[TAP5-1175] single quote escapted to ' causes issues in ie8

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 5.1
• Labels: apos json xhr
• Environment: ie8 browser
• Assignee: Igor Drobiazko
• Reporter: Paul Stanton
• Created: 31/May/10 05:59
• Updated: 09/Jun/10 20:28
• Resolved: 09/Jun/10 18:11

Description

Tapestry escapes single quotes in attribute values using ' which causes issues in ie8. the correct technique to avoid the ie8 issue is to use the hex number in the ascii reference.

for example the content of the zone

<t:zone ...>
<a href="" onclick="alert('hi'); return false;">hi</a>
</t:zone>

will be encoded into the following string within the JSON in the XHR response:

"<a href='' onclick='alert('hi'); return false;'>hi</a>"

This will cause a syntax error in ie8.

PATCH:

Tapestry 5.1.0.5,
org.apache.tapestry5.dom.AbstractMarkupModel
line 136
builder.append("'");
change to
builder.append("'");