Re: Fwd: XML 1.1 -- Please stab me with a dull knife and trample my dead body

Then what is the proper mode:

Element e = new Element("foo")

Should I do this:

e.setText(string_of_sanitized_data_with_illegal_characters_escaped);

or

e.setText(any_text);


Wilf


On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Michael Kay <[email protected]> wrote:

>  No, that's all wrong. The contents of an unparsed entity are always an
> external resource, they are never part of a text or attribute node. Parsed
> entities do become part of the content, but they must always use the XML
> character set.
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
>
> On 07/09/2012 13:10, Canadian Wilf wrote:
>
> According to the xml 1.1 spec:
>
>  4 Physical Structures ...
>> [Definition: An *unparsed entity* is a resource whose contents may or
>> may not be text <http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#dt-text>, and if text, may
>> be other than XML. Each unparsed entity has an associated notation<http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#dt-notation>,
>> identified by name. Beyond a requirement that an XML processor make the
>> identifiers for the entity and notation available to the application, XML
>> places no constraints on the contents of unparsed entities.]
>
>
>
>  AND
>
>  Entities may be either parsed or unparsed. [Definition: The contents of
>> a *parsed entity* are referred to as its replacement text<http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#dt-repltext>;
>> this text <http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#dt-text> is considered an
>> integral part of the document.]
>
> [Definition: An *unparsed entity* is a resource whose contents may or may
>> not be text <http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#dt-text>, and if text, may be
>> other than XML. Each unparsed entity has an associated notation<http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#dt-notation>,
>> identified by name. Beyond a requirement that an XML processor make the
>> identifiers for the entity and notation available to the application, XML
>> places no constraints on the contents of unparsed entities.]
>> Parsed entities are invoked by name using entity references; unparsed
>> entities by name, given in the value of *ENTITY* or *ENTITIES*
>>  attributes.
>
>
>
>  In the current JDOM version, Element method setText(string) and also
> addContent(CDATA) refuses text that contains illegal characters. It is
> treating the data provided as 'parsed' when it should by the spec be
> treating it as free content.
>
>  I understand:
>
>   1) The xml 1.1 spec defines a parsed entity as its 'replacement text'.
>
>  2) Replacement text' would refer to the actual textual makeup of a
> serialized Element, not the data an Element holds in a Text content element
>
>
>  Then, if the above is true, the current implementation is actually wrong
> to verify data.
>
>  I propose that JDOM stop verifying data set as Element text and CDATA
> and leave it to the xerces (or whatever) to make sure the document is
> proper 1.1.
>
>  Am I understanding everything correctly?
>
>  Thoughts?
>
>  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Canadian Wilf <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 9:52 PM
> Subject: XML 1.1 -- Please stab me with a dull knife and trample my dead
> body
> To: [email protected]
>
>
> Hi All,
>
>  I just learned that in order to safely use JDOM2, I will need to
> sanitize my Element .setText(string) so that the parsed data does not
> contain verboten characters under the XML 1.1 spec.
>
>  I have an ascii processor and it needs to be able to use xml as a
> document format. Unfortunately, not all ascii is allowed in an Element text.
>
>  Stab me with a dull knife and trample my dead body. But ..... please
> please please don't make me sanitize all my data before putting it into XML
> Elements.
>
>  1) It makes my programming task much more cumbersome because I must
> ensure not to feed any of the new verboten and doomed ascii/UTF-8
> characters to store as xml text.
>
> 2) No one uses xml 1.1, do they?
>
>  3) It slows down the parsing (a very small amount) with all the element
> text checking.
>
>  Now that JDOM2 is xml 1.1 compatible, is there any turning back. Can
> this be undone?
>
>  Does everyone understand that their software will bust if data provided
> as text is not adhering to the new standard?
>
>  What about you? How do you deal with it when using the libraries?
>
>  Wilf
>
>
>
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