Unparsed entities problem (again)

["Fjerstad, Jim (LNG-MBC)" <ji...@capsoft.com>]

I asked this question before, but I think my communication was too vague, so
I didn't get a response.

I have either found a bug in the Xerces SAX parser (Win32, v1.2a), or I have
a misunderstanding of the XML spec with respect to unparsed entities. When
the parser reads an entity attribute that identifies an unparsed entity, it
fails with an error. However, the way I read the XML spec, it seems that the
entity reference should be OK. The part of the XML specification I'm
referring to is section 3.3.1, "Validity Constraint: Entity Name." The
specific portion I'm referring to says (in part):

	"... each Name must match the name of an unparsed entity declared in
the DTD."

This seems to contradict the error message I get.

If anyone knows if this is a bug or just my misunderstanding, I'd really
appreciate the feedback. Below is a specific example illustrating the
problem.

Thanks for all your help.

Jim Fjerstad

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EXAMPLE:

	<?xml version = "1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone = "yes"?>
	<!DOCTYPE TestRoot [
		<!NOTATION TestFmt SYSTEM "c:\testapp.exe">
		<!ELEMENT TestRoot ANY>
		<!ELEMENT TestElement EMPTY>
			<!ATTLIST TestElement
				data ENTITY #REQUIRED
				app NOTATION (TestFmt) #REQUIRED>
		<!ENTITY TestFile SYSTEM "c:\test.tst" NDATA TestFmt>
		]>
	<TestRoot>
		<TestElement data = "&TestFile;" app = "TestFmt"/>
	</TestRoot>


SAXPrint gives me the following error:

	Fatal Error at file D:\test\xml\test2.xml, line 12, char 33
	  Message: Unparsed entitty references, 'TestFile', not valid here

Re: Unparsed entities problem (again)

[Dean Roddey <dr...@charmedquark.com>]

I think this issue is that is supposed to be like this:

> <TestRoot>
> <TestElement data = "TestFmt" app = "TestFmt"/>
> </TestRoot>

I.e. you don't do an entity reference, you use the notation name itself. By
having said that the attribute is of type notation, it knows to look for the
name of a notation. But you are trying to make it parse an entity at that
place.

--------------------------
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The CIDLib C++ Frameworks
Charmed Quark Software
droddey@charmedquark.com
http://www.charmedquark.com

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fjerstad, Jim (LNG-MBC)" <ji...@capsoft.com>
To: <xe...@xml.apache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 12:17 PM
Subject: Unparsed entities problem (again)


> I asked this question before, but I think my communication was too vague,
so
> I didn't get a response.
>
> I have either found a bug in the Xerces SAX parser (Win32, v1.2a), or I
have
> a misunderstanding of the XML spec with respect to unparsed entities. When
> the parser reads an entity attribute that identifies an unparsed entity,
it
> fails with an error. However, the way I read the XML spec, it seems that
the
> entity reference should be OK. The part of the XML specification I'm
> referring to is section 3.3.1, "Validity Constraint: Entity Name." The
> specific portion I'm referring to says (in part):