[AXIOM-509] Reading and writing a file with & outputs &

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: Core Model
• Flags: Important

Language

Java

• Assignee: Andreas Veithen
• Reporter: Kyla Miller
• Created: 12/Nov/21 02:10
• Updated: 23/Apr/22 12:01
• Resolved: 13/Nov/21 15:05

Description

On some documents when an element contains a mixture of elements and 2 or more text nodes and one of those text nodes contains an & then when the document is written out it writes out & instead of &.  This causes the document to be invalid when it is read in the next time because & should be & in XML.  Take this simple case (notice there is a space after the entry element):

<entry> <ref:pagenum="4469"/> SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION </entry>

This is valid XML but when it is written back out it is:

<entry> <ref:pagenum="4469"/> SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION </entry>

This is not valid XML and will cause the document to fail when it is read in the next time.  I have not found a way to work around this yet.

 

To read the document in 

 
            XMLInputFactory xmlFactory = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
            xmlFactory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.IS_SUPPORTING_EXTERNAL_ENTITIES, false);
            xmlFactory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.SUPPORT_DTD, false);
            xmlFactory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.IS_REPLACING_ENTITY_REFERENCES, false);
            xmlFactory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.IS_COALESCING, true);
            
            XMLStreamReader xmlStreamReader = xmlFactory.createXMLStreamReader(inputStream, encodingFormat);
            OMXMLParserWrapper staxOMBuilder = OMXMLBuilderFactory.createStAXOMBuilder(xmlStreamReader);
            omDocument = staxOMBuilder.getDocument();
 

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: AXIOM-514 &lt; issue in AXIOM parser