[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I get some strange things when I try to parse the next XML with the Xerces > parser: > > <STTM>&</STTM> > > The result is <STTM>&</STTM> (just the same) instead of <STTM>&</STTM>.
The '<' and '&' characters must be escaped in character data using predefined entities [1]. What do you mean by "the result"? Are you parsing using DOM/SAX and looking at the document in memory? Are you using serializer (which one?) and this is what you see in the output? By definition, serializer must escape '<' and '&' characters. However, other predefined entities (>, ', and ") maybe be used by the serializer. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml#character-data Thank you, -- Elena Litani / IBM Toronto --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
