Hi Andrew, Is the entity you reference in your document called 'sqltest_external' or 'sql_external'? If it's 'sql_external' it doesn't appear that you've declared it. Your entity resolver won't be called if the parser hasn't seen a declaration for the entity.
"Andrew Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/02/2004 12:33:47 PM: > hi, > > i have an xml instance document which starts > > ======== > <?xml version='1.0'?> > > <!DOCTYPE PARTLIST SYSTEM 'http://www.arm. > com/warehouse/warehouse-04.dtd' [ > <!ENTITY sqltest_external SYSTEM 'SQL EXPRESSION'> > <!ENTITY sqltest_internal 'SQL EXPRESSION'> > ]> > > <PARTLIST> > ======== > > where I was hoping to use EntityResolver to pick up both the dtd > reference, and the "sqltest_external" entity > > Currently, using the xerces distribution inside jre5.0 only the dtd > reference is reported - but /not/ the external entity > "sqltest_external". I've found other listener/handler API for > finding out that these entities are in the document and are parsed, > but would like to use EntityResolver to process the "SQL EXPRESSION" > so that the result is substituted for &sql_external; > > this is something that doesn't seem possible with DeclHandler, or > LexicalHandler > > the sax javadoc for EntityResolver says: "The XML reader will then > allow the application to intercept any external entities (including > the external DTD subset and external parameter entities, if any) > before including them." > > so my thinking is that either > a) the sqltest_external entity is not really external - but i > don't see why not from the annotated xml spec. > b) the implementation is not honouring its javadoc contract? > > does anyone know if this is true? > > thanks, > Andrew Michael Glavassevich XML Parser Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
