[XMLBEANS-357] XMLBeans does not escape whitespace characters in attribute values on output

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Version 2.3
• Component/s: XmlObject
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mark van Holsteijn
• Created: 28/Dec/07 11:03
• Updated: 28/Dec/07 13:15

Description

When XMLBeans parses an XML attribute that contains newline character entities, it does preserve them but when the attribute value is sent to output the entity is not preserve causing lose of information.

An example:

<document>
<property name="properties" value="
line 1
line 2
line 3
"/>
</document>

is outputted as

<document>
<property name="properties" value="
line 1
line 2
line 3
"/>
</document>

When this document is parsed again, the newlines in the attribute are lost

Adding the newline character to the saveSubstituteCharacters option using an XmlOptionsCharEscapeMap does not help for attribute values, only for elements.