> > ><!ELEMENT name (%flName;) >
> > ><!ELEMENT alias (%flName;) >
> > >
> > >
> > >Run the following:
> > >
> > >xni.XMLGrammarBuilder -d input.dtd
> > >
> > >Will caulse the following Error:
> > >
> > >[Error] :-1:-1:
> > >http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210#EntityNotDeclared?flN
> > >ame
> > >[Fatal Error] :-1:-1:
> > >http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210#MSG_OPEN_PAREN_
> > >OR_ELEMENT_TYPE_REQUIRED_IN_CHILDREN?name
> > >:::::-1:-1:http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210#MSG_OPEN_PAREN_OR_ELEMENT_
> > >TYPE_REQUIRED_IN_CHILDREN?name
> > >        at
> > >org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.
> > >java:361)
> > >        at
> > >org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.
> > >java:314)
> > >        at
> > >org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(XMLScanner.java:13
> > >78)
> > >        at
> > >org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanChildren(XMLDTDScannerIm
> > >pl.java:1009)
> > >        at
> > >org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanElementDecl(XMLDTDScanne
> > >rImpl.java:867)
> > >        at
> > >org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanDecls(XMLDTDScannerImpl.
> > >java:1956)
> > >        at
> > >org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanDTDExternalSubset(XMLDTD
> > >ScannerImpl.java:318)
> > >        at
> > >org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDLoader.loadGrammar(XMLDTDLoader.java
> > >:392)
> > >        at
> > >org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLGrammarPreparser.preparseGrammar(XMLGram
> > >marPreparser.java:244)
> > >        at xni.XMLGrammarBuilder.main(XMLGrammarBuilder.java:271)
> > >
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >
> > >           Jeffrey Rodriguez
> > >           Silicon Valley
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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