[DAFFODIL-2199] initiatedContent="yes" does not cause SDE when initiator="%ES;"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.7.0
• Assignee: John Interrante
• Reporter: Mike Beckerle
• Created: 10/Sep/19 19:34
• Updated: 24/Jun/20 18:21
• Resolved: 24/Jun/20 18:21

Description

This schema fragment does not cause an SDE as required by the DFDL spec:

 

<xs:element name="input">
    <xs:complexType>
         <xs:sequence dfdl:initiatedContent="yes">
             <xs:element name="A" type="xs:string" dfdl:initiator="%ES;" />
         </xs:sequence>
     </xs:complexType>
 </xs:element>

Note that the DFDL spec says that when initiatedContent is yes, the initiator may not be empty string, but this is ambiguous. Clearly dfdl:initiator="" is not allowed, but a check for dfdl:initiator="%ES;" should also be rejected.

 

Actually, dfdl:initiator="%WSP*;" should also be rejected in this case.

 

dfdl:initiator="%ES;" should uniformly, always be rejected, because it is meaningless in all cases.