[DAFFODIL-2346] XML Output needs option to use <![CDATA[ ]]> around simple element values containing whitespace.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.6.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.5.0
• Component/s: Back End
• Assignee: Steve Lawrence
• Reporter: Mike Beckerle
• Created: 22/May/20 16:36
• Updated: 06/Feb/23 22:59
• Resolved: 01/Feb/23 17:31

Description

It is incredibly painful to take the XML output, pretty print it to make it readable, and find out that this has mangled the significant whitespace inside element values.

In general, since whitespace within simple values is considered fungible in XML, we have to protect whitespace that is truly part of the DFDL infoset.

I think CDATA bracketing is preferable to replacing whitespace characters with XML escaping like &#x20;

Issue Links

• Blocked: DAFFODIL-919 Update XML output to not strip whitespace