[SANTUARIO-284] ElementProxy#getTextFromChildElement() doesn't get all of the text if the element contains an entity like &

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Java 1.4.4
• Fix Version/s: Java 1.4.6, Java 1.5
• Component/s: Java
• Security Level: Public (Public issues, viewable by everyone)
• Environment: Using Apache CXF under Linux.
• Assignee: Colm O hEigeartaigh
• Reporter: Jeremy Bettis
• Created: 20/Jul/11 21:26
• Updated: 21/Oct/11 12:25
• Resolved: 22/Jul/11 15:27

Description

I have a SOAP message that is signed with a cert that has an ampersand in the IssuerName. ElementProxy#getTextFromChildElement() returns only the text before the &

See: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-security-java/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/xml/security/utils/ElementProxy.java?view=markup#l372

If this code were changed to:

public String getTextFromChildElement(String localname, String namespace)

{ return XMLUtils.selectNode( this._constructionElement.getFirstChild(), namespace, localname, 0).getTextContent(); }

Then it would work, and it would also be simpler.