[VELTOOLS-152] ValidatorTool generates invalid XHTML even when in XHTML mode

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.x, 3.0
• Component/s: VelocityStruts
• Assignee: Christopher Schultz
• Reporter: Christopher Schultz
• Created: 06/Mar/12 16:12
• Updated: 07/Jan/18 19:39
• Resolved: 06/Sep/12 20:31

Description

When using the validator tool in XHTML mode, the main "validate" method emits code like this:

function validateMyForm(form) {
if (bCancel)
return true;
else

{ var formValidationResult; formValidationResult = validateInteger(form) && validateRequired(form) && validateMaxLength(form) && validateMask(form) && validateIntRange(form); return (formValidationResult == 1); }

Note the use of bare "&" characters, which is not valid XHTML.

Most web browsers will ignore this little quirk unless they are in XML parsing mode (usually enabled by setting the content-type to "application/xhtml+xml").

Here is a reference to the discussion on the user list:
http://markmail.org/thread/jtuqduopuikwtvqm